Bob Hallmark
Longview Bureau Chief
East Texas
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Bob Hallmark is a longtime reporter for KLTV 7. He grew up in Aldine, a south Texas town. At age 18, he joined the U.S. Navy. He later attended Chapman University in Orange, California.
Before moving to the Tyler-Longview area, Bob worked for Major League Baseball as network director of the Houston Astros Baseball Team. He was also network producer for Houston's International Hockey League, the Houston Aeros Hockey Team. Bob has also worked for radio/television stations in Boise, Idaho.
Bob is married to Norma Hallmark and has two sons: Jacob and Luke. Bob loves the outdoors. He owns a small farm in Hawkins where he raises livestock, including horses. He also does a little farming.
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Law enforcement, school superintendents and security experts met at Region 7 in Kilgore for new information and strategies to stop violence targeting schools.
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An urgent plea for help by neighbors led to a small rescue operation in an effort to save a large number of cats left behind after their owner passed away.
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East Texas weather can vary from blistering heat to storms to freezing temperatures, and all of it can lead to loss of power. But, there are ways to prepare.
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Game wardens urge safety on East Texas lakes during Memorial Day weekend.
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After being hit by a truck as he was training, a professional triathlete from Marshall is determined to recover and get back to competing.
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KLTV’s Bob Hallmark reports from Gregg County where the commissioners court has had to close some departments and rearrange county employees.
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A decorated East Texas veteran of the Iraq War continues to serve despite his injuries from service and beyond.
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Tatum Police Chief James Smith has reached out to various shelters and humane organization’s to arranged for the cats to be rescued, but with no success yet.
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Warmer weather means anyone with a yard or property has begun the regular job of mowing, edging and weeding. But, that can put you in striking distance of a very nasty plant: poison ivy.
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Upshur County officials are working together with the Department of Homeland Security to investigate several illegal gambling establishments in East Texas.
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“If you decide it’s going to happen, it will. Never want to stop. Keep looking forward to what can we do tomorrow. That’s from young people like me!” she said.
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Recognizing East Texans for their contributions to business and professionalism was the focus of a gala tonight.
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An East Texas woman is on a mission to save horses that have given valuable service to the state: prison horses. In one case, she’s even reuniting a horse with its officer.
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Unique medians are being places in Longview to reduce the chances of pedestrian involved accidents.
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Around 10 a.m. Thursday, the driver of a pickup became stranded due to flooding in a low lying area of County Road 346 and State Highway 79 near Dry Creek.
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A team from Hunt Elementary and two teams from Diana Middle School competed in the recent World Robotics competition in Dallas.
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With just the right amount of rain and warm temperatures, East Texas gardens and farmlands are looking healthy, but there’s always a problem lingering somewhere.
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Gaming has become a huge draw for a new generation, and some East Texas kids were treated to a festival today.
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At Maude Cobb Convention Center in Longview, the East Texas special needs prom is being held on Friday.
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A gathering on Thursday to salute the success of numerous East Texas businesses, and to honor a hometown business owner who was recently lost in a tragic accident.
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"My TDC name is 1218809. I’m not that number any more,” Larry Reedy says, as he talks about his ministry to indigent inmates.
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As we move into May, Memorial Day Weekend traditionally starts the spring-summer water recreation season, but East Texas game wardens are preparing now for a rush to waterways.
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An East Texas county is doing what it can to upgrade their jail after decades of inadequacy.
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An East Texas man honorably served his country in the Vietnam war, but on the occasion of his death, he had no one to mark his service to this country. A group of Longview veterans would not allow this veteran to go without honors.
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Health is something all East Texans should be aware of and educated on, and that was a hot topic for one East Texas commissioner’s court meeting on Thursday.
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Chief Deputy Craig Harrington talks about how his officers feel about wearing the design, and the fact that they will get to keep them when they’re retired.
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Out of an abundance of caution, the Tyler Fire Department bomb squad and the ATF were called in to inspect and remove the device.
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It’s spring in East Texas, and though it’s a little chilly today, the warm weather will be on us soon, and that means the arrival of spring insects in abundance.
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For some vendors, it’s a chance at big sales. For shoppers, it’s a chance at big bargains.
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With the month of May coming, the annual motorcycle trek across the country coming through East Texas is on the horizon.
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At Lobo Coliseum in Longview today, a team provided free physicals for Longview ISD student athletes.
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City of Tatum holds prayer vigil for student who died on Friday.
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Some Texas men came to Longview on Saturday to remember their time as marines and to celebrate the anniversary of a storied marine division.
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Celebrating the oil boom days of the 1930s, Gusher Days is in full swing in downtown Gladewater. The festival is still free after 38 years.
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A beautiful spring day brings hundreds of special needs individuals out to a rural location for an annual “play day.”
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The Longview City Council unanimously agreed on Thursday night to use the study as its guide in planning going forward
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When the inevitable floods come from torrential rains, an East Texas water rescue team must be ready to go, and more importantly, must be extensively trained in lifesaving techniques.
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A spring day in East Texas and baseball is being played by a group of kids that would normally not have a league of their own.
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On a chilly, rainy Good Friday morning, an East Texas man continues his tradition of carrying a cross to remember Christ’s walk to his own crucifixion, and others have joined in the tradition.
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Methamphetamine, fentanyl, and abuse of a corpse, all leading to the arrest of two people by an East Texas sheriff's office.
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An East Texas sheriff’s office has issued warning about new, well organized and rehearsed ‘scam’; one that has already victimized a number of people.
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The first weekend in April is the traditional beginning of a period fair that focuses on a trip back in time.
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An annual re-enactment of an old west bank robbery and the 150th birthday of an East Texas county coincided Saturday with fun and festivities.
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A small East Texas school continues to come up with winners on a big stage.
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At the Gregg County Commissioners Court meeting Thursday, numerous veterans took to the podium to speak to the members about the difficult conditions they face when trying to get help form the veterans services office in Longview.
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The owner of a barber shop said the victim came up to him outside the shop bleeding and asking for help.
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A veteran’s dream, to offer a place where fellow veterans can find friends and healing, has become a reality in one East Texas county.
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A raffle along with arts and crafts sales were held at VFW Post 4002 in Longview.
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A three-day event that celebrates the human body as an “artist’s canvas” continued in Longview today. The Ark-La-Tex Tattoo and Art Expo is going on at the Maude Cobb activity center.
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An FFA team from a small East Texas town goes to the largest livestock show in the world, and comes away with big winners.
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