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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Rodeo Director Kyle Moore said the rodeo has drawn an enormous fan base from overseas, including Australia and Brazil.
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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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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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“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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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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"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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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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A beautiful spring day brings hundreds of special needs individuals out to a rural location for an annual “play day.”
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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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A small East Texas school continues to come up with winners on a big stage.
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With interest rates, inflation and the cost of new and existing homes, it’s a real financial challenge for the average East Texan to find housing in their price range.
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Freddie Fitzgerald, a worker at the advocacy center, said it’s an issue that must be addressed no matter what is going on in the world around us.
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An FDA regulation, set to go into effect in June, is not a welcome change for some East Texas ranchers.
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“I had a car accident when I was 4 years old that paralyzed me, and I had another car accident that re-injured me at 9 years old,” she says. We were with her when she got her service dog five years ago. But she always had a love of horses, and wanted to find a way to ride again.
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“Yeah, you could get a little earlier start on some things. Fruit trees, blackberries. Dormant stuff can go in the ground now,” says Upshur County fruit grower Mike Hill, owner of Hill’s Farms.
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For over 40 years Randy Kennedy has been serving his community, the last 26 as the chief of police in the city of Hughes Springs. Instead of a standard retirement observance, the community decided to give him a different kind of ‘thank you’ for his service. Citizens have likened Chief Kennedy to a real life Sheriff Andy Taylor of Mayberry, with a signature cowboy hat, homespun charm and a quiet, friendly demeanor.
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As the long shadows of winter begin to fade, it means planting time for farmers and gardeners will be soon, and more people are expected to be planting their own gardens this upcoming season in East Texas.
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Though welcomed by farmers, the steady rain for the past two weeks in East Texas has created a muddy mess for some homeowners and landowners.
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Two years removed from the height of the pandemic, an East Texas law enforcement agency still finds itself struggling to fill empty positions.
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With the economy, gas prices and inflation, East Texas cattle, pig and chicken producers also have to deal with rising feed prices.
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An up close experience with African wildlife, ‘really’ up close, and exploring the sheer-cliffs of the Colorado river in Traveling Texas.
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The Texas A&M forest service says timber theft is a very real problem that could face anyone who has land with timber on it.
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Working with the Kilgore Economic Development Corporation, Skeeter will be expanding their operations to add new manufacturing facilities.
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Things that crawl, things that creep, things that slither, are all on display this weekend for prospective East Texas pet owners, or for people who just want to go look at the fascinating and educational exhibits vendors have set up. It's happening at 1123 Jaycee Drive, on Saturday 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
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Law enforcement in some East Texas counties say it’s a problem that never seems to go away: Animal abandonment or dumping.
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Gregg County Texas A&M Agri-Life extension agent Shanequa Davis and Panola County peach grower Jason Martin talk about how important the chill hour is.
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Inflation, employment, energy and the economy. What is the forecast for the country and for East Texas?
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As temperatures warm, East Texans are still seeing the effects of a brutal December hard freeze that extensively damaged plants.
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Gregg County Texas A&M Agri-life Extension Agent Shanequa Davis says it’s a pattern that is familiar to East Texans.
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The brutal icy temperatures of Christmas week knocked out power and froze pipes in East Texas but it also affected particular producers, egg farmers.
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Pest control expert Jared Lundmark of Jennings Pest Control explains why insects are expected to return.
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East Texas hardware and supply stores saw a last-minute rush of customers buying items to guard against the oncoming hard freeze.
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Longview Fire Department Captain Marcus Delaney talks about safety issues when it comes to space heaters.
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KLTV's Bob Hallmark reports from Wood County where residents are taking steps to safeguard their homes and vehicles in preparation for expected winter weather this season.
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3 weeks into the East Texas deer hunting season, and this is when game wardens say they see a slight 'lull' in hunting, after the Thanksgiving holiday.
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Exterminator Brandon Ryan says people should act quickly if they suspect there are animals living inside the walls or attic of their home.
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Gary Edwards is not a household name, but it’s a sure bet that sometime in your life you’ve seen one of his iconic sports pictures.
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Longview scored 42 unanswered points to overcome a 15-7 deficit and beat Crosby 49-15 in bi-district action Friday night.
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The mobile unit is needed to replace the aging and obsolete unit currently used by Gregg County.
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A number of East Texas lakes and waterways are still at low levels after an extremely hot August and September. That trend can only be remedied by rain.
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As hunting seasons start opening up in East Texas, many are looking at the necessity of hunting and fishing as opposed to just a past time, seeing where the economy and food prices are.
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For many East Texas hunters, it is a definitive test of a hunter’s skill during deer season...to hunt not with a bullet, but with an arrow.
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KLTV’s Bob Hallmark reports on how some East Texans are getting creative trying to make their food (and food budgets) stretch a little further as relief from inflation and rising food prices.
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Problems with fentanyl aren’t just happening along the southern border or in another state; varying amounts of it have been found in East Texas.
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KLTV’s Bob Hallmark speaks with Amanda Collins, director of the Winnsboro Animal Shelter, about the confirmed cases of parvovirus at the shelter and what actions are being taken as a result.
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