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.
Education
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 6:32 PM CST
|By Bob Hallmark
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.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 7:33 PM CST
|By Bob Hallmark
Working with the Kilgore Economic Development Corporation, Skeeter will be expanding their operations to add new manufacturing facilities.
Updated: Jan. 21, 2023 at 7:37 PM CST
|By Bob Hallmark
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.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2023 at 6:34 PM CST
|By Bob Hallmark
Law enforcement in some East Texas counties say it’s a problem that never seems to go away: Animal abandonment or dumping.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2023 at 10:20 PM CST
|By Bob Hallmark
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.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2023 at 9:58 PM CST
|By Bob Hallmark
Inflation, employment, energy and the economy. What is the forecast for the country and for East Texas?
Updated: Jan. 7, 2023 at 4:33 PM CST
|By Bob Hallmark
As temperatures warm, East Texans are still seeing the effects of a brutal December hard freeze that extensively damaged plants.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2023 at 9:27 PM CST
|By Bob Hallmark
Gregg County Texas A&M Agri-life Extension Agent Shanequa Davis says it’s a pattern that is familiar to East Texans.
Updated: Dec. 30, 2022 at 10:37 PM CST
|By Bob Hallmark
The brutal icy temperatures of Christmas week knocked out power and froze pipes in East Texas but it also affected particular producers, egg farmers.
Updated: Dec. 28, 2022 at 3:14 PM CST
|By Bob Hallmark
Pest control expert Jared Lundmark of Jennings Pest Control explains why insects are expected to return.
Updated: Dec. 22, 2022 at 1:43 PM CST
|By Bob Hallmark
East Texas hardware and supply stores saw a last-minute rush of customers buying items to guard against the oncoming hard freeze.
Updated: Dec. 17, 2022 at 4:31 PM CST
|By Bob Hallmark
Longview Fire Department Captain Marcus Delaney talks about safety issues when it comes to space heaters.
Updated: Nov. 30, 2022 at 7:40 PM CST
|By Bob Hallmark
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.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2022 at 7:22 AM CST
|By Bob Hallmark
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.
Updated: Nov. 16, 2022 at 7:04 PM CST
|By Bob Hallmark
Exterminator Brandon Ryan says people should act quickly if they suspect there are animals living inside the walls or attic of their home.
Updated: Nov. 13, 2022 at 5:14 PM CST
|By Bob Hallmark
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.
Updated: Nov. 11, 2022 at 10:15 PM CST
|By Bob Hallmark
Longview scored 42 unanswered points to overcome a 15-7 deficit and beat Crosby 49-15 in bi-district action Friday night.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2022 at 3:31 PM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark
The mobile unit is needed to replace the aging and obsolete unit currently used by Gregg County.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2022 at 8:14 PM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark
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.
Updated: Oct. 10, 2022 at 10:21 AM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark
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.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2022 at 7:30 PM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark
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.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2022 at 11:36 PM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark
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.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 7:23 PM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark
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.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2022 at 8:16 PM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark
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.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2022 at 6:33 PM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark
The pandemic, the war in Ukraine, inflation, supply-chain chaos, and a tough Texas growing season—it’s all resulting in worries over a possible future food supply shortage.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 10:45 PM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark
As summer turns into fall in East Texas, it’s also the start of many hunting seasons. Texas Parks and Wildlife wants to make sure all hunters are aware of any changes in rules and regulations for each season.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2022 at 8:20 PM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark
WITH IMMIGRANTS PORING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN U-S BORDER, DRUGS COMING INTO THE COUNTRY ARE ON PACE... INCLUDING THE SMUGLGING OF FENTANYL AND FENTANYL LACED DRUGS.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2022 at 11:12 PM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark and Victoria Lara
Firefighters still battling massive blaze that is visible from miles away
Updated: Aug. 19, 2022 at 3:58 PM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark
Longview Police Officer Brandon Thornton says there area also specific vehicles that are targeted which have multiple catalytic converters.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2022 at 6:20 PM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark
August through September is traditionally where we see the hottest days of the East Texas summer, and summer heat is a danger to anyone who works for any period of time in it.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 10:44 PM CDT
|By KLTV Digital Media Staff, Blake Holland, Julian Esparza, Arthur Clayborn and Bob Hallmark
A massive show of solidarity is expected Friday from law enforcement agencies from around East Texas and across the state.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 10:40 PM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark
The blistering summer heat creates a danger of heat stroke and heat exhaustion, but it can also cause dangers on our East Texas lakes.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 8:10 PM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark
One donation can help save more than one life.“If you think about it, for an hour of your day, you could end up saving three lives,” Black says.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2022 at 6:40 PM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark
“We’re extremely busy. July is probably the busiest month of the year for us. Constantly getting calls,” he says.
Updated: Jul. 17, 2022 at 10:16 AM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark
A few places like Highway 80 Produce in Gladewater are still getting some deliveries of locally grown items.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2022 at 7:53 PM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark
As Texans, we know how to deal with summer heat, but is there some evidence that weather patterns repeat themselves in cycles? Texas A&M Climatologist Dr. John Nielsen-Gammon explains what’s going on.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2022 at 8:51 PM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark
Mission Team to Journey over 300 Miles by Bicycle in the Andes Mountains
Updated: Jun. 25, 2022 at 6:23 PM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark
Things that crawl, things that creep, and things that slither, are all on display at a popular East Texas reptile show.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 6:57 PM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark
13 East Texas counties have issued burn bans. The Texas Forest Service continues to list East Texas in the 'moderate range' for fire danger.
Updated: Jun. 19, 2022 at 6:21 PM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark
Weather shortened the competition in an annual East Texas hot air balloon event.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2022 at 10:31 PM CDT
|By Jeff Awtrey and Bob Hallmark
“She’d come out of the woods. She was belligerent. They immediately felt she was under the influence of something. Things just weren’t right, stories weren’t adding up,” says Harrison County Sheriff Brandon Fletcher.
Updated: Jun. 12, 2022 at 6:58 PM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark
A Ukrainian minister who saved thousands from a warn torn region of his country has come to East Texas to renew his friendship with a fellow minister.
Updated: Jun. 1, 2022 at 9:11 PM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark
“There’s quite bit of asbestos in these buildings. The other side of it has been some bees. So that’s been a big challenge and big hurdle,” Van Dyke says.Workers could not get into the building to remove the asbestos because of the bees. And other workers couldn’t get in to remove the bees because of the asbestos.
Updated: May. 22, 2022 at 6:09 PM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark
The thunderous sound of iron horses was heard in East Texas today as part of an annual motorcycle trek of healing that culminates at the Vietnam Memorial Wall in the nation’s capital.
Updated: May. 21, 2022 at 1:50 PM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark
In East Texas, late spring and early summer mean the traditional and often weekly job of mowing the lawn.
Updated: May. 21, 2022 at 1:13 PM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark
It was one of the first thriving seaports on the Texas gulf coast, and sunny vacation destination. Travel Texas visits a resurgent Galveston.
Updated: May. 19, 2022 at 7:39 PM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark
That price is the highest average ever recorded by AAA for the state, is 19 cents more than on this day last week, and $1.53 more per gallon compared to this day last year. But will East Texans let this keep them at home?
Updated: May. 11, 2022 at 11:00 PM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark
With fuel eating away more of their budgets, the effort is to offset the cost, buying fresh at a lower price.
Updated: May. 8, 2022 at 6:03 PM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark
Is a world food shortage looming in the future? Though the USDA says there is no food shortage problem yet, with numerous variables in play, market analysts say it is a possibility.
Updated: May. 7, 2022 at 5:39 PM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark
The heat is on! As we move into the late spring and early summer months, game wardens on East Texas waterways are already warning about heat danger.
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