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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|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.
Updated: May. 6, 2022 at 9:03 PM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark
While the weather has cleared out Friday, people at the Whispering Pines RV park in Rusk County are cleaning up after damage caused by storms Thursday.
Updated: May. 5, 2022 at 11:14 PM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark
“I actually got behind the storm on highway 43 and I could tell it was starting to ramp up pretty good. Turn onto 1251 off of 43 just north of town. Trees down, debris in the air, definitely knew there was trouble,” said Rusk County OEM Michael Searcy.
Updated: Apr. 9, 2022 at 6:20 PM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark
A Ukrainian minister who is good friends with a former East Texas college football coach has arrived safely in the United States with his family.
Updated: Mar. 30, 2022 at 11:06 PM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark
Gregg County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Craig Harrington discusses the latest on the case in this webxtra.
Updated: Mar. 25, 2022 at 4:09 PM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark
An East Texas man put his life in danger trying to get storm victims out of a frightening situation.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2022 at 1:04 PM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark and Christian Terry
The tornado cut a six mile path of damage near the Elysian Fields area, according to the Harrison County Fire Marshal. However, despite the large amount of tree damage, no homes received any damage.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2022 at 11:17 PM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark
As the East Texas Winter fades, and we move into the Spring the temperatures will progressively get warmer, and with it comes the emergence of insects.
Updated: Mar. 11, 2022 at 11:11 PM CST
|By Bob Hallmark
“The burden of proof is on the veteran themselves. You have to prove to the VA that you were there. We help them gather all that evidence and submit it to the VA,” says Gladhill.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2022 at 8:45 PM CST
|By Bob Hallmark
Taking fewer vacations and doing less ‘non-essential’ spending are some of the things East Texans say that they're doing to save money.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2022 at 10:39 PM CST
|By Bob Hallmark and Christian Terry
An East Texas school district begins using voter approved bond money to renovate and improve campuses, and give a facelift to a storied old stadium.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2022 at 8:41 PM CST
|By Bob Hallmark
Mercy Works director Debbie Lascelles talks about the efforts to help refugees and orphans who fled as the Russian attack advanced.
Updated: Feb. 18, 2022 at 10:21 PM CST
|By Bob Hallmark
His post-World War 2 act of compassion made him a legend with German children, who simply knew him as the ‘Candy Bomber.’
Updated: Feb. 15, 2022 at 11:15 AM CST
|By Bob Hallmark
The Texas A&M Forest Service says that trees were the vegetation most impacted by the winter “hammer blow” of 2021.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2022 at 11:25 PM CST
|By Bob Hallmark
Texans’ memory of “snowmaggedon” from last February is pushing consumers to prioritize preparing for a power loss or water pipes freezing.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2022 at 7:45 PM CST
|By Bob Hallmark
A candidate for public office has asked authorities to investigate campaign signs. She believes many of her signs are being stolen and vandalized in Upshur county.
Updated: Jan. 22, 2022 at 3:46 PM CST
|By Bob Hallmark
Achieving the American Dream is the subject that a foreign journalist has come to East Texas to write a book about.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2022 at 6:49 PM CST
|By Bob Hallmark
East Texas farmers, who suffered losses during the tumultuous weather year of 2021, have a chance to recover some of their losses through a government loan program.
Updated: Jan. 1, 2022 at 5:45 PM CST
|By Bob Hallmark
Investigators hope physical evidence will provide answers in the disappearance of an East Texas woman, after her vehicle is found in a remote wooded area, over two years after the woman vanished.
Updated: Dec. 23, 2021 at 6:51 PM CST
|By Bob Hallmark
It has been a difficult year for the lumber industry with supply shortages and the inflated prices that resulted from them.
Updated: Dec. 17, 2021 at 8:40 PM CST
|By Bob Hallmark and Christian Terry
The City of Gilmer is showing support for the Buckeyes as they head off to the 4A state championship game in Arlington.
Updated: Dec. 8, 2021 at 7:32 PM CST
|By Bob Hallmark
Texas Lottery director of media relations Lauren Callahan talks on how gifting to children can create a real problem.
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