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A friendly bet between firefighters concluded Tuesday with a shiny, clean fire truck and thousands of dollars raised for charity. Full Story »
A friendly bet between firefighters concluded Tuesday with a shiny, clean fire truck and thousands of dollars raised for charity. Full Story »
Upshur County District Judge Lauren Parish sentenced 10 people this week in 115th District Court. They are: Full Story »
The Metropolitan Planning Organization has scheduled a policy board meeting at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Longview Public Library, 222 W. Cotton St. Full Story »
Longview's Code Red Weather Warning program has new features aimed at getting people the information they need. Full Story »
Dozens of elementary school students became published authors Monday as J.L. Everhart Magnet Academy of Cultural Studies released its first book written by kids for kids. Full Story »
Delicious and nutritious!...maybe. A new study shows chocolate milk may have some "artery healthy" side effects. Full Story »
Halle Berry has something else in common with fellow Oscar winners Meryl Streep and Jodie Foster: The Sherry Lansing Leadership Award. Full Story »
A Northern Ireland filmmaker has won euro46,000 ($69,000) in damages after a judge ruled that his Irish island home was transformed into a parking lot while he was overseas for six years. Full Story »
A Northern Ireland filmmaker has won €46,000 ($69,000) in damages after a judge ruled that his Irish island home was transformed into a parking lot while he was overseas for six years. Full Story »
The mother of one of three detained Americans accused of espionage by Iranian authorities said Tuesday the group is innocent and she hopes their fates will not get tangled in deadlocked negotiations over Iran's nuclear... Full Story »
Contributions made to the Relief from Hearts of Nacogodoches last month helped the Greater Manila Association to provide assistance to some of Manila's outlying provinces affected by Typhoon Ketsana. Full Story »
Tuesday's city charter election results are now official after the votes were canvassed on Monday by the City Commissioner Shelly Brophy and Nacogdoches Mayor Roger Van Horn. Full Story »
Nacogdoches has been recognized as one of the 56 National Main Street Cities in Texas by the Texas Historical Commission (THC) and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Full Story »
An East Texas teacher refusing state law security fingerprinting because of religious belief could lose her eligibility to stay in the classroom. Full Story »
It takes a lot of hard work behind the scenes to make the annual Nacogdoches Treatment Center bazaar successful. Full Story »
Helicopter crews began dumping pesticide on an infestation of giant plants Saturday at Toledo Bend Reservoir. Full Story »
Students at Angelina College have received more than $1 million in federal financial aid this year over and above years past, enabling more students to take higher education classes, according to the student financial aid director Sue Jones. Full Story »
BAn East Texas teacher refusing state law security fingerprinting because of religious belief could lose her eligibility to stay in the classroom. Full Story »
Q: Is Lufkin getting a Cracker Barrel? Full Story »
Moisture from Hurricane Ida is not expected to aggravate ongoing river and lake flooding problems in the East Texas region, according to a National Weather Service bulletin issued Sunday afternoon. Full Story »
An estimated 17 million women in the United States own a firearm. Most say it is so they will feel safe when they are alone. Full Story »
It was heads or tails as to what would happen Monday when two brothers got into a heated exchange about their dogs. According to Smith County Sheriff #8217;s reports, deputies were dispatched to a location on Farm-to-Market Road 2767 Monday morning after multiple shots were fired. Full Story »
A local state representative's party switch left some constituents sour and questioning the future of campaign funds the lawmaker received as a Democrat, now in Republican hands. Full Story »
When thinking of firefighters rescuing living things from trees one usually thinks of kittens. But, Whitehouse firefighters were dispatched to a location on Mixon Road Sunday afternoon to rescue a 50-year-old woman. Full Story »
Several events are on tap to honor veterans this week. Full Story »
***MEDIA RELEASE*** Changes to Code Red The City of Longview's Code Red Weather Warning program now has several features that have been added: Full Story »
TYLER --- Workforce Solutions of East Texas is holding a job fair for veterans Thursday. The fair begins at 9 a.m. and ends at 12 p.m. at the Workforce Solutions building in Longview. Workforce solutions is located at 2430 S. High St. Here is a list of employers participating: Able and Associates Advanced Temps AFLAC Career Personnel Convergys Express Employment Professionals Experience Works ... Full Story »
SEOUL, South Korea – A badly damaged North Korean patrol ship retreated in flames Tuesday after a skirmish with a South Korean naval vessel along their disputed western coast, South Korean officials said. The first naval clash between the two sides in seven years broke out just a week before President Barack Obama is due to visit Seoul, raising suspicions the North's communist regime is trying ... Full Story »
***UPDATE*** KILLEEN, TEXAS - President Barack Obama has flown to Texas to lead a memorial service at Fort Hood Army base for the people killed in last week's shooting rampage and to console their relatives and loved ones. Accompanying Obama to Texas on Air Force One, spokesman Robert Gibbs said the president will talk briefly about each of the 13 who fell under a gunman's siege last Thursday ... Full Story »
LONGVIEW--Congressman Louie Gohmert takes the health care debate to Longview. Following his vote against government-run health care, Congressman Gohmert spoke with students in Longview regarding the health care bill that passed the House Saturday night. "The fact that we put up very good reasons as to why this a very bad idea is an indication that by the time the Senate gets ready to take it up ... Full Story »
Injury to a child, dwi, burglary, graffiti, cc abuse Full Story »
A former Corrigan-Camden Elementary School teacher, who was arrested in Oct. 2008, was re-indicted last month on two additional counts of online solicitation of a minor. Full Story »
Forecasters say Ida has weakened to a tropical depression. Full Story »
Child obesity rates in America continue to climb. To put a stop to the increasing waistbands, Woodland Heights Medical Center and Lufkin Middle School launched a walking program called "Walk the Earth." Full Story »
There may be a recession going on, but you won't be able to tell by the coolers of deer meat stacked at this meat market. Full Story »
Football: Bullard High School 7, Spring Hill 56; Freshmen 25, Spring Hill 28. JV scheduled canceled. BMS 7th ‘A’ 30, Spring Hill ‘A’ 6; BMS 7th ‘B’ 0, Spring Hill ‘B’ 18; BMS 8th ‘A’ and ‘B’ both lost to Spring HIll but no scores were available. Brook Hill 54, Flower Mound-Coram Deo 0. read more Full Story »
M.D. ‘Doc’ Smith news@bullardnews.com SPRING HILL – Spring Hill celebrated Senior Night, and the Bullard Panthers finished out a season of hard times on the football field, dropping their final game of the year, 56-7, to Spring Hill at Panther Stadium on Friday night. read more Full Story »
M.D. ‘Doc’ Smith news@bullardnews.com BULLARD – The Bullard freshmen team ended the season on the short-end of a 28-25 loss to the Panthers of Spring Hill last Thursday at Panther Stadium. Turnovers by the Panthers, and a strong stand by the Spring Hill defensive front were the difference makers in the game.T read more Full Story »
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Dist Overall PF PA Gilmer 5-0 10-0 558 143 Tatum 4-1 6-4 243 197 Gladewater 2-3 5-5 232 read more Full Story »
John Bradley told a Senate panel today that Gov. Rick Perry has given him no instructions on a high-profile arson investigation. Full Story »
Two men were found slain in a small brick house at 5315 Beeman Ave. today. Investigators said the men died as a result of homicidal violence. Full Story »
In the 35 years since Jewell Harris was drafted and served in Vietnam, he's been haunted by the notion that Uncle Sam hadn't played straight with him. He was among more than 350,000 men drafted despite failing the military's physical or mental requirements - a plan called Project 100,000. Full Story »
LARA SOLT/DMN The Rev. Frederick D. Haynes III of Friendship-West Baptist Church joined other clergy leaders when the event was announced last month.The Justice Revival that begins tonight in Dallas might be thought of as a thousand points of light shining in the same direction. That's the hope anyway as large numbers of Christians gather across the usual dividing lines of race, denomination ... Full Story »
SONYA N. HEBERT/DMN Tenant Cynthia Woods views a memorial in the courtyard of the Casa del Norte apartments in Killeen, where Hasan lived.Investigators say Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's repeated e-mails to an extremist Muslim cleric were deemed harmless. | Full Story »
Brown's announcement is expected to be followed by one from three of his major backers that they are supporting former City Attorney Gene Locke. Full Story »
Lisa Nowak had originally been charged with attempted kidnapping and burglary, which are felonies. Full Story »
Soon-to-be policeman Nic Vo completed 1,206 push-ups in an hour to set a Houston Police Academy record for men during are recent physical agility test, the department stated in a news release today. Full Story »
The mishap occurred about 10 a.m. on Schalker and Cavalcade. The rescue took about an hour. Full Story »
Two brothers who may have fled to Mexico are wanted in the fatal stabbing of a man at bar in northeast Houston last month. Alfonso Montalvo, 29, and Richard Montalvo, 19, are charged with murder in the death of Melvin Paz Sanchez, 23, of Houston, at the establishment in the 8800 block of Jensen about 3 a.m. on Oct. 5. Full Story »
A morning moonset peeks through the autumn foliage near Bradfordton, Ill. AP Photo/Seth Perlman
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