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Marshall Police Searching for Suspect Who Attacked an Officer
Police are looking for a man they say seriously hurt an officer Monday night. Police originally got reports of a person with a weapon and a welfare concern at around 7:00 p.m. on East Travis…
Read article →21-Year-Old Woman Dies After ATV Rollover Crash in Jasper County
A 21-year-old woman died in a rollover crash involving an all-terrain vehicle that occurred on County Road 096 in Jasper County Sunday evening. According to a press release, Texas Department of Public Safety troopers responded…
Read article →Sabine Parish Police Jury
The Sabine Parish Police Jury will hold its regulary scheduled meeting Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at 9 a.m. in the Police Jury Meeting Room of the Sabine Parish Courthouse, 400 S Captitol Street in Many.
Read article →Leesville Man Sentenced to More than 100 Years for Drug Charges
On Wednesday, Cassetti Dewayne Brown, 53, of Leesville, was sentenced to a total of 165 years behind bars for various drug charges stemming from offenses in 2017. Overall, Brown was found guilty on six of…
Read article →Boil Advisory and Water Outage for Parts of Beauregard Parish
A water outage and boil advisory are affecting areas of Waterworks District 3 in Beauregard Parish. Due to flooding in the Longville area, the following customers will be without water service until further notice: Customers…
Read article →11 Toledo Bend Spillway Gates Open
A lot more water is flowing through the Toledo Bend Spillway. All 11 gates are open by 2 feet. Of course, the gates opening brings back memories of the historic flood of 2016 on the…
Read article →School Board Meeting
The Sabine Parish School Board will hold their regularly scheduled board meeting Monday, May 13, 2019 at 695 Peterson Street in Many.
Read article →Nacogdoches County Sheriff’s Office: Man Dies After Being Struck by 2 Vehicles on US 59
A Zavalla man died at a Nacogdoches hospital late Tuesday night after he was struck by two vehicles on U.S. Highway 59. According to a press release, the man has been identified as Bernard Charles…
Read article →Some Local Schools Either Canceled or Delayed Due to Severe Weather
Severe weather is having an impact on area schools on Thursday. Widespread flooding is being reported across Bossier Parish and this will cause school bus delays. There may be issues with buses getting into neighborhoods,…
Read article →School Closures, Roads Blocked, Power Outages Reported After Storms
Utility crews are working to restore power for thousands of East Texans after powerful storms moved through the region Wednesday. Outages, downed trees, and road closures are also forcing several school districts to close or…
Read article →Vegetable Medley Results from Single-Vehicle Crash
A truck load of vegetables spread across the roadside of U.S. Highway 96 North just south of CR 3770 following a single-vehicle crash Wednesday, May 8, 2019. According to Texas Department of Public Safety State…
Read article →DPS: Woman Involved in Crash that Injured Lufkin Officer Turns Herself In
The Texas Department of Public Safety said a woman who was involved in a crash that injured a Lufkin police officer has turned herself in. According to DPS, on May 4, Nakishia Samuel, 40, of…
Read article →First Alert Weather Day Still In Effect for Wednesday
The SPC, or the Storm Prediction Center, has placed much of East Texas under an ENHANCED Risk for strong to severe thunderstorms during the day on Wednesday. Therefore, a First Alert Weather Day has been…
Read article →Caddo Teacher Accused of Having Sex with Senior Student
The Caddo Sheriff's Office is investigating a now-former teacher for allegedly having sex with a student. Mindie Elrod, who had been on staff at North Caddo High School for less than a year, was removed…
Read article →Natchitoches Man Arrested for Stabbing at Motel
The Natchitoches Police Department responded on May 6 to a 911 call from the Motel 6 near the Hwy 1 Bypass in reference to a fight in the lobby. While officers were en route, another…
Read article →Body Found in Red River
Authorities recovered a body from the Red River Monday. Just before 11 a.m., there was a heavy presence of first responders near the Stoner Boat Launch after a jogger reported a body in the water.…
Read article →Sabine Parish Sheriff’s Office Officer Involved Shooting
On Monday, May 6, 2019, at approximately 4:00 p.m. Louisiana State Police Bureau of Investigation/Alexandria Field Office (LSP AFO) responded to an officer involved shooting in Converse. LSP AFO was requested to investigate the shooting…
Read article →Louisiana Gets More Than $94 Million to Fight Coastal Erosion
More than $94 million are now being used to fight coastal erosion. The Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act or GOMESA was created in order to address the long-standing problem. The money was dispersed across…
Read article →NWS: 3 Tornadoes Touched Down in Texas, Louisiana
A report from the National Weather Service has confirmed three EF-1 tornadoes touched down within 38 minutes the morning of May 2 in Texas and Louisiana. The first touched down at 6:30 a.m. near a…
Read article →Weather-Related Power Outages Affecting East Texans
Strong storms moving across East Texas have caused some power outages in communities Wednesday night. SWEPCO Gregg County outages: 1,469 Harrison County outages: 222 Rusk County outages: 511 Titus County outages: 193 Upshur County outages:…
Read article →Water Company Expects to Lift Boil Water Notice 'Soon' in Hard-Hit San Augustine
Water lines are repaired, the community for the most part has running water again, and a boil water notice could soon be rescinded for one of the communities hardest hit by a tornado last week…
Read article →Power Still Out for 30 Percent of Storm Victims After San Augustine Tornado
County leaders in San Augustine said Tuesday that power crews have restored electricity to nearly 70 percent of people who lost power after last week’s tornado. County judge Jeff Boyd said, from a county standpoint,…
Read article →DeSoto Homicide Suspect Apprehended in Shreveport
Authorities have apprehended the Shreveporter suspected of fatally shooting and running over his twin brother. And the woman who also was shot Monday in Frierson is in serious but stable condition. Trevor Marcel Williams, 28,…
Read article →NSU to Help Tornado-Damaged LA Tech at Demons Vs. Bulldogs Baseball Game
A college baseball game will give people more opportunities to support tornado relief efforts at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston. The campus and the city of Ruston were damaged by a tornado that struck early…
Read article →DeSoto Deputies Looking for Homicide Suspect Who is Considered "Armed and Dangerous"
DeSoto Parish sheriff’s deputies are looking for a man accused of fatally shooting and running over his twin brother and also seriously injuring a woman, Sheriff Jayson Richardson said. Treavor Marcel Williams, 28, of Shreveport,…
Read article →In-Custody Death Investigation in Nacogdoches County
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Texas Rangers are conducting an in-custody death investigation at the request of the Nacogdoches County Sheriff Jason Bridges that occurred in the Nacogdoches County Jail on the morning…
Read article →Students at San Augustine ISD Head Back to School After Tornado
When School Superintendent Virginia Liepman first heard about the tornado hitting in San Augustine, they only thing she could think about was the safety of her students. “When we determined that our kids were safe…
Read article →Man Found Shot Inside Car in Natchitoches; Police Investigating
Authorities are investigating a shooting that took place Thursday, April 25 in Natchitoches. According to a news release, officers responded to a call from Ashley Pye, who said her child’s father, Patrick Howard, had been…
Read article →Many Shooting Suspects
This is a clarification of a news report provided on this station last week. Isom Jermaine Scott, Jr., was arrested on one count of murder in connection with the death of a Many Resident. The…
Read article →Woman Reported Missing from Lufkin Found Safe
The search for a missing woman from Lufkin is now over. According to police, Nita Franks Cerna was found safe at a family member’s home in DeRidder, Louisiana. PREVIOUS STORY: Police are seeking the public’s…
Read article →Suspect in Custody After Nacogdoches SWAT Standoff
A suspect is in custody after an hours-long standoff with police in south Nacogdoches. Officers were called to the 3600 block of Laurel Oak Street around 8:00 p.m. Sunday after a 911 call about a…
Read article →City Of Leesville Announce Election to Fill Vacant City Council Seat
The city of Leesville passed a proclamation announcing the Leesville City Council will call a special election to fill the position of Council at Large. This is the seat left vacant with the passing of…
Read article →Preliminary Storm Report: At Least an EF-3 Tornado Ripped Through Ruston Wednesday Night
On Thursday, the National Weather Service in Shreveport sent out storm survey teams to Ruston, LA, San Augustine, TX and northern Caddo Parish to survey storm damage from Wednesday night’s storms. According to NWS meteorologist,…
Read article →Bowie County, Texas Man Killed in Fatal House Fire
A Bowie County, Texas man is killed in a house fire overnight in the Liberty-Eylau community. It happened around midnight in the 7000 block of West 7th Street. Bowie County Deputy Fire Marshal Scottie Taylor…
Read article →Man Shot Dead in Sabine Parish; Police Arrest 2 18-Year-Olds
A 64-year-old Sabine Parish resident was fatally shot early Wednesday morning. And a man who recently was released on bond on a previous armed robbery charge is accused of killing him. Police also have arrested…
Read article →Vernon Parish Deputy Retires at Age 84
On Wednesday, the Vernon Parish Sheriff's Department honored a long-time member of their family at a retirement ceremony. 84-year-old Deputy Jim Wilson is known for his endless work-ethic and positive attitude. He spent more than…
Read article →John William King Had No Last Words Before his Execution for the Heinous Dragging Death of James Byrd Jr.
A man who helped carry out the dragging death of James Byrd Jr. -- one of the most horrific hate crimes in modern American history -- was executed by injection on Wednesday evening in a…
Read article →Suspect arrested in stabbing death of 67-year-old Oberlin man
Police in Oberlin are investigating a stabbing that resulted in the death of a 67-year-old man according to Oberlin Police Chief Grady Haynes. The investigation began when officers responded to a call from a home…
Read article →Police Search for Runaway
Shreveport police are searching for a missing teen believed as a runaway. On April 20, 2019, 15-year-old Rontreveus Norman was reported as a runaway. Norman was last seen in the 600 block of West 64th…
Read article →Former Leesville Officer in 2011 Felony Drug Case Charged with Retaliation in Texas
Charlie Gerard Lopez, a former Leesville police officer who was convicted in federal court in Alexandria in 2011 for two drug charges has been indicted for retaliation in connection to that case. The Daily Sentinel…
Read article →DPS: Suspects Attempt to Evade Law Enforcement, Drive into Toledo Bend Reservoir
The Texas Department of Public Safety said three Center residents Saturday morning were arrested following a pursuit that ended in Toledo Bend Reservoir. According to DPS, the preliminary information indicates at approximately 12:30 a.m., a…
Read article →2 Men Arrested for Burglary, Other Charges Following DeSoto Parish Search
A DeSoto Parish sheriff’s K-9 got a bite out of two burglary suspects who were on the run part of Sunday afternoon. The two men – Christopher James Fitch, 37, of Mooringsport and Christopher Fisk,…
Read article →2 Rescued After Boat Starts Taking on Water on Sam Rayburn
Firefighters with the Etoile Volunteer Fire Department helped rescue a 12-year-old boy and an adult after their boat started taking on water at the Sam Rayburn Reservoir. Nacogdcohes County Sheriff Jason bridges said the boat’s…
Read article →Man Drowns After Boat Capsizes at Sam Rayburn Lake
One person drowned Thursday when a boat capsized at Sam Rayburn Lake. About 8 p.m. Thursday, Texas Game Wardens were called out to Sam Rayburn Lake, near Rayburn Park in response to a drowning. According…
Read article →Julie Anne’s Bakery & Cafe Co-Founder Dead at 76
Julie Anne Nelson, co-founder of Julie Anne’s Bakery & Cafe in Shreveport, has died. The 76-year-old suffered from complications associated with Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy. According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine , CAA is…
Read article →Former Governor Kathleen Blanco Under Hospice Care
The Louisiana State Legislature announced Tuesday that former Governor Kathleen Blanco is under hospice care. Blanco was diagnosed with ocular melanoma in 2011, and the disease reappeared during a checkup in 2017. In December 2018…
Read article →Adult Killed, Several People Injured in Tyler County Church Bus Wreck
A church bus has been involved in a wreck in Tyler County. Texas DPS Sgt. Stephanie Davis confirmed the crash occurred on Highway 69 just north of Warren at about 5:30 p.m. Davis said it…
Read article →Arrest Warrant Issued for Second Student in Huntington Baseball Investigation
UPDATE: An arrest warrant has been officially issued for George William Wagner, 17, after an indictment was handed down by a Grand Jury Wednesday. A second student has been indicted in the Huntington baseball team…
Read article →La. Man Sentenced to Life in Prison in Connection with Killing of Soldier
Tobias Williams will spend the rest of his life behind bars in connection to the 2016 death of Fort Polk Capt. Jonathan Ellis. On Tuesday, Williams was sentenced to life in prison for second-degree murder…
Read article →DPS Ramping Up Move Over/Slow Down Enforcement
Troopers in the Brazos Valley are increasing their enforcement of the 'move over slow down' law. DPS periodically increases their enforcement throughout the year, in the Bryan district, officials will participate in those operations on…
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