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Suspected Roganville church burglar captured in Lufkin
LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office reported that on June 19, Roganville Baptist Church had been broken into. One suspect has been identified as Gavyn R. Deaton, 20, of Lufkin. The other…
Read article →Independence Day in the Park will be Sat, July 5th
Jasper’s Independence Day in the Park Event will be held on Saturday, July 5th, 5:00pm to 10:00pm, at Sandy Creek Park on Marvin Hancock Drive. The event features many vendors selling a variety of items,…
Read article →Driver accidentally leaves yard with dump bed up snagging electric and telephone lines
Police say the driver of a large eighteen wheeled end dump tractor truck accidentally left the yard with the dump bed up on Saturday morning, pulling down power and telephone lines, almost turning the truck…
Read article →1 arrested following I-20 crash that killed 5 near Wills Point
KAUFMAN COUNTY, Texas (KLTV) - A man has been arrested following a multi-vehicle crash the killed five and injured more on I-20 near Wills Point. According to KDFW, Alexis Osmani Gonzalez-Companioni, 27, was arrested for…
Read article →Wanted fugitive captured in Newton County
Newton County deputies along with the U.S. Marshal’s Service captured a wanted fugitive early Thursday morning in a house on County Road 2110 in Burkeville. According to Sheriff Colton Havard, Casey Edward Baker had multiple…
Read article →Houston County deputy injured in 2-vehicle wreck
CROCKETT, Texas (KTRE) - Houston County Sheriff Zak Benge reports that one of his deputies and another driver were injured in a wreck on Thursday. Benge said that Deputy Weston Reeves was driving on Hwy…
Read article →Leesville man arrested in drug trafficking investigation
VERNON PARISH, La. (KALB) - A Leesville man was arrested following an investigation into drug trafficking, according to the Vernon Parish Sheriff’s Office. Rickie Dewayne Bell, 41, was arrested on June 26. The Vernon Parish…
Read article →DPS identifies bicyclist killed in hit-and-run on Highway 64 in Smith County
SMITH COUNTY, Texas (KLTV) - DPS is investigating a hit-and-run that left a bicyclist dead on State Highway 64 east of Tyler overnight Wednesday. According to DPS spokesman Adam Albritton, the bicycle rider, now identified…
Read article →UPDATED - One of two Roganville Baptist Church burglary suspects captured
Jasper County Sheriff Chuck Havard said Thursday afternoon that one of the suspects in the recent burglary of Roganville Baptist Church had been captured in Angelina County. He is 20-year-old Gavyn R. Deaton, of Lufkin,…
Read article →Louisiana State Police Detectives Investigating Port Barre Police Department Officer-Involved Shooting
St. Landry Parish – On June 25, 2025, just before 9:00 p.m. detectives with the Louisiana State Police Bureau of Investigations were requested by the Port Barre Police Department to investigate an officer-involved shooting that…
Read article →Silsbee Police Chief out of jail after being arrested for public intoxicaton
The Silsbee police chief is out of jail on bond following his arrest on a charge of public intoxication in the Texas Hill country. Staff at the Gillespie County Jail tell our news partner KFDM…
Read article →Suspect dead, 2 Texas Tech police officers wounded after overnight shooting
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - One person is dead and two Texas Tech police officers are recovering after a shooting overnight on the north side of Jones AT&T Stadium. Around 12:45 a.m., Tech police officers responded…
Read article →Traffic stop leads to arrest of Carthage man suspected of 8 burglaries
CARTHAGE, Texas (KLTV) - An investigation into numerous burglaries in the Beckville and Tatum areas has possibly been solved. The Panola County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday that a suspect identification was developed after following leads…
Read article →SABINE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE Press Release
(Hemphill, Texas) During the evening hours of June 24, 2025, Deputies from the Sabine County Sheriff's Office were conducting a fugitive investigation in the 300 block of Mott Road in Brookeland, Texas. As Deputies approached,…
Read article →BOIL ADVISORY
The Pendleton Water Association has experienced problems with our supply system. On June 24, 2025, we had a system wide outage due to a lightning strike/storm to a main water tine. Because of these problems,…
Read article →Suspect in Buna Tractor Supply theft nabbed in Calcasieu Parish
Jasper County Sheriff Chuck Havard says the suspect in a theft at the Tractor Supply in Buna on Monday was captured in Calcasieu Parish on Tuesday. He has been identified as 49-year-old Jeremy Todd Gore.…
Read article →Missing special needs teen has been found safe and sound
Jasper County Sheriff Chuck Havard and his deputies were busy early Tuesday evening searching for a special needs teen and shortly before 8:00, Havard reported that the girl had been found and that she was…
Read article →Kirbyville Police Arrest Naked Man for Aggravated Assault
Kirbyville Police arrested a man on charges of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon Against a Family Member and Resisting Arrest. According to the probable cause affidavit, Sergeant Josh Hancock was dispatched to an active…
Read article →Driver from Boyce killed in crash on Hwy 121
RAPIDES PARISH, La. (KALB) - A 52-year-old from Boyce was killed in a crash on Hwy 121 near Bob Stark Road, according to Louisiana State Police. LSP said Shellie Slocum was driving a 2009 Nissan…
Read article →Shreveport man charged with carjacking
SHREVEPORT, La. -- Shreveport police have arrested a man in connection with an attempted carjacking that resulted in a man being shot. Police and medics responded to 4650 Lakeshore Drive on the afternoon of June…
Read article →LaSalle Parish and Rapides Parish Crashes Leaves Two People Dead
LaSalle Parish – On June 24, 2025, at approximately 5:08 a.m., Louisiana State Police Troop E responded to a one-vehicle fatal crash on Louisiana Highway 127 near Coon Tank Battery Road. This crash claimed the…
Read article →LA Tech mourns the loss of hall of fame broadcaster Dave Nitz
RUSTON – The news broke Tuesday morning. And with it, the hearts of Louisiana Tech fans everywhere. Dave Nitz — the legendary "Voice of the Bulldogs" for half a century — passed away at the…
Read article →Woman fought police after trying to steal a buggy full of groceries
Jasper Police say a woman went to jail on Sunday after she tried to steal a buggy full of groceries, and then fought with an officer. The report said an officer was sent to WalMart…
Read article →Man stole items worth more than $700 from Tractor Supply in Buna
The Jasper County Sheriff's Department is working to identify a thief who stole a weed trimmer and a leaf blower from Tractor Supply in Buna late Monday morning. Deputies say the items were worth more…
Read article →Intoxicated man fought police after firing a gun
A man fought a Jasper Police officer, but was eventually wrestled into custody after he admitted to firing a gun several times over the weekend. A report filed by Officer Jordan Courtney said that on…
Read article →Alleged drunk driver arrested after wife dies in DeQuincy train crash
DEQUINCY, La. (KPLC) - A suspected drunk driver is behind bars after failing to stop for a train, causing a crash that killed his wife, police said. David Wayne Richard, 35, of Beaumont, was driving…
Read article →Police in Beaumont arrest suspect in Saturday shooting of man killed while mowing his yard
The man accused of shooting and killing a Beaumont man while he was mowing his lawn Saturday has been arrested in Houston. Larry Fitzgerald Williams, 54, was taken into custody in Houston by the Jefferson…
Read article →Alexandria man arrested for Tioga home invasion
TIOGA, La. (KALB) - The Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office said they made an arrest in a domestic disturbance and home invasion situation in Tioga. RELATED: Two detained after domestic disturbance with alleged gunfire RPSO said…
Read article →Man accused of killing mother, leaving body in trash can in Opelousas
OPELOUSAS, La. (KALB) - A man has been arrested for killing his mother and leaving her body in a trash can, according to the Opelousas Police Department. Police said on June 22, they learned that…
Read article →Police in Beaumont arrest suspect in Saturday shooting of man killed while mowing his yard
The man accused of shooting and killing a Beaumont man who was mowing his lawn Saturday has been arrested in Houston. Larry Fitzgerald Williams, 54, was taken into custody in Houston by the Jefferson County…
Read article →Teen killed in UTV crash in Rapides Parish
RAPIDES PARISH, La. — A 13-year-old girl from Oakdale died early Sunday in a utility terrain vehicle (UTV) crash on West River Road, south of Louisiana Highway 462, according to Louisiana State Police. Troopers from…
Read article →Drownings claimed 2 lives at Wright Patman Lake
TEXARKANA, Texas – Accidental drownings claimed two lives at Wright Patman Lake on Saturday night. According to the Liberty-Eylau Fire Department, a man and a teen drowned at the north shore of the lake. Victor…
Read article →Alleged car thief says he was going to "deliver classified intelligence" to CIA
Justin Colley, 38, accused of stealing a Mustang at gunpoint during a test drive with a Silsbee Ford dealership salesman, told our reporter Iman Abraham that he was "trying to deliver classified intelligence to the…
Read article →Sheriff Chuck Havard investigates a burglary at Roganville
Jasper County Sheriff Chuck Havard and his deputies are investigating a burglary and vandalism that is believed to have occurred sometime Thursday or Friday at the Roganville Baptist Church located on Farm to Market Road…
Read article →Lufkin police release name of teen killed in shooting
LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - Lufkin police have upgraded the charge for a Lufkin man accused of killing a teenager Tuesday evening. Police say Julious Griffin, 26, claimed self-defense when he shot Jaime Windom, 16, in…
Read article →Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders say they're getting a 400% increase in pay
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders say they are getting a serious increase in pay. One of the cheerleaders has said during the second season of the Netflix series “America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboy…
Read article →Police release identity of Zavalla man found dead on SH 147
ZAVALLA, Texas (KLTV) - Zavalla police have released the identity Thursday of a man found dead on SH 147. According to Chief Robert Denby, Robert Durk Summerlin was found around 7 a.m. Tuesday morning. He…
Read article →Police, firefighters work to put out house fire in Huntington
HUNTINGTON, Texas (KTRE) - First responders were working to get a handle on a home in Huntington that went up in flames Thursday morning. The City of Huntington Volunteer Fire Department and the Huntington Police…
Read article →Search continues for missing person at Lake Timpson
TIMPSON, Texas (KTRE) - The search for a missing man continued at Lake Timpson into Thursday morning. According to the Shelby County Sheriff, Gerald Corbell, a 43-year-old man was reported missing around 9:15 a.m. on…
Read article →Juvenile shot in Lufkin on Tuesday dies
LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - The juvenile shot on Tuesday evening in Lufkin has died. According to the Lufkin Police Department, the juvenile died early Thursday morning at a Houston hospital. Police arrested Julious Griffin, 26,…
Read article →One man injured in Thursday evening crash at Zion Hill
What caused it is still not known, but two vehicles collided on Thursday evening on Highway 96, just south of Jasper. The volunteers of the Tri-Community Fire Department and other emergency personnel were dispatched to…
Read article →One man injured in Thursday evening crash at Zion Hill
What caused it is still not known, but two vehicles collided on Thursday evening on Highway 96, just south of Jasper. The volunteers of the Tri-Community Fire Department and other emergency personnel were dispatched to…
Read article →‘A recipe for disaster’: Child, 6, dies in ATV crash after 12-year-old driver runs stop sign
ALEXANDRIA, La. ( KALB /Gray News) - A child has died and two others remain in critical condition following an ATV crash in Louisiana. According to the Alexandria Police Department, the collision happened Wednesday evening…
Read article →Heat advisory in effect Friday ahead of first official weekend of summer
SHREVEPORT, La. - The heat is on this Friday. The National Weather Service-Shreveport will have a heat advisory across the ArkLaTex from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. Look for heat indices during this period to…
Read article →Victim identified in fatal Shreveport motorcycle wreck
SHREVEPORT, La. — A Shreveport man killed in a single-vehicle motorcycle crash Tuesday has been identified by the Caddo Parish Coroner's office as Philip Miller, 60. Miller died at Ochsner LSU Health hospital after being…
Read article →DeSoto Parish man sentenced to prison for business arson
SHREVEPORT, La. -- A DeSoto Parish man who burglarized his employer's business and then set fire to the building must serve a decade in prison, a Caddo District judge has ruled. Cross McCray, 23, of…
Read article →RV catches fire on I-20 near Louisiana/Texas state line
GREENWOOD, La. (KSLA) - Fire crews responded to a large RV fire on I-20 Wednesday afternoon (June 18). The fire started around 2:30 p.m. on I-20 near the Texas/Louisiana state line. Officials say an RV…
Read article →Orange County resident accused of stabbing her mother in the chest
A woman from Orange County has been arrested is now charged with stabbing her mother in the chest following an incident that is alleged to have occurred on Tuesday evening in Little Cypress. Deputies from…
Read article →Man charged with interfering with a medical helicopter in Orange County
The Orange County Sheriff's Department has arrested a man who they say interfered with a medical helicopter as it was trying to fly a patient to a hospital. According to the report, deputies arrested Ned…
Read article →Police say resident of Newton was doused with gasoline and set on fire
Newton Police Chief Will Jackson says a man was burned after he was doused with gasoline and set on fire. Jackson said it happened during a disturbance on Tuesday evening at 105 Forward Street. The…
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