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Police: Lufkin man arrested for shooting juvenile claims self-defense
LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - A Lufkin man was facing several charges Wednesday after allegedly shooting a juvenile in the leg, leaving the victim hospitalized. Police arrested Julious Griffin, 26, for the crime that took place…
Read article →UPDATED - Truck driver killed in Newton County Crash has been identified
A truck driver was killed in a Newton County crash late Monday afternoon. It happened shortly before 4:00 on Highway 63 a few miles east of Burkeville. The driver has been identified as 41-year-old Josette…
Read article →Jasper County family scammed out of $25k, sheriff’s department recovered the money
Jasper County Sheriff Chuck Havard says his department has recovered $25,000.00 after a Jasper County family was scammed. Havard says the crime was reported on Monday and it was learned that the scam began online…
Read article →Buna man charged with a child sex crime
A Buna man was jailed on Tuesday morning for an alleged child sex crime. According to the Jasper County Sheriff’s Department, 59-year-old Guy Stanley III is accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a girl who was…
Read article →One person injured in two vehicle accident on RR-255
One person is undergoing treatment at Jasper Memorial Hospital for the injuries he received in a two-vehicle auto accident that occurred on Tuesday afternoon northwest of Jasper. The volunteers of both the Angelina River and…
Read article →SABINE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Press Release
(Hemphill, Texas) On June 16, 2025, the Sabine County Sheriff’s Office, along the Hemphill Police Department responded to an unscheduled and unexpected test of the Hemphill Independent School District emergency alert which was broadcast over…
Read article →Hooks woman wanted for manslaughter in connection with her child’s death
HOOKS, Texas – Hooks police are asking for help in location 21-year-old Jatoria Renae Cleamons. Police say she is wanted for manslaughter and injury to a child in connection to the death of her 8-month-old…
Read article →Chasing Aces grand opening is on Monday
BOSSIER CITY, La. - Monday is a big day for Bossier City and for locals who are excited to try something new. It's been 16 months since the groundbreaking for Chasing Aces. Chasing Aces will…
Read article →Winn Parish District Attorney dismisses case against teen accused of killing father
WINN PARISH, La. (KNOE) - The case centered around the shooting death of 51-year-old Chad Camp and the subsequent arrest of his son, Andrew Camp, was dismissed just over two years after the incident. Chad…
Read article →Police standoff in Beaumont ends with suspect dead
A man accused of assaulting and threatening two women and pointing a gun at them before barricading himself inside a west Beaumont apartment was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound following an hours-long…
Read article →Buna man arrested for abuse of 911 and resisting arrest
Jasper County dispatchers and deputies had to deal with an unruly man late Thursday morning. According to the report, 46-year-old Buna resident Alvis Lee Edmonds repeatedly made abusive and profane calls on 911. The report…
Read article →Nacogdoches police release names of 3 found dead in home
NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - Nacogdoches police have released the names of the three people found dead in the home on Mystic Lane on Thursday. Amy Manning Kirk, 52, William Manning Kirk, 22, and John Standley…
Read article →Fire breaks out at the pumps of Murphy USA at Walmart
An alert cashier and her quick actions along with a customer getting gas are being praised by the volunteers of the Jasper Fire Department following an incident that occurred on Sunday evening at the Murphy…
Read article →Multi-vehicle wreck injures 6 people and blocks Interstate 10 at Vidor
A tragic accident on Interstate 10 in Vidor sent at least six people to the hospital on Sunday and blocked the road for some time. Vidor Police Chief Rod Carroll told KFDM that the crash…
Read article →Louisiana State Police Detectives Investigating Marksville Police Department Officer-Involved Shooting
Marksville – On June 15, 2025, at approximately 4:50 p.m., Detectives with the Louisiana State Police Bureau of Investigations were requested by the Marksville Police Department to investigate an officer-involved shooting that occurred on Laurel…
Read article →Wanted fugitive nabbed by Newton County Sheriff Colton Havard
Newton County Sheriff Colton Havard captured a wanted fugitive on Wednesday afternoon. According to Havard, he was on Highway 87 near Hardy Street in Newton when he spotted Thomas Joe Hall riding a 4-wheeler and…
Read article →Man reported missing in Beauregard Parish has been found dead
Beauregard Parish Sheriff Mark Herford says a man who went missing on June 3rd was found dead on Thursday morning. According to Herford, the body of 22-year-old Thomas Brooks was found in a heavily wooded…
Read article →Woman found fatally shot at Shreveport apartment complex
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Shreveport police responded to reports of a shooting at 10:52 p.m. on Thursday, June 12. The incident happened at the Lifestyle Apartments in the 4200 block of Lakeshore Drive. Officials say…
Read article →Cake auction raised $2,450 for Jasper VFD
A cake auction on Thursday raised $2,450.00 for the Jasper Volunteer Fire Department. The money will be used for equipment and other expenses. The top seller was a banana pudding, made by former Jasper City…
Read article →One person went to hospital following early Thursday morning auto accident
Two people reported to be injured and transported to a local hospital following a two vehicle auto accident that occurred shortly after 7:00 on Thursday morning on the southwest side of Jasper. Police, firemen and…
Read article →Longview man accused of stealing from several dollar stores
LONGVIEW, Texas (KLTV) - Longview police arrested a man on Wednesday after they say he stole from several stores last weekend. Police began searching for Daqalyn Charles, 22, of Longview, on Saturday after multiple thefts…
Read article →Man convicted of Sherman woman’s murder dies in prison
SHERMAN, Texas (KXII) - A man who was sentenced to life in prison for the 2022 murder of a Sherman woman died serving his sentence in an east Texas prison. According to a report from…
Read article →100k gallons of sewage spill from Palestine water facility due to rain, flooding
PALESTINE, Texas (KTRE) - Over 100,000 gallons of sewage began to pour from a Palestine wastewater facility Wednesday. The city said the spill near Wells Creek, east of Loop 256, began around 10 p.m. Wednesday…
Read article →Men Sentenced To Federal Prison For Trafficking Meth
Sheriff Aaron Mitchell announces that several men have been sentenced in related Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (“OCDETF”) cases involving the trafficking of controlled substances. James Cordell Zeno (age-37) of Jennings, Blaze Gage Duhon…
Read article →Shreveport man convicted of murder in drug deal shooting
SHREVEPORT, La. — A Caddo Parish jury on Wednesday convicted a Shreveport man of second-degree murder in the shooting death of another man during a drug deal. Lloyd Cooks, 21, was found guilty by a…
Read article →Dangers of leaving a child in a hot car
SHREVEPORT, La. - A Hammond man has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder after leaving his 21-month-old daughter in a hot car on Sunday. Shreveport has seen similar arrests of people leaving kids in…
Read article →Threatening man with flammable materials caused evacuation at Lamar University campus
Lamar University Police say a threatening man with flammable materials caused an evacuation of the campus during the noon hour on Wednesday. According to the report, the man was near the library and was threatening…
Read article →Wanted fugitive nabbed by Newton County Sheriff Colton Havard
Newton County Sheriff Colton Havard captured a wanted fugitive on Wednesday afternoon. According to Havard, he was on Highway 87 near Hardy Street in Newton when he spotted Thomas Joe Hall riding a 4-wheeler and…
Read article →Man killed by his own boat propeller after being thrown into water, authorities say
JEFF DAVIS PARISH, La. ( KPLC /Gray News) – A man in Louisiana was killed in a freak accident with his boat’s propeller after he was thrown from the boat Sunday evening, officials said. Danny…
Read article →Former Wells teacher re-arrested after child claims sexual contact
LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - A former Wells ISD teacher already facing child- and animal-related sexual crimes has been arrested again after a child made an outcry. Hillary Danielle Williams, 34, of Lufkin, is now charged…
Read article →Newton County closer to a boost in the economy along with good paying jobs
Nick Andrews, President and CEO of the Scottsdale, Arizona based USA Bioenergy, announced on Tuesday that the company has signed a landmark deal with the L-P Corporation for a supply of wood to be used…
Read article →Man arrested after vehicle and foot pursuit
Jasper Police Chief Garrett Foster says a man is behind bars after a vehicle and foot pursuit on Tuesday morning. According to Foster, an officer tried to stop a 2002 Toyota Camry for speeding on…
Read article →ATVs, tools, weapons stolen from 2 deer leases in Polk County
POLK COUNTY, Texas (KLTV) - The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public’s help Monday after several ATVs as well as weapons and tools were stolen from two deer leases. The burglaries happened at…
Read article →Union Pacific says employee killed at railroad crossing
NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) -A pedestrian killed at a Nacogdoches railroad crossing was a Union Pacific employee, according to the company. According to the company, the incident happened around 4 p.m. Monday. The company released the…
Read article →Scam artists are becoming bolder — now targeting connections to your car
BOSSIER CITY, La. -- Would you be worried if you thought there was a forgotten speeding ticket or unpaid toll lurking somewhere — something that could cause trouble, cost you money, or even jeopardize your…
Read article →1 person injured in overnight house fire
SHREVEPORT, La. - The Shreveport Fire Department is investigating a house fire in the 6100 block of River Road. Around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, crews reported heavy smoke and flames coming from the garage area and…
Read article →Nacogdoches first responders at scene of fatal train, pedestrian wreck
NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - A fatal pedestrian wreck has been reported in Nacogdoches. According to Precinct 3 Constable Roger Dudley, the wreck involves a pedestrian and a train. He said that it occurred near the…
Read article →Alabama -Coushatta Tribe hosts Annual Pow-Wow
The Veteran's Pavilion was pulsating with Native American drumming, singing and dancing for the 55th Annual Alabama-Coushatta POW WOW on Saturday. The Pavilion was packed with over 300 tribal dancers and their families who were…
Read article →Child shot by another child in Vernon Parish, illegal immigrant adult arrested
The Vernon Parish Sheriff’s Department says a 3-year-old child underwent emergency medical treatment Sunday afternoon after being shot by another 3-year-old, and an illegal immigrant adult was arrested for allowing the children access to a…
Read article →Motorcyclist killed in Polk County Crash
Polk County Today is reporting that a motorcyclist was killed in a late Sunday night crash. It happened at about 10:00 on Farm to Market Road 3126 in front of the Polunsky Prison Unit west…
Read article →Dry Prong Man Killed in Rapides Parish Crash
Rapides Parish – On June 7, 2025, at approximately 3:36 p.m., Louisiana State Police Troop E responded to a fatal crash on Hooper Road north of Louisiana Highway 3325. This crash claimed the life of…
Read article →Kirbyville man wanted for child sex crime captured in Indiana
The Jasper County Sheriff’s Department says a Kirbyville man who was wanted in a child sex crime case has been captured in Indiana. The report says an investigation began in April when 41-year-old Randy McCullough…
Read article →Unlicensed driver arrested on a drug charge in Sabine County
The Sabine County Sheriff’s Department says a Milam man went to jail Thursday on a drug charge. According to the report, a deputy made a traffic stop at the intersection of Highway 87 at Highway…
Read article →Despite all odds, a Buna man is alive after trying to set himself on fire
Instead of being dead or undergoing treatment for serious burns 34-year-old Charles Benjamin Franklin IV of Buna is instead in the Jasper County Jail following a bizarre episode that is said to have occurred late…
Read article →Lufkin police investigating death of man found on train tracks
LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - Lufkin police said they found a body on the train tracks Sunday morning. Detectives are investigating the death of a man who was found on the railroad tracks between Abney and…
Read article →Authorities respond to 2-vehicle wreck in Huntington
HUNTINGTON, Texas (KTRE) - Two vehicles were damaged in a collision on Sunday in Huntington, but only non-life-threatening injuries have been reported. Officers were called to a major wreck in front of the Brookshire Brothers…
Read article →Shreveport man arrested after gas station assault
SHREVEPORT, La. - A man wanted for seriously hurting someone at a Shreveport gas station has been arrested, according to the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office. Johnathan B. Melton, 33, was found and taken into custody…
Read article →SABINE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE Press Release
(Hemphill, Texas) On June 5, 2025, Deputies from the Sabine County Sheriff's Office conducted a traffic stop for a traffic violation on a vehicle which was headed North on State Highway 87. The vehicle stopped…
Read article →Buna man and woman arrested for methamphetamine
A Jasper County deputy arrested a Buna man and woman on drug charges Wednesday evening. According to the report, the deputy made a traffic stop on Farm to Market Road 1131 in Evadale and inside…
Read article →Lake Charles’ new I-10 bridge begins new stage in development
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - State officials say the new I-10 bridge will run between the current bridge and the railroad tracks. This means businesses on Lakeshore Drive may have to relocate. The bridge has…
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