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Natchitoches woman killed in three-vehicle crash
NATCHITOCHES, La. -- A Natchitoches woman was killed Friday afternoon in a three-vehicle crash, state police said. The victim is identified as Doris L. Nichols, 58. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Troopers said…
Read article →Officials respond after van drives off bridge in Angelina County
ANGELINA COUNTY, Texas (KTRE) - Firefighters responded to a call of a vehicle that drove off a bridge in Angelina County Sunday. According to Sheriff Tom Selman, the call came in around 5:03 p.m. Reponders…
Read article →Tatum ISD releases students early as basketball team prepares for state title game
TATUM, Texas (KLTV) - An East Texas community is energized as their high school basketball team moves on to the state championship tournament. Students at Tatum schools were released early on Thursday, as attention turned…
Read article →Texas UIL suspends Burkeville and Hull-Daisetta players after fight
The Texas University Interscholastic League has announced that all student-athletes from Burkeville and Hull-Daisetta who were involved in a large fight during a basketball playoff game last month have been suspended from any UIL sanctioned…
Read article →Jasper business received a counterfeit $100.00 bill
Jasper Police say a business received a counterfeit $100.00 bill on Wednesday. A report filed by Officer Daniel Coons said the fake money was discovered at Grease Monkey on Highway 190. Counterfeit money cases are…
Read article →Center ISD school board votes to adopt 4-day school week
CENTER, Texas (KTRE) - The Center ISD School Board has voted to adopt a 4-day school week for the 2025-2026 school year. The district announce the news Thursday night after the school board meeting. They…
Read article →Suspect in murder of N. Texas rapper, daughter captured in Livingston
LIVINGSTON, Texas (KTRE) - Forest Hill Police Department has announced that a man suspected in the March 3 shooting deaths of Ronnie Sibley, 30, and his 5-year-old daughter, R’mani Sibley, has been arrested. On Thursday,…
Read article →Man accused of stealing car during test drive turns self in
VERNON PARISH, La. (KPLC) - A man who was wanted for allegedly driving off while test-driving a car has turned himself in. Christian D. Efferson, 19, of Shreveport, traveled to Slagle on Feb. 21 under…
Read article →National Weather Service now confirms 4 EF-1 tornadoes in East Texas Tuesday
East Texas (KLTV/KTRE) - UPDATE: A total of four tornadoes have now been confirmed from storms that rolled through East Texas on Tuesday. The latest confirmed EF-1 tornado tracked from Franklin into Camp County and…
Read article →102 year-old Sabine Parish man who survived Pearl Harbor has died
MANY, La. – One of the last surviving sailors involved in the Pearl Harbor attack has died. Jesse Mahaffey died Saturday at the age of 102. His funeral service will be Saturday at Warren Meadows…
Read article →Two 18-wheelers crashed in Jefferson County, one went up in flames
A crash involving two 18-wheelers in Jefferson County resulted in one of the rigs going up in flames, while the drivers reportedly had only minor injuries. It happened at about 9:00 Tuesday night on Interstate…
Read article →Man reported missing was found, turns out he was wanted
The Jasper County Sheriff’s Department says a deputy found a man who had been reported missing, and it turned out that he was wanted. The report said the deputy began investigating the disappearance of 47-year-old…
Read article →Crews clear 150 trees after damaging winds rip through Pittsburg RV camp
PITTSBURG, Texas (KLTV) - Cleaning crews have been kept busy as they work to clear trees and debris from an RV camp after a storm swept through East Texas. Strong winds damaged roof tops and…
Read article →Man killed while crossing the street at Longview loop
LONGVIEW, Texas (KLTV) - A man who apparently tried to cross the street at improper location on Loop 281 in Longview was hit by a pickup and killed Tuesday night. Police responded to the 200…
Read article →Boys basketball state championship schedule
SAN ANTONIO (KLTV) - The Tatum Eagles and the Martin’s Mill Mustangs are headed to San Antonio this week to play for a state championship. Below is the schedule for the state championship games at…
Read article →SWEPCO sets restoration schedule for storm-damaged ArkLaTex
SHREVEPORT, La. - Thousands of SWEPCO customers across the ArkLaTex were without power Tuesday morning as storms pushed through the region. At the peak of the storm, there were about 29,000 outages across SWEPCO's three-state…
Read article →Caddo Parish Sheriff's Department investigating deadly crash
CADDO PARISH, La. - The Caddo Parish Sheriff's Department is investigating a deadly crash that occurred at 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, in the 9500 block of LA Highway 79. Deputies say an eighteen-wheeler and two other…
Read article →Truck driver died after a crash in Bridge City
A truck driver died after an early Tuesday morning crash involving two 18-wheelers in Bridge City. It happened shortly after 5:00 on Texas Avenue, which is Highway 73. Bridge City Police said Keith Kuffler, 48,…
Read article →Storm damaged Alto Elementary School, no students or staff injured
Tuesday morning’s storm heavily damaged Alto Elementary School, peeling away sections of the roof, but fortunately no students or staff were injured. School officials said the students were quickly moved to an undamaged area of…
Read article →Severe thunderstorm left structural damage, trees and power lines down
Severe thunderstorms crossed the area late Tuesday morning and left structural damage to buildings and numerous trees and power lines down. County Commissioner Seth Martindale's precinct was especially hard hit and he said that he…
Read article →Wildcats Fall In State Semi-Final 66 – 57
The Brookeland Wildcats basketball season has come to a close and it came one game short of the prize, a trip to the state championship game. The Wildcats traveled to Athens High School to face…
Read article →Driver arrested after a short pursuit
A driver went to jail following a short pursuit late Monday morning in Jasper. Jasper Police Sergeant Jimmy Neel filed a report stating that he tried to stop a car on Fletcher at Milam, but…
Read article →Burglar held at gunpoint until a Jasper County deputy arrived
The Jasper County Sheriff’s Department says an Evadale homeowner held a burglar at gunpoint until a deputy arrived. It happened shortly after 2:00 Monday morning at a house on Farm to Market Road 2246. According…
Read article →White Oak woman accused of leading police on chase through several towns
CARTHAGE, Texas (KLTV) - Panola County Sheriff Cutter Clinton released information about a pursuit that initiated in Tatum and ended in Panola County on Monday afternoon. Clinton said that at 3:34 p.m., Panola County dispatchers…
Read article →Boys basketball state semifinal schedule
EAST TEXAS - Five boys basketball teams are in the fifth round of the playoffs. Below is the schedule for the state semifinal round. 3A D1 Tatum vs Iowa Park, Tuesday, 7 p.m., Mansfield Lake…
Read article →1 dead, 2 survive Benton house fire
BENTON, La. – A Benton man died while a woman and child survived a house fire early Monday morning in Benton. The fire was reported around 5:45 a.m. in the 500 block of Oak Ridge…
Read article →Searchers find body of missing Buna fisherman
Following almost exactly 7 days of searching day and night sheriff deputies and others have found the body of 60 year old Steven Morgan, the Buna man that drowned on Friday a week ago. Jasper…
Read article →Boil water notice issued for the downtown area of Newton
The City of Newton announced on Friday afternoon that a boil water notice has been issued for the downtown area. No specific reason was given for the advisory. City officials say you should boil tap…
Read article →Deputies say wanted man arrested after a vehicle was abandoned in the middle of a highway
A Jasper County deputy arrested a wanted man early Saturday morning. The report said shortly after 3:00 am, the deputy responded to a report of a vehicle stopped on Farm to Market Road 252 near…
Read article →Man arrested after yelling profanities and threats at baseball park
Jasper Police say a man went to jail on Thursday evening after he yelled profanities and threats in front of spectators during a Little League baseball game at the Jasper Youth Baseball Park on State…
Read article →Man accused of beating a dog and then becoming a fugitive has been charged with a felony
Jasper County deputies have arrested a man accused of beating a dog with a stick. According to the report, it occurred on October 9th of last year and the suspect, 68-year-old Julian Torres, of Kirbyville,…
Read article →Suspect flown to East Texas hospital after multi-county pursuit ends in crash
VAN ZANDT COUNTY, Texas (KLTV) - A suspect has been airlifted to an East Texas hospital after sustaining injuries in a wreck. According to Delta County Sheriff Marshall Lynch, a pursuit began in Van Zandt…
Read article →Planned power outage announced for some Shelby County residents
SHELBY COUNTY, Texas (KTRE) - The Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative announced an upcoming power outage for Shelby County residents. They said the outage will take place Friday from 8 a.m. to noon for customers…
Read article →Drone vessels deployed on Toledo Bend Lake for surveys
If you see a strange looking un-manned watercraft on Toledo Bend, Sabine Parish Sheriff Aaron Mitchell says they’re drone vessels and they’re being used to study the depth of the lake water and the topography…
Read article →Fatal crash occurred just south of Kirbyville
Emergency crews were busy Thursday morning dealing with a fatal crash. It happened shortly before 9:00 on Highway 96 near County Road 619, just south of Kirbyville. Texas Department of Public Safety Sergeant Shana Clark…
Read article →Another colony of bats discovered at Buna High School
Buna ISD Superintendent Julie Motomura has announced that more bats have been discovered at Buna High School. She says the latest discovery is a colony living in the walls of some classrooms. This is the…
Read article →Man who led troopers on high speed chase turns himself in
A wanted man who state troopers say led them in a high speed pursuit on Tuesday and then managed to elude capture is now in custody. Newton County Sheriff Colton Havard says 39-year-old Antonio DeWayne…
Read article →Buna man remains missing despite extensive efforts to find him
Jasper County Sheriff Chuck Havard said late Wednesday afternoon that a Buna man remains missing despite extensive efforts to find him which have included numerous searches on land, water and from the sky. However, so…
Read article →Woman killed, three children hurt in single vehicle-accident near Ragley
RAGLEY, La. (KPLC) - Louisiana State Police are investigating a single-vehicle crash in the Ragley area that left a DeRidder woman dead and three children hurt. On Feb. 25, Kelly Williams, 43, was driving west…
Read article →Shooting inside Natchitoches house leaves 1 injured, 1 in jail
NATCHITOCHES, La. -- The Natchitoches Police Department has arrested Ajai Johnson, 32, of Natchitoches in connection with a shooting that injured a woman Tuesday night. Johnson is charged with second-degree cruelty to juveniles, possession of…
Read article →LSP Captain Arrested Following Off-Duty DWI Crash
Baton Rouge – Shortly after 3:30 a.m. this morning, Troopers from Louisiana State Police Troop A responded to a three-vehicle crash at the intersection of Plank Rd. and Harding Blvd. in Baton Rouge. The crash…
Read article →2 arrested in Marshall drug bust that found stolen gun
MARSHALL, Texas (KLTV) - Two men are in the Harrison County Jail after a drug bust that also found cash, guns, and robbery evidence. According to a release from the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office, the…
Read article →UPDATED - DPS releases new information about man who fled from troopers
The Texas Department of Public Safety has released information about a man who fled from troopers on Tuesday. According to Sergeant Shana Clark, 39-year-old Antonio DeWayne Jackson, of Burkeville, had been under a lengthy drug…
Read article →Man and brother, former Lumberton PD officer, arrested in child sexual abuse case
The Hardin County Sheriff's Department has announced the arrest of a man and his brother, who is a former Lumberton police officer, in a child sexual abuse case. Justin Campbell, 35, is charged with two…
Read article →Wernig resigned from Orangefield ISD School Board after arrest
Marcus Daniel Wernig has resigned from his position as a board member on the Orangefield ISD School Board. His current term would have continued until November of 2026. This comes after Wernig, who is 35,…
Read article →Recent Burglaries Solved, Suspect Arrested
Sheriff Aaron Mitchell reports the arrest of Doyle Wayne Behan III (age-20) of Zwolle on February 18, 2025. Sabine Parish Sheriff Detectives investigated several burglaries which occurred the week of February 10th in the Jeff…
Read article →Sabine County selects new sheriff
Commissioners voted unanimously Monday to appoint chief deputy George Griffith as sheriff, following the death of longtime sheriff Tom Maddox. Griffith will be sworn in at 10 a.m. Friday in the district courtroom. He has…
Read article →Newton County Sheriff releases name of man who was shot and killed on Friday
Newton County Sheriff Colton Havard has released the name of the man who was shot and killed on Friday in an alleged altercation with a deputy following a traffic stop as 49-year-old Michael Boyd Powers…
Read article →Fugitive sex offender from Beauregard Parish has been captured
The Beauregard Parish Sheriff’s Department has captured a fugitive sex offender. Troy Courtright was taken into custody over the weekend. The convicted child predator was wanted on a charge of Failure to Register as a…
Read article →Search continues in South Jasper County for missing fisherman from Buna
Jasper County Sheriff Chuck Havard said shortly after dark on Sunday evening that the search for a Buna man believed to have drowned in what is known as "Ten Acre Slough", located northwest of Buna…
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