JNEC crews and contractors are working to restore power to members who were affected by the storm that came through the Kirbyville/Call area early this morning.
The actions, foreshadowed for weeks by the administration, represent the first retaliatory measures announced against the Kremlin for the hack, familiarly known as the SolarWinds breach.
City of Lufkin officials are making a public plea to residents to stop flushing baby and/or cleaning wipes down the toilet as doing so results in a clogged sewage system.
Tonight is the debut for the Carden International Circus in Tyler. For many of the performers, this is their first week back working the circus stage in over a year.
The victims of the Jan. 17 crash Vanessa Davis, 28, Jason Davis, 38, and Ralph Hill, 48, were all members of the Pendleton Harbor Volunteer Fire Department.
According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, since the pandemic started there has been a rise in catalytic converter thefts nationwide. Most recently, a man was arrested in Lufkin for attempting to steal them from cars in a church parking lot.
A review board initially said it couldn’t release the video because it involved the shooting of a minor, but it changed course after the mayor and police superintendent called for the video’s release.
The man arrested was wanted on multiple counts of aggravated robbery and aggravated assault, as well as manufacture/delivery of a controlled substance.
On Thursday, state Rep. Matt Schaefer, of Tyler, will be introducing a bill to the full Texas house. That bill would remove any license or permit requirements to carry a gun in most public spaces. One gun store owner Mack Woods is concerned about house bill 1927.
At Memorial Hospital in Nacogdoches as many as nine contract nurses a week are packing their bags for home or other hospitals. It’s feared by frontline workers that the contracts are ending too soon.
