The report states 1,787 students tested positive, while 350 staff tested positive for the week ending May 9, for a total of 2,137.

A man who died after shots were fired as U.S. Marshals served a warrant at a home Thursday near a Killeen elementary school was identified Friday as Samuel Roberto Pleasant, 40.

Since the CDC lifted the mask mandate for vaccinated people Thursday, Dr. Ed said he’s comfortable with the guidelines put forth by the CDC because the recommendations are based on science.

The pandemic has thrown the federal tax filing season into a little bit of chaos thanks to rearranged deadlines and such. East Texas Now’s Jeremy G. Butler spoke with Rick Allen, a local CPA, in the hopes of untangling some of the more confusing aspects of this year’s tax filing requirements.

An interstate bridge crossing the Mississippi River at Memphis, Tennessee, remained closed Wednesday after inspectors found a crack in the span a day earlier.

An interstate bridge crossing the Mississippi River at Memphis, Tennessee, remained closed Wednesday after inspectors found a crack in the span a day earlier.

Comedian Ellen DeGeneres will end her long-running daytime talk show after 19 seasons.

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Mayor David Skains tells us why the town, which used to be known as the Old Bethel Community, was renamed Gun Barrel City.

Infectious disease specialist Dr. Ed Dominguez and OBGYN Dr. Theresa Patton once again joined East Texas Now host Kayla Lyons on Friday.

Patrick De Haan of Gas Buddy told KLTV’s Blake Holland that refinery production in Texas could be forced to slow down as a result of the Colonial Pipeline shut down.

East Texas Now’s Jeremy G. Butler speaks with Jessica Barnes, assistant professor of cosmochemistry, lunar studies and planetary analogs at the University of Arizona, about NASA’s new asteroid sample and return mission, OSIRIS-REx.

A 10-year-old boy who had just bought a Mother's Day gift was hit by a car as he crossed Chestnut Street Sunday morning, according to the Lufkin Police Department.

The Lufkin Police Department is investigating a hit and run fatality involving a bicyclist that occurred early Saturday morning on Loop 287′s Moffett Road overpass.

A body was recovered late Friday afternoon in the search for a man thrown from a personal watercraft on Lake Waco.

The report states 2,293 students tested positive, while 390 staff tested positive for the week ending May 2, for a total of 2,683.

May is National Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, and the Texas Department of Transportation’s annual “Share the Road: Look Twice for Motorcycles” campaign gets underway to call attention to the safety precautions motorists can take to protect motorcyclists and themselves.

The long road to recovery for one East Texas deputy, once in a coma with 'Covid-19', is not over yet. Gregg county sheriff's 'corporal James Hagler', was released from the hospital last month, but his struggle to recover continues.

More guns were sold last month than any other April on record according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation.

Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is providing approximately $246 million in emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits for the month of May as the state continues its response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Among the various topics discussed, Dr. Ed gave his thoughts on the future of COVID-19 and if it is something that will stick around as a seasonal illness or go the way of exterminated diseases.

The Texas Department of State Health Services reported more than 2,600 cases of COVID-19 on public school campuses in last week’s reports.

Slain Fort Hood Spc. Vanessa Guillén was sexually harassed, but not by her killer, Spc. Aaron David Robinson, according to the results of an Army Regulation 15-6 investigation released Friday afternoon.

Contestants categories begin with Mini Miss ages 6-11 but there is no maximum age limit for competitors. Jackson said right now the greatest number of contestants are in the 30 and above category.

At the direction of the governor, the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) has deployed the following resources to support severe weather response operations across the state.

Wednesday $11.2 billion in federal funds were released to help public schools address student learning loss and costs incurred as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

On Tuesday, East Texas Now host Kayla Lyons spoke to Dr. Lloyd Potter, the director of the Texas Demographic Center.

Community leaders spoke out addressing their concerns regarding permitless carry bills.

May 1 Election day locations for Smith, Gregg, Nacogdoches, Angelina Counties

East Texas Now’s Jeremy G. Butler spoke with Kyle Penney, president of the East Texas Communities Foundation, about how East Texans can participate in East Texas Giving Day and how it serves hundreds of organizations.