An East Texas man passes away after an accident on a roof. Hours before, he had stopped by a local restaurant, where the owners created a sandwich just for him. Now that sandwich is named after him with proceeds going to his family.
Nacogdoches High School athletic director gets midnight call informing him one of this players tested positive for COVID-19. Games were canceled and players and coaching staff sent home for two week quarantine which puts football opening season on hold.
U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox announced that a Longview sex offender who was identified in the course of a joint international investigation has been found guilty of possession of child pornography in the Eastern District of Texas.
Governor Greg Abbott today placed resources on standby along the Gulf Coast in anticipation of severe weather resulting from a Tropical Depression in the Gulf.
Deputies with the Nacogdoches County Sheriff’s Office have arrested three people in connection with a June 1 incident in which someone painted offensive and profane language on a church’s exterior and its digital sign.
Gov. Greg Abbott continued to stress the importance of Texans remaining diligent with health and safety measures while combating COVID-19 at a press conference on Thursday. Pine Tree ISD continues to do the same and encourages everyone to work together to do their part in preventing the spread of th
Only around a quarter of the nation's largest universities publicly release active COVID-19 case information. Public health experts say the more data available, the better.
Many events across East Texas have been cancelled due to Covid-19. But in Lufkin, the annual Heritage Festival is still happening with Covid-19 protocols in place, of course. KTRE’s T’Ebonie Tanner has the details.
The founder and President of the Texas Bar and Nightlife Association (TBNA) released a statement decrying new opening guidelines outlined by Gov. Greg Abbott Thursday.
Gov. Abbott Thursday expanded visitation options for eligible nursing, assisted living, and intermediate care facilities, home and community-based service providers, and inpatient hospice, effective Thursday, Sept. 24.
The task force provides expert, evidence-based assessments, protocols, and recommendations related to state responses to infectious diseases, and to serve as a reliable and transparent source of information and education for Texas leadership and citizens.
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has released more information into the deaths of three people, stating a son killed his parents and died in the process.
A new school year comes with new changes—and a group of educators and college students are working to make studying easier for people needing assistance. As KTRE’s T’Ebonie Tanner reports, this virtual service is free of charge and anyone can use it.
Indian gaming facility, Naskila Gaming in Livingston reopened to fifty percent capacity last week for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic forced them to close.
Austin-Travis County EMS spokesman Darren Noak said at a news conference that 22 workers were hurt, including 16 who were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.
DPS Highway Patrol Troopers rescued the 500th child during a traffic stop since implementing specialized training through the Interdiction for the Protection of Children (IPC) program.
The National Hurricane Center expects Sally to remain a Category 1 hurricane, with top sustained winds of 80 mph when it makes landfall late Tuesday or early Wednesday.
On Tuesday, Lufkin ISD administrators presented the school board with a review of their asynchronous learning plan for virtual students. KTRE’s T’Ebonie Tanner finds out how one family’s virtual learning progress is going so far.
“The experience that they’re gaining on these large fires is something that you can’t replicate in training," said Keith Kiplinger, Nacogdoches Fire Chief.
The World Series will be played entirely at the Texas Rangers' new ballpark in Arlington, Texas, as part of a bubble agreement between Major League Baseball and the players' association, the first time the sport’s championship will be played entirely at one site since 1944.
In honor of the National Watermelon Queen being from the Rose City, Wiggins Farms is donating two pallets of the sweet treat to the East Texas Food Bank
Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has received federal approval to automatically provide replacement benefits for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients for food lost or destroyed due to Hurricane Laura in eight of th
Unlike many other East Texas school districts, San Augustine ISD’s leadership opted to go the virtual learning route for the first few weeks of the 2020-2021 school year. Their students and teachers returned to in-class instruction on Sept. 9.
Around 60 farmers in Divide County put their own harvesting on hold to cut 1,000 acres for a neighbor who suffered a heart attack after his combine caught fire last week.
The true number of cases in Texas is likely higher though because many people haven’t been tested and studies suggest people can be infected and not feel sick.
A Harris County grand jury indicted Baytown Officer Juan Delacruz Monday for shooting Pamela Turner in the parking lot of an apartment complex where they both lived in May 2019.
A special boil water notice could be issued for the City of Trinity as early as Tuesday after blood worms were found in some of their water storage tanks last week.
Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick applauded President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation and said in a statement that the action will "save rural hospitals in Texas and support our health care providers statewide."
During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, East Texas teachers and students are discovering that teaching and learning both look different than they did, say six months ago.
A Pennsylvania man and his fiancee imprisoned the man’s 12-year-old son in a room for years while treating their other children well, until he was finally found dead in his own filth, authorities said.
