The Ellen Trout Zoo has a nice variety of animals for the Lufkin community and surrounding areas to enjoy, and the zoo now has plans written out for a new gorilla exhibit.
During this holiday season, many people attend events where they are in proximity to each other. This has been one cause of several positive cases of the flu this year.
On Tuesday, The Lufkin city council held a meeting where they continued the discussion of the Capital Improvement Plan. The main focus of the conversation was the need to create a detailed list of the projects that the city plans to do.
A two-vehicle wreck involving an SUV and a pickup that occurred in Tenaha on Wednesday morning claimed the life of a 21-year-old woman. Three passengers in one of the vehicles were taken to an area hospital for treatment of possible injuries.
Law enforcement and schools are required by law to be trained in active shooter defense. Public demand in Nacogdoches County leads to a forum focused on their questions. They are curious about possibilities that may be different from what is addressed at forums geared more for emergency workers.
Carter BloodCare says they are at a critical shortage of blood and platelets. They say the number of donors making appointments and keeping them is just not enough to meet the daily demand of 600 to 800 patients requiring transfusions.
Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Antwaun Woods has been arrested and charged with possession of marijuana and tampering with evidence, according to an ESPN report.
A Center man agreed to a 40-year prison term as part of a plea agreement on six felony charges that included two counts of aggravated sexual assault and two unrelated counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Trinity County law enforcement officers arrested a 31-year-old man Tuesday night after he allegedly struck a bicyclist when he was driving on FM 356 and then fled the scene.
When the Nacogdoches Parks and Recreation Advisory Board meets Thursday night, they will get an update from the city about plans to build a new bridge in Pioneer Park.
After a man with outstanding felony warrants allegedly evaded arrest and left his two children abandoned in his vehicle in Woodville, Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested him and two women on multiple child endangerment and drug charges Sunday.
Nacogdoches County election administrator Todd Stallings is busy with contractual agreements with party chairs and assuring every registered voter is mailed a new voter card.
Tyler Mayor Martin Heines said the city has taken the proper measures to ensure Harvey Hall Convention Center is safe from any type of airborne illness.
It turns out that Nathan Bain’s game-winning shot in the SFA-Duke game last week has inspired college basketball fans all over the country to give and give and give.
Saturday marked the annual Small Business Saturday. Small business owners in Lufkin enjoy seeing the community support their stores, and supporting the other business owners as well.
Officers with the Lufkin Police Department arrested a 31-year-old woman on an assault of a public servant charge after she hit one of the LPD officer escorting her from the town’s Walmart store Thursday night.
Officials lifted evacuation orders Friday for around 50,000 people on the Texas Gulf Coast, determining a massive fire was finally under control at a chemical plant rocked by two major explosions two days earlier.
More than 50,000 people in East Texas remained under a mandatory evacuation order Thursday as a fire continued to burn at a chemical plant, one day after two massive explosions there.
SFA Lumberjack basketball team served up meals to those in need at Jo's Diner, a soup kitchen of H.O.P.E. in Nacogdoches. The night before they beat number 1 ranked Duke. Fans couldn't wait to say congratulations.
In the wake of Stephen F. Austin State University’s amazing buzzer-beating win over No. 1 ranked Duke, the college’s Office of Compliance set up a Go Fund Me Account for Nathan Bain’s family, which lost almost everything when Hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas.
A powerful Pacific storm system will drag a cold front through East Texas on Saturday. Since there is a viable threat for strong-to-severe thunderstorms here in the Piney Woods, we have decided to issue a First Alert Weather Day for Saturday.
The Storm Prediction Center has indicated that there is at least a 15 percent chance for significant severe weather in East Texas late on Friday and into Saturday morning for East Texas.
A man suffered a gunshot wound to the neck after a fight escalated into multiple people pulling out handguns and shooting at each other, according to the Jacksonville Police Department.
Sham veterans and first-responder charities have been put out of business for misusing donations but their third-party, for-profit fundraisers remain in business.
A Henderson-based country singer who is also a U.S. Marine Corps veteran will be making an appearance at President Donald Trump’s Homecoming Rally at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida on Thursday.
In an effort to change its strategy in order to attract new business, the Lufkin City Council has voted to sell its 95-acre industrial park off of US 103 and purchase a 35-acre lot to use as a new industrial park.
