Son’s fishing win inspires East Texas father’s youth event at Ratcliff Lake

After six weeks of specialty burgers, the Brick Street Burger Battle in downtown Nacogdoches has come to a close.

Community members gathered in Van Zandt County on Saturday for a barbecue fundraiser benefiting two local families struck by tragedy.

A jury has sentenced a Tyler man to death in the 2023 beating and stabbing death of 18-year-old Dejah Hood.

The state of Texas is proposing to eliminate all funding for the Children’s Autism Program because of budget cuts, according to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.

Texas Democratic Party Chair Kendall Scudder and Texas Republican Party Chair D’rinda Randall join Blake Holland on this week’s edition of East Texas Politics on East Texas Now as the first week of early voting wraps up ahead of the November midterm elections.