Five San Augustine County families are still out of their homes near Denning while state emergency crews and energy specialists work to cap a ruptured natural gas well that failed early on Sept. 25 about seven miles outside San Augustine.
The Conroe ISD board of trustees will hold a special public meeting at 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6, to review the district’s bond program and long-term construction plan and approve appraisers for the state teacher evaluation system.
The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office arrested 37-year-old Jacob Jones of Kirbyville on Oct. 1 on a felony firearm theft warrant, after a widening investigation recovered 13 of as many as 20 to 30 guns reported missing from a single Jasper County home.
East Texas burn ban and road conditions for Friday, Oct. 2: a National Weather Service Flood Watch covers Walker and Montgomery counties until 10 a.m., burn bans are in effect in eight 936-area counties, two state highways in Jasper and Polk counties are under full-closure detours, and all five major 936-area lakes are running high except Sam Rayburn.
Two AI data centers targeting Angelina County stay on hold under a statewide moratorium as Governor Abbott, speaking in Hemphill on Sept. 29, laid out new power and water rules any new project must meet.
The Texas Water Development Board on Thursday approved $5.39 million in principal forgiveness for the City of Zavalla to rebuild a 60-year-old drinking water system that leaks nearly 10.3 million gallons a year and has drawn TCEQ enforcement.
Conroe City Council approved a $275,836.72 playground upgrade for the Oscar Johnson Jr. Enrichment and Recreation Center on Sept. 24, moving ahead with a larger, more accessible design.
Huntsville Memorial Hospital told the Walker County Hospital District board Sept. 25 it is asking the state to reclassify Walker County as rural, which would open health care funding the hospital cannot currently draw on.
Former Lufkin police officer Zachary Anthony Klein pleaded guilty Wednesday to 100 counts of misuse of official information tied to his use of Flock license plate reader cameras and was sentenced to five years in prison.
Four people are being held at the Sabine County Jail on burglary, drug, and organized crime charges after a FM 330 home was hit on Friday. A fifth suspect remains at large with active felony warrants.