Montgomery ISD trustees reviewed a plan Thursday for a fully virtual high school pilot that would open in spring 2027 for a limited number of grade 9-12 students, with district-issued laptops, UIL eligibility and a Pearson course catalog. The board revisits the plan Oct. 20.
East Texas burn ban and road conditions for Friday, Oct. 9: a Red Flag Warning covers Jasper and Newton counties from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., burn bans are in effect in four 936-area counties, no rivers are at flood stage, and the five major 936-area lakes are running mostly high except Sam Rayburn.
Jasper County Sheriff Chuck Havard says four 18- to 20-year-olds from Buna, Evadale, Kirbyville and Pineland are charged with first-degree organized crime and aggravated assault after a Buna feud that led to a late-August attack.
A Sabine County resident was airlifted to Galveston with second- and third-degree burns after a house fire in Fairmont set off propane and oxygen tanks, the sheriff’s office said. Three VFDs responded alongside deputies.
Early voting for the Nov. 3 Texas election runs Oct. 19 through Oct. 30. Here are the key dates, ID rules and where to find early voting sites in your county.
General deer season opens Saturday, Nov. 7 across East Texas. Here are the dates, bag limits and license links, plus one favor: keep empty corn bags and trash secured in the truck, not blowing down the highway.
East Texas burn ban and road conditions for Thursday, Oct. 8: burn bans in four 936-area counties, no road closures, no rivers at flood stage, no active weather alerts, and lakes running mostly high except Sam Rayburn.
East Texas burn ban and road conditions for Wednesday, Oct. 7: burn bans in four 936-area counties, no rivers at flood stage, no active weather alerts, and all five major lakes running mostly high except Sam Rayburn.
TxDOT is taking public comments through Monday, Oct. 12, on proposed route concepts for a future I-14 corridor from Rogers to Huntsville. Comments can be sent by email, mail, voicemail or text, or left on TxDOT’s online comment map.
A federal grand jury in Tyler indicted the former executive director and former office manager of Habitat for Humanity of Deep East Texas on Oct. 5 for conspiracy to commit bank fraud over an alleged four-year scheme that drew unauthorized loans and a $488,000 line of credit on the Lufkin nonprofit.