East Texas burn ban and road conditions for Tuesday, Oct. 6: burn bans in effect in five 936-area counties, no rivers at flood stage, no active NWS alerts, and all five major lakes running mostly high except Sam Rayburn.
A licensed vocational nurse working inside the San Jacinto County Jail was arrested on felony drug charges after a sheriff’s K9 alerted to a controlled substance in her office. Texas Board of Nursing records show her LVN license, issued in April 2009 and carrying multistate compact privileges, remains current.
A Lufkin man is being held on $500,000 in bonds after Angelina County deputies say he fired seven or eight shots at a home on Ted Trout Drive, less than an hour after he threatened the resident with a handgun.
TxDOT’s Lufkin District is taking online comments from Oct. 13 through Nov. 6 on the first of three interactive maps for its district bicycle plan, covering state roads in Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity and six other East Texas counties.
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help identifying an SUV involved in a deadly hit-and-run near FM 1485 and Willaby Road. Deputies say the vehicle likely has front-right damage; tips can go to 936-538-5900 or Crime Stoppers at 800-392-7867.
A death row inmate convicted of a 2000 murder inside a Silsbee convenience store is scheduled to be executed Wednesday, Oct. 7, at the Huntsville Unit, while a clemency campaign pushes back on grounds of intellectual disability and mental illness.
The Montgomery ISD board of trustees will meet at 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6, at The DEN to vote on a cell service booster purchase over $50,000, nominate a Montgomery County appraisal district board member, and hear reports on delinquent taxes, academic success plans, virtual learning, and an intruder detection audit.
East Texas burn ban and road conditions for Monday, Oct. 5: Gail Creek at FM 1280 near Lovelady in Houston County is at minor flood stage, burn bans are in effect in seven 936-area counties, no active weather alerts, and lakes are running mostly high except Sam Rayburn.
East Texas burn ban and road conditions for Sunday, Oct. 4: burn bans in seven 936-area counties, no road closures, no rivers at flood stage, no active weather alerts, and lakes running mostly high except Sam Rayburn.
The City of Willis lifted its citywide boil water notice on Thursday, Oct. 2 after state-required water samples came back clean, and Willis ISD restored normal water service to six of its campuses.