The Walker County Hospital District board voted Thursday to adopt an $11.02 million budget and a lower 2026 tax rate for the district that serves Huntsville and the county.
Jasper County Commissioners Court hosts a second public hearing at 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 28, on a proposal to move to countywide vote centers starting in 2027.
East Texas burn ban and road conditions for Monday, Sept. 28: burn bans in seven 936-area counties, no rivers at flood stage, no active weather alerts, and lakes running high except Sam Rayburn.
East Texas burn ban and road conditions for Saturday, Sept. 26: burn bans in eight 936-area counties, no rivers at flood stage, no active weather alerts, and lakes running mostly high.
Crockett police say two Nacogdoches men have been arrested in connection with a June 13 shooting in Crockett that injured four people, three of them bystanders.
East Texas burn ban and road conditions for Friday, Sept. 25: burn bans in seven 936-area counties, no rivers at flood stage and no active weather alerts.
The Ellen Trout Zoo in Lufkin announced the death of Rajah, a male Komodo dragon who lived at the zoo since 2008 and was weeks short of his 28th birthday.
East Texas burn ban and road conditions for Sept. 24: burn bans in seven counties of the 936 area, no rivers at flood stage and no weather alerts.
A Texas Highway Patrol trooper arrested Roy Earl Grant of Livingston on charges of assault on a peace officer, unlawful carrying of a weapon and resisting arrest. He was released on bond.
Polk County will hold a ribbon cutting for its restored historic courthouse in Livingston at 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19, capping a restoration whose rising cost became an issue in this year’s county judge race.