Bruce Layne BurkettTitus County Deputies arrested 53-year-old Bruce Layne Burkett of Mt Pleasant on warrants for Stalking and Criminal Mischief. His bond is $150,000 on the stalking charge and $3,000 for the Criminal Mischief. He remains in the Titus County Jail. Titus County arrested 46-year-old Ashley Ryan Latson of Mt. …

  A Henderson County Commissioner’s work crew is being investigated after a report of illegal dumping. A Press release from County Judge Wade McKinney, a joint investigation into the matter has been launched by the fire marshal’s office and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Work crews for the Pct. …

The Federal Railroad Administration has awarded a $500,000 grant to study I-20 passenger rail service through East Texas. The East Texas Council of Governments announced the project would connect Dallas/Fort Worth to Atlanta, Georgia. The project would pass through Marshall, Longview, and Mineola. There is yet to be an estimated …

The American Civil Liberties Union, its Texas branch, and the Texas Civil Rights Project have filed a federal lawsuit in Austin challenging a new state law that allows state and local law enforcement officers to arrest illegal immigrants and permits judges to deport them. The lawsuit alleges that the law …

The Texas Tribune has ranked Texas senators from most conservative to most liberal in a new study. They base the study’s rankings on the 31 senators’ votes during this year’s regular and four special sessions. They rank Republican Senator Bryan Hughes of Mineola as the most conservative. The most conservative …

Officials arrested a Fannin County K-9 trainer on several charges, including cruelty to non-livestock animals. They also charged 44-year-old Leos Drbohlav with theft of service and property. They set his bond at $115,000.

The Choctaw Nation held a ribbon-cutting for 75 new Lease to Purchase homes in Durant. The LEAP program assists families with credit issues. Families can get a new home for $550 a month through the program. If the residents keep current with their lease payments, they can convert them to …

Titus County arrested 23-year-old Markees Travion Kemp of Hughes Springs on a Cherokee County warrant for Assault on a Pregnant Person. They are holding him without bond.

Hopkins County arrested a man for Online Solicitation of a minor. According to state law, a person commits an offense if the person, over the Internet, by electronic mail or text message or other electronic message service or system, or through a commercial online service, knowingly solicits a minor with …

Wood County sentenced a Wood County man to eight years probation for drowning puppies. They charged 66-year-old Jerry Lynn Thompson, Jr., of Hawkins, with twelve counts of cruelty to animals after he drowned nine puppies and attempted to drown three. He pleaded guilty to the charges. Thompson reportedly told police …