After deliberating for about 2 hours Tuesday, a Hopkins County jury convicted Cash Allen Price of burglarizing a building, a shop/barn and a storage container. The case was prosecuted by new Assistant District Attorney Zachary Blackmon. A sentencing hearing was set for November 16. Price is also charged with …

  A pedestrian was killed while walking on Hwy 80 about 4 miles west of Gladewater in Upshur County. The initial report by State Troopers indicates the driver of a pickup, a Hawkins man, was traveling west on US 80,  when he crested a hill and struck 50-year-old Samuel Steven …

Three East Texas school districts are suspending virtual learning. Yantis ISD, Grand Saline ISD and Harmony ISD, became the latest schools to suspend remote learning Tuesday. Leadership sent home letters to parents that students must return to face-to-face instruction by next week.

  A federal appeals court in New Orleans has struck down a Texas law that bans one of the most common abortion procedures during the second trimester. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says the state legislature was well within its constitutional limits when it banned the abortion procedure. The state …

  October 13, 2020 COVID-19 Update 9 new positive cases 28 new recoveries 453 cumulative cases 353 recoveries 100 active 6 patients in the COVID Unit 20 fatalities per DSHS dashboard Positive antigen tests from testing facilities within Hopkins County from October 3, 2020 to October 9, 2020: 101… Not …

  On 9/30/2020 the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality required the 410 Water Supply public water system, 1940006, to issue a Boil Water Notice to inform customers, individuals, or employees that due to conditions which occurred recently in the public water system, the water from this public water system was …

A federal appeals court reinstated Texas restrictions allowing only a single drop-box for mail-in ballots in each county in New Orleans. The ruling late Monday sided with Governor Greg Abbott. On Oct. 1, he ordered the shuttering of multiple drop boxes where somebody collected thousands of ballots in some of …

You have to register to vote before Election Day in Texas. You must: be a citizen of the United States be a resident of the county in which you make the application for registration be at least 17 years and ten months old (you must be 18 to vote) not …

Early voting in the November 3 General Election begins today in Texas and will run through October 30. Governor Abbott has signed an order that masks are recommended but cannot be required. And given the expected massive turnout, social distancing could present issues.