An East Texas toddler is in critical condition after accidentally shooting himself in the face. Marion County deputies say the incident happened at the 3 year old boy’s home near Lake O’ The Pines when the boy was playing with his brothers on a bed and found …

      Over 100 children in Texas have died of heat stroke from being left inside a vehicle since 1998. Oftentimes, the adult is distracted by other events and the children are inadvertently left in the vehicle. One way to help you to remember is to put something else …

    Paul Harvey was introduced Tuesday as the new CEO of Christus-Mother Frances Hospital, Sulphur Springs and the organization’s clinics in Sulphur Springs and Emory. He will be in charge of all the day to day operations of the hospital and clinics. He has over 30 years of experience …

  The Delta County Sheriff’s office conducted a roundup of alleged drug dealers on July 12, 2016 following an eight week undercover operation. The Sheriff’s Office brought an undercover commissioned officer in to buy illegal drugs during the operation. The operation yielded fifteen offenses on nine defendants. Officers from the Delta …

      The Texas Department of Public Safety  is asking for the public’s help in solving the 1990 murders of two brothers – Derrick Jackson, 12, and James Edwards, 14 – in Vernon. As part of a DPS public awareness program, one unsolved case is featured by the Texas …

    Assistant Professor in the School of Agriculture, Dr. Doug LaVergne has received a $30,764 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture for a project slated to “Develop a Renewable Energy Technical Assistance Program for Northeast Texas Small Businesses and Agricultural Producers.” The program will support the mission …

    PUBLIC FORUM No one requested to address the Board during the Public Forum portion of the meeting. ACTION ITEMS Along with routine matters, the following were approved: Winning bid submitted by Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. and Resolution 3-16 authorizing the issuance of maintenance tax notes; levying an annual …

    Hopkins County deputies responded to a disturbance at Shady Lake RV park on Hwy 19 and were told that someone was in a trailer that shouldn’t have been. 38 year old Michael Arlie Freeman of Alabama claimed he was working for the trailer’s owner and had permission to …

    A 29 year old Lone Oak man is being held in the Hunt County jail under $135,000 bond after leading officers from multiple jurisdictions on a chase through Greenville. During the incident, the suspect, identified as Gary Valdez Lynch the Third allegedly tried to run over an officer …

    An East Texas man has been arrested after leading officers on a chase through three counties.  The pursuit involving 56 year old  Harry Donald Nicholson Junior of Corsicana began in Gregg County, moved to Smith County and finally ended in Van Zandt County. Deputies spiked his tires in …