Robert Houston Hayes, 56, a Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitive, is now in custody after being captured on Feb. 25 in Missouri. Hayes, a violent sex offender with an extensive criminal history, was wanted for parole violation. The arrest was not the result of a Crime Stoppers …

  Commerce Detectives responded to an animal welfare call in the 600 block of 1st street.   Detectives with the Commerce Police Department went to do a welfare check on 6 dogs after witnesses came forward making accusations of neglect and cruelty.  Upon arrival, officers found that the dogs on …

  Two federal inmates have been indicted for  killing another inmate in the Eastern District of Texas. Christopher Cramer, 33, of Ogden, Utah, and Ricky Fackrell, 32, of Vernal, Utah, were named in the two-count indictment charging them with murder and conspiracy to commit murder returned by a federal grand …

  A 36-year-old Baltimore, MD man has been sentenced to federal prison for child exploitation violations in the Eastern District of Texas. Ian Christian Anderson pleaded guilty on Sep. 10, 2015 to enticement of a minor and was sentenced to 135 months in federal prison today by U.S. District Judge …

    A 50 acre grass fire broke out around 4 p.m. Wednesday near the intersection of FM 69 and FM 515 in Rains County. It apparently started with an unattended outdoor trash or brush burn. . Firefighters from five volunteer departments and the Texas Forest Service battled the blaze …

      An East Texas gang member and another person were arrested after police found marijuana, methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia and guns in his vehicle. Bond was set at $37,500 each for 28 year old Robert Michael Wood and 21 year old Torchelle Reel, both of Longview. Wood is a …

  Mount Pleasant police responded to a burglary in progress on West 5th Street after a homeowner reported that a man was in his garage stealing tires off of his car. When officers arrived they found the homeowner holding the suspect at gun point inside the garage. 24 year old …

      By Meredith Caddell Attention all Bicyclists…Spring Fever Bike Rally will take place in SS, March 12h! Mark your calendars NOW for the Spring Fever Bike Rally sponsored by the Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce. Bikers will have the opportunity to ride in one of 4 rides…10 miles, …

      Texas Department of Public Safety  Director Steven McCraw is upholding his preliminary decision to terminate Trooper Brian Encinia from the department for reasons related to the trooper’s traffic stop of Sandra Bland on July 10, 2015. As permitted by the department’s termination proceedings, following the preliminary termination …

    Eleven people have been indicted on federal charges involving conspiracy to commit an offense and to defraud the U.S. government and theft of government property or money in the Eastern District of Texas. The defendants were named in a three-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury  charging them …