The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announces that Kalup Allen Born, 25, of Ada, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 608 months imprisonment related to three separate cases. For crimes related to a murder committed in January 2017, they sentenced Born to 450 months imprisonment for …

  Texarkana Police responded to a call about a kangaroo running around at Spring Lake Park over the weekend. The kangaroo, Rocky, was there with his family, enjoying his time running around the park. Texas is one of only 13 states where keeping a kangaroo as a pet is legal.

The National Weather Service presents a free Severe Weather Education Class in Hopkins County on Tuesday, February 27, from 6:00 until 8:00 pm at Sulphur Springs City Hall. The City of Sulphur Springs is partnering with the National Weather Service’s SKYWARN Storm Spotter Training Class. The program highlights severe weather …

Officers arrested 29-year-old Alan Tejeda of Mt. Pleasant for Robbery and Assault-Family Violence. They released no other information, and at last report, he was in the Titus County Jail.

  Clara Carpenter will join more than 150 Texas teens on the Youth Tour on June 16-23, 2024. Lamar Electric Cooperative is excited to announce that Clara from Detroit High School will represent the cooperative in June on this unforgettable trip to Washington, D.C. They selected Carpenter from among a …

  The search for a missing 11-year-old Polk County girl is over after divers found her body Tuesday in the Trinity River underneath the U.S. 59 bridge. Friends reported Audrii Cunningham missing last Thursday after she didn’t return home from school in Livingston. Authorities will charge 42-year-old Don Steven McDougal …

  They expect a Dallas County judge to rule soon on whether Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones will have to provide a paternity test to see if he’s the father of 27-year-old Alexandra Davis. Daivs sued him in 2022. The woman claims she conceived when the Cowboys owner had a …

  East Texas is expecting thousands of people traveling into the area to experience the Great American Total Solar Eclipse on April 8. And those numbers are expected to boost the local economy. Prominent economist Dr. Ray Perryman says the impact could be about $200 million, and most of the …

  Hopkins County arrested Collie Everrett Duran Tuesday on two outstanding felony warrants. They charged him with Revocation of Bond on two charges of Possession of more than four but less than 200 grams of a Controlled Substance and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. Deputies arrested Patrick …

  A Gilmer man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend and her sister in November pleaded not guilty to capital murder in Upshur County District Court Tuesday afternoon. Upshur County has charged 41-year-old Alvin Charles McKnight, Jr., in the shooting deaths of 37-year-old Dermetrica Waters and 35-year-old Mandy Ray. He remains …