State News

  Authorities throughout the region are searching for a missing 72-year-old Dallas man. David Lee Reed is described as a 5-foot-11-inch-tall black man who weighs about 180 pounds with gray hair and brown eyes. Investigators say his debit card was used in Paris after he was reported missing. He was …

    An East Texas man is behind bars on one count of sexual assault. Jeffrey Deane Hayden, 51, of Bullard, remains in the Smith County Jail under $200,000 bond. No other details on the case have been disclosed.

    William Hudson Anderson County Jail An East Texas man has been sentenced to death for the slayings of six people at a remote campsite at Tennessee Colony in Anderson County. The Brazos County jury deliberated less than 45 minutes before deciding that 35-year-old William Mitchell Hudson should receive …

    Billy Joel Tracy TDCJ Photo A Telford Prison unit inmate has been sentenced to death the murder of a correctional officer who was escorting him to his cell. Billy Joel Tracy, 39, had been convicted in New Boston of beating to death Timothy Davison of Simms. Tracy had …

    Tyler Police spotted two men acting suspiciously at a gas station early Tuesday morning and made contact with the men near the gas pumps. Numerous credit card skimming devices were found in their car. Both men have been charged with unlawful use of a criminal instrument. They remain …

    Jody Warner A now-fired Dallas County prosecutor has apologized for using foul language and berating an Uber driver during a ride home from a bar in an incident that prompted her dismissal. Ex-Assistant District Attorney Jody Warner said Tuesday that she was “uncomfortable with the route” taken by …

    A Northeast Texas man was killed after he reportedly ran into the path of a vehicle while crossing Hwy 82 just west of New Boston. Christopher Roger Simpson, 46, of New Boston, died at a Texarkana hospital with incapacitating injuries he sustained. The driver of the vehicle, 23-year-old Katelyn Grant …

    Authorities have identified the inmate who hanged himself last week in his Smith County Jail. Quincy Butler, 44, of New Orleans, who was on suicide watch when the incident happened, is currently on life support at a Tyler hospital.

      Attorney General Ken Paxton filed more price gouging lawsuits on Monday against gas stations accused of taking advantage of Texans affected by Hurricane Harvey. Big Willy’s which has locations south/southwest the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, charged $3.99 and $4.99 per gallon. Tejano Mart in Laredo, charged consumers up …

The indictments have been released for the former East Texas teacher charged with invasive visual recording. Joshua Pero, 35, who taught in the West Rusk ISD, is accused of making visual recordings in campus bathrooms and changing areas. He is currently out of jail on $45,000 bond.