According to Gibson, a lady was driving along Hwy 287 when she saw the monkey lying in the middle of the roadway. She stopped and called police to report what she saw.
The report said upon making contact with the driver, the deputy smelled the odor of Marijuana emitting from the vehicle. During the course of the stop, the report said the driver admitted to having Marijuana as well as a handgun inside the vehicle.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), the crash happened Saturday at approximately 7:45 p.m. on SH-64 approximately one mile west of Henderson.
The SPCA of East Texas recently got three dogs (two pregnant moms), 18 puppies, and 19 more waiting at a Smith County location to be rescued. Staff have made temporary housing for the dogs so they’re safe inside, but it won’t be a long-term option.
The University Interscholastic League’s State Executive Committee has handed down a one year suspension to former Cumberland Academy Athletic Director Mike Richardson and has put the charter school’s athletic programs on a 2-year probation period.
According to the district, Michael Coyne, a teacher and coach at Palestine Junior High, had attended the Dallas Mavericks game and was returning home Sunday night when he and the passengers in the vehicle were struck by another vehicle.
The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office says arrest warrants are pending for individuals and landowners involved in what they say was a cockfighting derby.
On May 17, an Upshur County jury sentenced a 45-year-old man who threatened to kill the woman he assaulted and strangled in Morris County to 99 years in a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison.
The thunderous sound of iron horses was heard in East Texas today as part of an annual motorcycle trek of healing that culminates at the Vietnam Memorial Wall in the nation’s capital.
Heavy rains and strong storms will be possible in multiple rounds early this week, so First Alert Weather Days have been issued for Tuesday and Wednesday.
COVID-19 pushed back the annual Run For The Wall, which is the world’s largest and longest organized cross-country motorcycle run of its kind, for two years.
The Lufkin Police Department is investigating a fatal accident in which a motorcyclist ran off North Raguet Street and struck a gas pump late Saturday night.
Lufkin police officers arrested an 18-year-old woman Friday afternoon in connection with allegations that she displayed an AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle during a disturbance involving a woman who once dated her boyfriend.
Deputies with the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office have arrested two men in connection to the theft of more than $40,000 worth of oilfield pipe from a facility in Elysian Fields.