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Texas Game Warden explains the significance of purple paint for no trespassing
ABILENE, Texas — Hunting season is right around the corner and it is important to know where you can, and cannot, go. If you see purple paint on a property that means no trespassing. "So purple paint, we use it around here, but that originated over in Piney Woods,...
Texas Children's Hospital whistleblower fired after exposing alleged Medicaid fraud: report
Registered Nurse Vanessa Sivadge has been fired from the Texas Children's Hospital (TCH) after claiming to expose Medicaid fraud associated to a program providing transition-related care to minors. Sivadge had previously backed the testimony of Dr. Eithan Haim who had, according to the National Review, exposed a program giving minors...
Truck crashes into Grand Saline drive-through bank
GRAND SALINE, Texas (KLTV) - No injuries were reported after a truck crashed into the lobby area of a bank on West Frank Street in Grand Saline Tuesday afternoon. The Austin Bank on West Frank Street in Grand Saline is still open for business after a truck crashed into the ATM and lobby area of the drive through portion of the bank.
Texas triples razor wire barriers, continues building border wall
(The Center Square) – Texas is continuing to expand razor wire barriers and building its own wall along its border with Mexico through Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security mission, Operation Lone Star. The Texas National Guard has tripled erecting razor wire barriers along the Texas-Mexico border since soldiers began expanding them last year in key illegal border crossing points on state land. “Texas is tripling razor wire barriers to STOP...
Movie inspired by East Texas native's novel shines light on domestic violence resources
TYLER, Texas — A movie based on a book written by an East Texas native is shedding new light on the issue of domestic violence. "It Ends With Us" was released in theaters in America on Friday, Aug. 9. The film is based on Sulphur Springs native Colleen Hoover’s 2016 novel of the same name.
Kaufman County Issues Immediate Burn Ban
KAUFMAN COUNTY - As the heat of the summer continues to hover over North Texas, Kaufman County has issued a burn ban effective immediately. Effective immediately and until further notice, all open burning—including tree, leaf debris, and household trash burning—is prohibited. According to the National Weather Service, heat...
Son of Smith County elected officials gets year in jail for hindering commissioners court meeting
TYLER, Texas — Lance Phillips, the son of two Smith County elected officials, was sentenced on Tuesday to one year in the county jail for interrupting a Smith County Commissioners Court meeting in January. Phillips, 41, was convicted of hindering proceedings by disorderly conduct in connection with a Jan....
LIST: East Texas counties under burn ban
MORRIS COUNTY, Texas (KETK) – With hot and dry weather persisting, multiple counties are issuing burn bans. “We’re seeing an uptick in fires and that will likely increase with the forecast that we see, there’s just no rain,” Sean Dugan, with the Texas A&M Forest Service, said. Dungan said East Texans should be careful with […]
Mineola returns plenty of offensive talent as Yellowjackets prep for 2024 season
MINEOLA, Texas (KETK) – The Mineola Yellowjackets football team fell one win short of last year’s playoffs after dropping their final regular season game 49-21 to Commerce. “How that last game ended left a bitter taste in our mouth to kind of come out with a little bit more focus,” Mineola head coach Aaron Slider said. Slider, who’s entering […]
Free Petting Zoo At Angelina County Farmers Market
If you missed the last time that M&L Farm brought their mobile petting zoo out to play in Huntington's Centennial Park, now is your chance. They are coming down HWY 69 to the Angelina County Farmers Market in Lufkin this time. Now that school has started kids expect every weekend...
Texas Substitute Teacher Arrested For Coming To School High
Quincy Jammal Childress, 36, of Diboll was suspected of being under the influence of marijuana and was removed from contact with students before 8:30 AM on Thursday, August 15, 2024, at Lufkin Middle School. The Texas substitute teacher was arrested for allegedly having marijuana according to the Lufkin Daily News (LDN).
Barricades down but tourist asked to avoid Jasper for the time being
The roads heading into Jasper, Alta., are open, but officials say tourists won’t be welcome in the Rocky Mountain town for the foreseeable future. Only the town’s 5,000 residents were allowed to return starting Friday following last month’s wildfire evacuation. At least 500 Jasperites returned over the...
Texarkana Retail Store Closing Everything Must Go
This has been a rough year for brick-and-mortar stores across the United States another Texarkana retail store is closing. The retail chain Burkes's Outlet located in the Texarkana Pavilion shopping center is going out of business and everything must go. As you can see quite a bit of merchandise is already gone.
Country music star Koe Wetzel donates $15,000 to Pittsburg ISD
PITTSBURG, Texas (KLTV) - Country artist Koe Wetzel is making his sixth annual donation to Pittsburg ISD. While $5,000 is designated for the athletics program, the remaining $10,000 will go toward other student needs, such as school supplies, snacks, clothing and shoes. Superintendent Terry Waldrep said Wetzel, who graduated from...
East Texas’ Biggest Labor Disputes: The Lone Star Steel strikes of 1957-1968
DAINGERFIELD, Texas (KETK) – The now-defunct Lone Star Steel plant near Daingerfield was the focus of over 10 years worth of East Texas’s most violent labor struggles in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Those strikes and the other labor disputes in KETK’s series East Texas’ Biggest Labor Disputes, represent a long history of working people from […]
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