Big Sandy News

It was July 10, 1986. Big Sandy Police Chief Richard Lingle surveyed a dimly lit room and saw Rosalie Turner.

Events are planned across East Texas to celebrate the Fourth of July: Today - The American Patriot Association will hold its Independence Day celebration at 9:30 a.m. at the Gregg County Courthouse at 101 E. ...

Northeast Texas Community College in Mount Pleasant announced the list of spring 2008 graduates who received associate degrees and certificates of competency.

Longview's League of Business Owners on Thursday will show why the group calls Longview "the fireworks capital of Texas." The group's fourth annual Freedom Celebration and Fireworks Festival will be Thursday at ...

By BETTY WATERS Staff Writer LONGVIEW - Three East Texas businessmen and an Austin-based organization Thursday called Southwestern Electric Power Company's planned rate hike to help finance construction of a ...

Three entertainers will showcase their talent, but only one of them will walk away with a prize Saturday as Music City Texas Theater debuts its Piney Woods Spotlite Series.

KC Fine Arts Department to hold concerto, reception Micah Behr and Kayla Kincaid. via East Texas Review

“We always have a good turnout, because we have a lot of terrific entertainment and a wide variety of activities”

"Hometown Sports Heroes," an exhibit at the East Texas Museum at Gladewater, will be part of the Gusher Days celebration this weekend. via News-journal.com

“The sergeant said the wind was actually moving the patrol car and he just told us to hold on”

An Alert Academy member saws off a branch from a fallen tree in Big Sandy after strong storms and straight-line winds cause damage on Thursday. via Tyler Morning Telegraph

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“We initiated a program to close crossings when it was acceptable to local jurisdiction”

A railroad crossing in Big Sandy might be closing as part of a statewide effort to reduce the number of train-automobile wrecks each year. via News-journal.com

An Upshur County grand jury returned 30 indictments this past week, including one against Kevin O. Laferney, a former youth minister at a Gilmer church. via Longview News-Journal

“When he left home he said, 'Mother, I'm going to be the best soldier in the U.S. Army,' ”

Many residents remember that day in 1951 when hundreds of people, some in military uniforms, lined up at the Church of Christ on Quitman Street and marched to the cemetery behind a hearse carrying the remains ... via News-journal.com

The Upshur County fire marshal and investigators with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were about to enter a building Thursday morning that was destroyed by a fire Wednesday night in ... via News-journal.com

News can happen anytime, anywhere. If you See It you can Snap It and then Send It to KLTV. via KLTV Tyler

“We're just hoping the firewall holds.”

Six East Texas fire departments respond to a fire in a downtown Big Sandy apartment complex and tattoo parlor on Wednesday. via Tyler Morning Telegraph

Firefighters from a half dozen East Texas towns battled a large blaze in the heart of Big Sandy Wednesday night. via Tyler Morning Telegraph

BY PHILLIP WILLIAMS Special Correspondent GILMER - A 64-year-old Big Sandy woman was killed in a car-truck collision on Texas Highway 155 south of Gilmer Monday afternoon, according to the Texas Department of ... via Tyler Morning Telegraph

The Up-shur County grand jury returned indictments involving theft, burglary and drugs, District Attorney Billy Byrd said. via Tyler Morning Telegraph

Upshur County Republicans selected Greg Mandreger as the party nominee for sheriff. via Tyler Morning Telegraph