Chireno News

Following last Thursday's widespread street flooding throughout Nacogdoches County, officials have concluded that Lake Naconiche helped mitigate the effects of flooding in certain areas of the county by collecting millions of gallons rainwater.

Following heavy rainfall, wind and a possible tornado near Woden that the National Weather Service in Shreveport was tracking Thursday night, several county roads and local schools have closed today.

According to a TXDOT spokeswoman, most roads and highways in Angelina County are now back open after flood waters forced them closed overnight.

Students in the sophomore class at Chireno High School are making a name for themselves this year by publishing a book filled with their own versions of a Greek tragedy story.

Angelina College Theatre kicks off its 2009-2010 season with the 1995 Broadway hit, "Sylvia" by A.R. Gurney, scheduled to run at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday in the Temple Theater on the Angelina College campus.

A Chireno man faces a charge of aggravated assault with deadly weapon after a local grand jury handed up indictments Friday.

Chireno ISD students were given notes Wednesday to take home to parents, alerting them that a high school student had been diagnosed with H1N1, according to CISD Superintendent Roger Dees.

A lack of water at Chireno Independent School District has shutdown classes for today.

A 10-by-30 foot storage building was destroyed in a fire that occurred Friday night in Melrose, according to Bryan Loudenslager, Melrose Volunteer Fire Department chief.

A Chireno man pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and a jury will hear testimony from the victim Tuesday before deciding his sentence.

Congratulations to the SFA Charter School, Douglass ISD and Central Heights Elementary School for earning an "exemplary" rating from the Texas Education Agency.

A law banning cell phone use by drivers in county school zones was approved at Tuesday's commissioner's court meeting.

Congratulations to the SFA Charter School, Douglass ISD and Central Heights Elementary School for earning an "exemplary" rating from the Texas Education Agency.

Motorists using cell phones in county school zones may soon face traffic fines. The county commissioner's court will consider taking action in support of a bill passed in the state Legislature that allows schools to say yea or nay to cell phone use by drivers in designated school zones.

EnerQuest Corp. will drill the Irwin "A" Well No. 9 and the Irwin Well No. 12 in a wildcat field.

Theft, 1215 North St., Kroger. Store employees detained a man who entered the store and stuffed meat into his pants.

Suspicious person, FM 941. A man knocked on a person's door and said his wife was broken down south of Diboll and needed $15. The owner said he would check with the sheriff's office and would be glad to help him if his name came back clear.

Assault, Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital. A deputy spoke with a man in the hospital emergency room who had a busted lip.

The most recent sales tax collection figures released Friday by State Comptroller Susan Combs show that the positive numbers Nacogdoches County saw last month have reversed course and headed south, although the county still remains in better shape than most others across Texas.

Unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, 2000 block of Durst St. A woman's daughter took her car and hadn't returned it.