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Daisetta residents told to consider lawsuit over sinkhole
An environmental attorney told residents and elected officials here they should consider legal action against the Texas Railroad Commission, saying the agency failed to take action that could have protected ...
Daisetta Community Weighs Options In Wake of Sinkhole
Part of their town was swallowed by a giant sinkhole, now people in Daisetta are coming together tonight to figure out what happens next.
Daisetta residents wonder what their future with the sinkhole holds
As the dog days of summer set in over Daisetta and kids pedal across the familiar terrain of their street, parents are keeping a wary eye on the place where the lay of the land forever changed their town.
Governor Perry Denies Disaster Declaration for Daisetta
It's been one month since the sinkhole in Daisetta made national news. It remains a threat at 150 feet deep and more than 600 yards wide, but the governor of Texas says that's not enough to be declared a ...
The First Liberty National Bank, as Trustee of the Dr. Richard C. and Esther Bellamy Educational Trust, announced recently that it was awarding the sum of $42,000 in scholarships for the year of 2008.
B.C. paving way for mysterious manhole repairs
By Tommy Mann Jr. The Orange Leader BRIDGE CITY - While the Southeast Texas community of Daisetta is still grappling with a giant sinkhole that mysteriously appeared earlier this month, Bridge City officials ...
Alligators, saltwater pumping latest chat about massive Liberty County sinkhole
The talk of Daisetta right now is not the massive sinkhole, but rather some reptiles that have taken up residence in it.
Deputy, wife found dead in burned mobile home
A veteran Harris County sheriff's deputy and his wife were found dead Thursday morning in their burned Liberty County mobile home, having crawled to within a few feet of the back door, officials said.
Liberty Co. sinkhole may yield more trouble
Volunteer firefighter Lynn Fregia is speaking out about what happened on the day part of Daisetta collapsed into a sinkhole in Liberty County.
Sinkhole Now A Lake, Complete With Alligator
That massive Texas sinkhole is now a lake big enough to become the home of an alligator.
So, you want to visit the sinkhole
Liberty County Sheriff Corporal Hugh Bishop walks near the edge of the sinkhole Thursday in Daisetta. via Houston Chronicle
Sinkhole becomes a lake, home to alligator
That big Texas sinkhole is now a lake big enough to become the home of an alligator. via KDBC
Firefighters Work Around The Clock To Keep People Safe
“We had 20-something employees that worked for Deloach”
It was only noon Saturday, but Brad Taylor was already tired. The assistant chief, like most others on the Hull-Daisetta Volunteer Fire Department, had worked shifts around the clock since Wednesday. via FireFightingNews.com
Equipment monitoring SE Texas sinkhole
Sensing equipment has been installed to monitor whether that sprawling sinkhole in Texas is growing. via KDBC
Officials Exhausted From Sinkhole Activity
Authorities in Daisetta, Texas, are exhausted from the constant stream of curious onlookers at the site of a large sinkhole, a fire official says. via The Post Chronicle
Disaster declaration sought over Texas sinkhole
A state disaster declaration will be sought over a massive sinkhole threatening the town of Daisetta . via Houston Chronicle
Sinkhole and Town: Now You See It ...
“It appears to be slowing down, the hole does”
A huge and ravenous sinkhole that threatened to swallow this little East Texas oil town gobbled more crumbling earth Thursday but spared, at least for now, homes, the high school and the main road, Farm to ... via HendersonvilleNews.com
Sinkhole cuts through Daisetta community
“And if the salt dissolved away from the cap rock, is it supported again?”
THE ORANGE LEADER ORANGE, Texas - A massive sinkhole, possibly caused by the collapse of a salt dome, opened up in the small town of Daisetta on Wednesday. via Corsicana Daily Sun
Regulators checking huge sinkhole near Daisetta
Top Story Headlines Renteria sentenced to death David Renteria has been sentenced to death for killing a 5-year old-girl he took from a Lower Valley Wal-Mart in November of 2001. via KVIA-TV El Paso
Huge sinkhole gobbles up tractor, equipment
“We're just going to shut the road down and see how big it gets. Hopefully it will stop”
A massive sinkhole, which has swallowed up oil field equipment and some vehicles, continued to grow Wednesday just outside the southeast Texas community of Daisetta. via WFAA