Hemphill News

MANY - Retired investigator Ted DeLacerda had hoped to clear a cold case prior to his March 14 retirement.

For Danney Borel, the Sabine River is more than his home. It's also his sanctuary and his workplace.

A Hamilton County Community Corrections supervisor who was arrested Thursday as a fugitive from Texas is rufusing to sign extradition papers. via Chattanoogan.com

Formerly owned Kensington Furniture and Caraway Furniture HEMPHILL, Texas Industry investor George McFadden was among the passengers that authorities identified as having died in a plane crash that occurred ... via Furniture Today

As first reported on your Hometown News at Five, officials say a private plane has crashed in Sabine County near Toledo Bend, by Indian Mounds. via KBTV Beaumont

In Texas, three people died when their single-engine plane crashed into a lake at Hemphill. via WREG-TV Memphis

The Jasper County Emergency Corps is heading to the scene of a reported plane crash in Sabine County. via KFDM-TV Beaumont

Due to broken lines and lack of electricity caused by yesterday's storms, G-M Water Supply Corporation in Hemphill is asking its customers to boil water for human consumption for at least two minutes. via KTRE-TV Lufkin

The long-awaited second Budweiser ShareLunker of the season is now in the Lunker Bunker at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center courtesy of James Manasco of Hemphill. via North Texas e-News

“All the fish I caught this week were around shallow grass in 4 to 6 feet of water”

Lake Sam Rayburn, TX )... Pro Dicky Newberry of Houston, Texas, caught a five-bass limit weighing 23 pounds, 15 ounces Saturday to win the Stren Series Texas Division tournament presented by Yamaha on Sam ... via FishingWorld

“I turned to my friends to say look, and when I turned back it was coming towards us.”

ON JANUARY 15, 1995, A JAPANESE ROCKET took off from Kagoshima, carrying a Russian-made satellite with German scientific instruments. via Air & Space

“Our family, of which you are a part of, is the foundation of our success”

On a morning as brightly blue and sunny as that morning in 2003 when space shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon re-entry over East Texas, and as bitterly cold as the ensuing days of search and recovery, about 75 ... via The Daily Sentinel

“We are where a lot of the remains of the shuttle and crew were found.”

In the five years following the disintegration of space shuttle Columbia over East Texas, the tiny rural towns where the bulk of wreckage was recovered have since become modern national historical destinations ... via The Lufkin Daily News

“Memorials are slow coming through”

Five years after the skies of East Texas rained debris from the disintegrated space shuttle Columbia, there are few visible reminders of those turbulent months when Nacogdoches was an epicenter of search, ... via The Daily Sentinel

“We hope our new location will make it easier for visitors to get information about the forest and Toledo Bend.”

The new Sabine National Forest ranger office has been built on federal land by federal laborers -- which should save the taxpayer in the long run, forest officials say. via The Lufkin Daily News

Two Keesler airmen from a trucking group were given Bronze Star medals last week for their convoy work in Iraq, according to a base news release. via Sunherald.com

Mr. and Mrs. Afrain Alberto of Lufkin announce the birth of their son, Aldo Alberto, born Nov. via The Lufkin Daily News

“We are fully aware of the sensitive nature of the area. No decisions have been made”

It remained unclear Friday how this week's sale of timberland in East Texas would affect plans for a proposed memorial to honor the crew of the space shuttle Columbia, which broke apart more than four years ago ... via Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

This week's sale of timberland in East Texas involves property that's a proposed memorial to the Space Shuttle Columbia crew. via KXAN-TV Austin