Nacogdoches News

Nacogdoches, Texas, Rotarian Danny Bay inserts the pole for an American flag in a prepared hole in the ground while installing the Avenue of Flags for Flag Day on Friday, June 14, 2013, at Sunset Cemetery in Nacogdoches, Texas.

Longtime Nacogdoches High School band director Glynn Wells is taking a new position within the school district.

TYLER, TX The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness scores in math and reading determine whether or not fifth and eighth grade students advance to the next grade level.

Texas Department of Public safety troopers and Texas Rangers are still investigating a case in which a 37-year-old Lufkin woman who allegedly got into an auto accident in Nacogdoches, jumped a guard rail with her 6-year-old daughter, and tried to drown the little girl in a creek Saturday.

A place that has cared for boys dealing with abuse and abandonment has closed. The Boy's Ranch in Nacogdoches shut down June 6 and will no longer provide support for youth males in Texas.

Nacogdoches rotary club members are preparing for their new Rotary Summer Literacy Program.

Texan Collins Keeps on Course wins B.A.S.S. Nation Divisional on Sam Rayburm The frog bite was on at Sam Rayburn Reservoir but Texan Albert Collins avoided that temptation and won the B.A.S.S. Nation Central Divisional.While runner-up Brandon Pedigo and other contestants turned in double-digit sacks today by fishing plastic frogs in the shallow ... (more)

Collins wraps regular season with Rayburn win Defending Boater Division champion Albert Collins ended the Toyota Bassmaster Weekend Series, operated by American Bass Anglers, South East Texas Division 10 regular season with a Lake Sam Rayburn win on June 8, 2013.Running out of Umphrey Pavilion near Jasper, Texas, to fish the 114,500-acre lake, ... (more)

Parents of the couple are Dahman and Karen Stephens, Alan and Laura Caraway, all of Nacogdoches, Texas, and Troy and Gretchen Krosch of Fairmont.

Collins Bolts Into Lead At B.A.S.S. Nation Divisional On Sam Rayburn While dodging lightning and being soaked by torrential downpours, Albert Collins of Nacogdoches, Texas, amassed a heavier bag than Wednesday's limit to take over the lead in the B.A.S.S. Nation Central Divisional at Sam Rayburn Reservoir.Collins weighed in a 16-pound, 12-ounce ... (more)

To hear the Royals tell it, their decision Thursday to take shortstop Hunter Dozier with the eighth overall pick in baseball's annual first-year player draft shouldn't be viewed as a surprise.

A Nacogdoches church had a very special blessing tonight after members completed its restoration of the original 1847 Sacred Heart Catholic Church.

One of the people in the Buick SUV has been taken by helicopter to a hospital. The other was taken by ambulance to a Nacogdoches hospital.

A World War II veteran and longtime Stephen F. Austin University supporter is being honored with a scholarship.

Nacogdoches is rallying around a family after two people died in a house fire on Dorr Creek Street on Sunday.

The drivers of two vehicles are both being treated at a Nacogdoches hospital after a two vehicle accident on Highway 103 East near Etoile in Nacogdoches County.

A Nacogdoches woman and her grandson died this morning in a house fire on Door Creek Street in Nacogdoches.

A Nacogdoches woman and her grandson died this morning in a house fire on Door Creek Street in Nacogdoches.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one in a series of occasional stories about rural issues.

On Saturday, Nacogdoches will go blue for the 24th annual Texas Blueberry Festival to celebrate the local harvest.