Onalaska News

June 2008 AUSTIN - Cities within Polk County collected nearly 5 percent more sales tax revenue during May than in April, according to Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Susan Combs.

June 2008 LIVINGSTON - Firefi ghters from fi ve area fi re departments quickly extinguished a volatile storage tank fi re at an old oilfi eld off Munroe Road in south Polk County Tuesday.

June 2008 ONALASKA - Organizers for the world-famous City of Onalaska annual fi reworks display are set to light up the sky above the Lake Livingston Causeway at about 9 to 9:30 p.m. Bus service will be ...

June 2008 LIVINGSTON - City council members approved a 3.2 percent cost of living adjustment based on the same formula the city has used at the outset of the budget process for the 2008- 2009 fi scal year ...

June 2008 POLK COUNTY Onalaska and Livingston High School Graduates Receive DETCOG Stewart and Malone Memorial Scholarships Lufkin A Onalaska High School Graduate, Amber Johnson, and a graduate of Livingston ...

Service times will be at 7 p.m. today and at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday. According to a release from the church, "Joe is in his 50th year of ministry.

May 2008 LIVINGSTON - A multi-agency search for a suspect who stole a woman's purse, cell phone and car from the Wal-Mart parking lot Wednesday ended at about 5 p.m. with the arrest of Barrett Michael Tillery, ... via East Texas News

In making this announcement to seek reelection to serve as your mayor for another two-year term, I would like to offer some thoughts for your consideration. via East Texas News

“This is a very close race and we're just taking it day by day.”

Hillary Rodham Clinton won the Texas, Rhode Island and Ohio Democratic primaries Tuesday, while Barack Obama won Vermont. via Tampabays10.com

“I owned and operated a professional photography studio in Austin”

Two East Texas photographers, two local western artists and a historic preservation exhibit all mark the Embrace the Arts art walk event taking place from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday at three Palestine venues. via Palestine Herald-Press

Texas Ranger Ron Duff on Friday could confirm very little about the investigation involving a former Cleveland police officer, citing that it is part of an ongoing case. via Cleveland Advocate

She was uninjured in that altercation and Bogany was arrested for his actions. Bonds were set at $10,000 for the Aggravated Kidnapping charge and $100,000 for the Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon charge. via Susan Murphy-Milano..."Moving Ou...

Precinct 1 Justice of the Peace Darrell Longino rescinded bail on former Onalaska Police Officer Gregory Ross Bogany after Bogany allegedly violated terms of his conditional release from jail on charges of ... via East Texas News

Cochran's Crossing to include four houses built by Habitat Habitat for Humanity of Polk County began simultaneous construction of three new homes in Livingston on Dec. via East Texas News

Blythe Dianne Sweeney, daughter of Charles W. Sweeney Jr. of San Diego and Kim and John Biddick of Highland, married Steven Paul Cates, son of Penny Cates and the late Ronald Cates of Onalaska, Texas, on Aug. via Redlands Daily Facts

Gregory Ross Bogany, a former lawman from Liberty and San Jacinto counties, has been arrested in Onalaska, Texas, on charges of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon and Aggravated Kidnapping. via Cleveland Advocate

“We're exceptionally fortunate to have received this grant two years in a row”

LIVINGSTON Polk County, the cities of Livingston, Onalaska and Corrigan all received grants in varying amounts from the Office of Rural Community Affairs following Thursday's meeting of the Deep East Texas ... via East Texas News

Two women were flown to Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston following a head-on collision at 4:28 p.m. on Wednesday. via East Texas News

Livingston police seized 50 grams of cocaine and arrested Michael Dewayne Montgomery, 30, of Livingston for possession of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana on Nov. via East Texas News

“We love our neighbor for protecting our neighbors”

Activist Quanell X and dozens of other protesters Sunday faced hundreds of homeowners and supporters of Joe Horn, the Pasadena man who shot and killed two men he suspected of burglarizing a neighbor's home more ... via Houston Chronicle