Payne Springs News

PS council rescinds ordinance aimed at sour gas By Pearl Cantrell PAYNE SPRINGS - On the advice of the city attorney, the Payne Springs City Council rescinded action recently taken to include Payne Spring's ...

BlackBrush reps talk in Payne Springs By Pearl Cantrell PAYNE SPRINGS - A representative from the BlackBrush Oil & Gas company tried to allay fears local residents have about sour gas and the company's plans to ...

BlackBrush Oil & Gas representatives from San Antonio were greeted by picketing protesters before and after Tuesday night's City Council meeting.

The question was direct, and to the point: "What's the kill zone?" the woman in the audience at Vetoni's asked.

By Rich Flowers News Editor A Thermal Imaging device aided Tool Police in the capture of a passenger in a vehicle who led law enforcement officers in a two-county car chase Wednesday.

Newly elected Mayor J.T. Nobles is doing his best to bring order to what has been some of the lake area's most contentious city council meetings.

The city council's problem with police cruisers just kept getting more and more complicated.

Henderson County Peace Officers Association holds service From Staff Reports ATHENS - About 200 people attended the Henderson County Peace Officers annual Memorial Tuesday at the northwest corner of the ...

A San Antonio Oil Company plans to apply for a drilling permit for a Smackover zone well under and around Cedar Creek Lake.

After months of stalled negotiations the city council of Payne Springs voted to hire a new officer on a part time basis at Tuesday's night regularly scheduled meeting.

Two Dallas area men were arrested in Payne Springs last Friday in connection with the theft of property valued at more than $400,000 - including a pair of motor homes.

An early morning house fire took the life of an 80-year-old woman in the Spanish Shores subdivision early Friday morning.

A Eustace High School student remains in Henderson County Jail, charged with making terroristic threats at Eustace High School.

The Henderson County Commissioners Court, voted 3-2 Tuesday to give the Henderson County Sheriff's Department the green light to hire 12 detention officers in anticipation of a June opening of the jail ...

Payne Springs held it's first regular schedule council meeting since the May 10 elections.

They're as present as the warm spring air. One year after the fatal shootings of Henderson County Sheriff's Department Investigator Paul Habelt and Deputy Tony Ogburn - and the wounding of Deputy Kevin Harris - ...

The city of Malakoff had to cut employees this year because of financial troubles.

Yes No Day 4 of Mays Trial By Michael V. Hannigan ATHENS - The defense took center stage Thursday morning as the Randall Wayne Mays capital murder trial entered its fourth day in 392nd District Judge Carter ...

“I stole two lives and I know it was precious to y'all.”

Randall Wayne Mays, meet Betty Lou Beets. On Tuesday, the histories of Mays and Beets became intertwined when Mays was handed a sentence of death by 392nd District Court Judge Carter Tarrance. via Athens Daily Review

“Our only hope is that today's sentence and the conclusion of this trial bring closure for the community and the families of the victims.”

A man convicted of killing an East Texas deputy in a shootout that claimed two law enforcement officers was sentenced to death Tuesday.Randall Wayne Mays, 48, was sentenced by the same jury that convicted him ... via Star-telegram.com