Tenaha News

The Texas Department of Transportation has closed roads in several East Texas counties following torrential rain over the last 24 hours.

Following heavy rainfall, wind and a possible tornado near Woden that the National Weather Service in Shreveport was tracking Thursday night, several county roads and local schools have closed today.

The allegations of highway piracy leveled against Shelby County District Attorney Lynda Russell last year were outrageous enough.

After being denied government representation, the Shelby County district attorney has asked the state if she can fund her defense in a civil suit using the same forfeited funds she is accused of illegally obtaining.

Blogroll Archives Posted on: October 5, 2009 9:09 AM, by Ed Brayton You may remember the crazy asset forfeiture case in Tenaha, Texas, where they've had a police shakedown program going for years.

Last Friday, the ACLU and the ACLU of Texas submitted a brief to the Texas Attorney General's office arguing that a District Attorney in East Texas should be barred from using money unfairly taken from motorists under Texas's asset forfeiture law to defend herself from a lawsuit brought by motorists who claim that their property was taken ...

A class action civil lawsuit against the Shelby County district attorney has caught the attention of the American Civil Liberties Union.

Top County Law Enforcement Official Accused Of Illegally Seizing Cash From Minority Motorists AUSTIN - October 2 - The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Texas today filed a brief with the Texas Attorney General's office opposing a request by Shelby County District Attorney Lynda K. Russell to use money she allegedly seized illegally ...

The American Civil Liberties Union on Friday filed a brief with the Texas Attorney General's office arguing that either the county or state must be forced to represent a county district attorney accused of illegally seizing money from mainly black motorists -- in amounts ranging from $4000 to $50,000 -- under the pretext of anti-drug forfeiture ...

The little town of Tenaha, Texas has been all over the news in the last year after several defense attorneys revealed the town's police had been pulling over motorists along a main highway, seizing their property , then presenting them with an unsavory bargain: Sign a waiver forfeiting all of their property over to the police, or be arrested for ...

Criminal mischief, FM 3238. A door and four windows were removed from a house. Driving while intoxicated and resisting arrest, 900 block of Ruby Street.

Criminal mischief, FM 3238. A door and four windows were removed from a house. Driving while intoxicated and resisting arrest, 900 block of Ruby Street.

Mary and James Gibbs will be moving in October to Templewood Lane in a house that they are building in the PineCrest addition.

Panola County sheriff's officials on Tuesday said they were still searching for a man who led them on a high speed chase while he was in the nude.

The driver of the 18-wheeler has been taken to the hospital and has been listed in fair condition.

A truck carrying a hazardous chemical rolled over Tuesday morning forcing the closure of U.S. Highway 59 between Timpson and Tenaha as emergency services worked to evaluate the scale of the accident.

The Andy GU 1 Well No.10 will be drilled 17.5 miles east from Nacogdoches in the Martinsville Field.

Theft, 129 Wettermark Street. A man said that he had several friends over at his house, and when he awoke the next morning he discovered his X-Box 360 Elite and a Friday the 13th movie were missing.

A single rose - tough enough to survive tragedy, powerful enough to heal broken hearts - continues to perform miracles along the Gulf Coast.

I have mentioned this before about the City Water Department flushing water lines at fire hydrants on the streets.