Anderson County News

The Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed Friday that an adult man from Anderson County in East Texas is recovering from the neuroinvasive form of the disease.

BY KENNETH DEAN kdean@tylerpaper.com A woman's body found in a wooded area in Anderson County in October and a man's death in Flint a month later would seem to be unrelated, but authorities say the two are connected.

BY BETTY WARERS blw@tylerpaper.com PALESTINE - On a tract in the old Palestine City Cemetery, nine Confederate soldiers are buried in a row and two more are nearby.

A bill that would have dramatically changed the rules for a radioactive waste dump died in the Legislature because of a parliamentary error.

Cynthia Ann Parker , or Naduah , was an Anglo-Texas woman of Scots-Irish descent who was kidnapped at the age of nine by a Native American raiding party.

Human trafficking and sexual exploitation of minors is an international problem, and one that exists in the United States and East Texas.

After seeing a need to feed the hungry, Kathy Cochran and her husband, Joe, volunteered to help man a growing community food pantry.

The 27,993-square-foot facility is located in the city of Palestine, which is some 108 miles southeast of Dallas.

According to U.S. Attorney John M. Bales, a Grapeland man has been arrested on child exploitation charges in East Texas.