Angelina County News

A woman visiting from Houston assaulted her sister Friday morning in the 400 block of Holland Street, according to a police report.

The FBI has been called in to investigate a robbery at Commercial Bank of Texas on Lufkin's Tulane Drive Friday afternoon.

The Angelina County Sheriff's Office is leading a search for a man charged with aggravated sexual assault, who failed to show up for his trial Wednesday.

With an ongoing hot and dry spell in East Texas, city and county officials are hoping the heat won't put a damper on the festivities scheduled for the Fourth of July weekend.

A winding farm road secluded by tall green pines is where Tina Due finds peace these days.

Although I have lived my adult life near one of the largest cities in the country, my heart is still in East Texas.

A sixth suspect charged in connection to an Aryan gang-related kidnapping earlier this week has been booked into jail.

A man walking along Kurth Drive and Martin Luther King Jr. Street told police a pickup full of men shot at him several times.

A Lufkin man once suspected in the 2007 Etoile slayings of a man and woman led authorities on an eight-hour chase Tuesday on evading and kidnapping charges, ending with his surrender in a wooded area off Miles Road in Homer.

A Cedar Grove man has been arrested for dealing crack cocaine from his neighborhood residence.

The Angelina County Airport was buzzing with excitement as the first of 32 teams radioed in for landing at the Lufkin leg of the 33rd annual Women's Air Race, which is celebrating the 80th year of women's air racing.

The mother of a Diboll man found dead under the state Highway 94 bridge last month is not convinced his death was an accident.

Last week I forgot to mention our Bingo days at the Angelina County Senior Citizens Center at 10 a.m. every Monday and Thursday.

Angelina County residents and business owners have filed several hundred forms indicating their intent to protest the appraised values of their property, according to the county's chief appraiser.

A Longview man convicted six years ago for a drunk driving collision in Angelina County that killed two people and injured another has pleaded guilty to a fifth drunk driving charge.

No one from the community came to voice their opinion about the new sex education curriculum for two Lufkin campuses next year at the LISD board meeting Thursday night.

A 30-year-old Lufkin man has been charged with sexual assault after he allegedly got a 14-year-old girl pregnant.

This column is dedicated to communicating with the legions of people around and about who are very interested in birds - the "backyard" birders, feeder watchers or outdoor enthusiasts who encounter some very interesting birds as they hike, fish or hunt but may not know what they're seeing.

Young adults from all walks of life packed the community services building at Angelina College Thursday afternoon to learn workplace skills for the new jobs they are scheduled to start on Monday.

Upset stomachs aren't the only ones rumbling. Mexican restaurant La Unica is hot after a woman who has been claiming to sell its famed tamales.