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22 hrs ago | The Lufkin Daily News

Man gets year in jail in resentencing for drunk driving wreck that killed one

The family of a Lufkin teen who died in a drunk driving accident two years ago was heartbroken Friday after hearing the final sentence handed to the man responsible.

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Related Topix: Lufkin, TX, Friday, TX, Trinity, TX

Fri Nov 13, 2009

MyFoxHouston

Was San Jac Murder-Suicide Preventable?

Graveside services were held Friday for two of four people killed in a San Jacinto County murder-suicide. Shara Torres and her four-year-old daughter Sarah Whitmire were shot to death November 7th by Torres' boyfriend.

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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Texas & Region

Supt. Donna Gill on Wednesday told The Associated Press that the fire was traced to an electrical problem in the school's concession stand.

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Related Topix: Cleveland, TX, McAllen Metro

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Houston Chronicle

San Jacinto County sheriff pledges full inquiry in deaths of 4

San Jacinto County Sheriff James Walters on Tuesday promised a full inquiry into why seven hours passed before his deputies responded to repeated pleas for help for a bipolar man, arriving after the man killed three others and himself.

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Related Topix: Cleveland, TX

Tue Nov 10, 2009

The Family Badge

Repeated calls to sheriff made before family slayings

For seven hours Saturday, friends and relatives of Oliver "Bubba" Bills Jr. made repeated calls to the San Jacinto County Sheriff's Office seeking help for the man who was hallucinating and behaving more violently as the day progressed.

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Related Topix: Cleveland, TX

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Houston Chronicle

Man suspected of killing 3, himself in San Jacinto Co.

Man suspected of killing 3, then himself in San Jacinto Co. Nov. 9, 2009, 5:45AM Share Share A man in San Jacinto County shot and killed three people, including a 6-year-old girl, Sunday night before shooting himself dead, according to sheriff's deputies.

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East Texas News

Commissioners rescind salary increases

COLDSPRING The newly adopted county budget was amended last Tuesday to remove a $500 salary increase for secretaries and foremen in Precincts 2, 3 and 4 by a 4-1 vote.

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Related Topix: Coldspring, TX

KXMB-TV Bismarck

4 people found shot to death in rural Texas home

Authorities called to check on a family's well-being in a rural southeast Texas home found the bodies of four people who had been shot to death.

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MyFoxDFW

Child Dead in Murder-Suicide

A welfare check on a family in San Jacinto County led to the discovery of four bodies in an apparent triple murder and a suicide.

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Abc13.com

Four people are dead after an apparent murder-suicide in San Jacinto County

Four people are dead after an apparent murder-suicide in San Jacinto County. The shootings happened Saturday night northwest of Cleveland.

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Sun Nov 08, 2009

East Texas News

H1N1 vaccine expected in county mid-month

COLDSPRING The H1N1 "swine fl u" vaccine should be in San Jacinto County around mid-month, according to San Jacinto County Emergency Management Coordinator Judy Eaton.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Coldspring, TX, Oakhurst, TX

KHOU-TV Houston

Man kills girlfriend, daughter, grandmother in murder-suicide

SAN JACINTO COUNTY Police are investigating after they said a man went on a deadly rampage and killed three people, then himself in San Jacinto County on Saturday.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

Grits for Breakfast

More detail on scent lineup case headed to Texas CCA

A helpful reader points to a December 2007 article from the San Jacinto County Times about the case of Richard Lynn Winfrey, Sr., which was accepted this week by the Court of Criminal Appeals for purposes of evaluating scent lineup evidence.

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Related Topix: Federal Detention Center, Houston, Federal Prisons, Prison, Texas, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Wed Nov 04, 2009

The Lufkin Daily News

Prosecutor questioning the legality of sentence

The prosecutor in the case of a Trinity man who received shock probation for the drunk driving death of a Lufkin teenager said Tuesday he is looking into whether the defendant was even eligible for that sentence.

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Related Topix: Trinity, TX, Lufkin, TX, Trinity County, TX

Tue Nov 03, 2009

The Lufkin Daily News

Drunk driver who killed Lufkin teen, seriously injured four others, may serve just over five months

A Trinity man responsible for the drunk driving death of a Lufkin teenager could walk free after completing 160 days in prison, according to the San Jacinto County District Attorney.

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Related Topix: Lufkin, TX

Sat Oct 24, 2009

The Huntsville Item

Firefighter honored for two decades of service to county

Last month, after 20 years as a volunteer firefighter in Huntsville, Louis Parker retired from the Huntsville Fire Department.

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Related Topix: Huntsville, TX, Houston Metro, Conroe, TX, Walker County, TX

Tue Oct 20, 2009

Houston Chronicle

Beetlesa feast on dry pines kills hundreds of Woodlands trees

Hundreds of majestic pine trees that stood green and vibrant in parks, on medians and along the pathways in this master-planned community are now dead and gone.

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Related Topix: The Woodlands, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Waller County, TX, Entomology, Science

Sun Oct 18, 2009

East Texas News

Fishing boat sinks, leaves two treading water

Onalaska police were summoned to the Bridgeview subdivision at about 7:35 p.m. Thursday, Oct.

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Related Topix: Boat Disaster

Fri Oct 16, 2009

East Texas News

Commissioners adopt budget, set tax rate

COLDSPRING San Jacinto County Commissioners' Court adopted the county's 2009/2010 budget and set the county tax rate during a special meeting held Friday, Sept.

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Related Topix: Coldspring, TX

Wed Oct 14, 2009

East Texas News

Head Start celebrates

COLDSPRING GETCAP Head Start will celebrate 44 years of Head Start excellence during the month of October, which has been designated as Head Start Month.

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Related Topix: Coldspring, TX

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