San Jacinto County News

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.