Latest East Texas Headlines http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com The latest headlines from MarshallNewsMessenger en-us Copyright 2009, Cox Newspapers Inc., MarshallNewsMessenger Sat, 7 Nov 2009 20:28:05 EST Newspapers COXnet RSS Generator v1.0 http://img.coxnewsweb.com/C/08/82/52/image_1352828.jpg Latest East Texas Headlines http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com 5 Hudson school grieves 'sweet boy' who drowned at Hanks Creek Park http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/06/03/drowning.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/06/03/drowning.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 Tue, 3 Jun 2008 09:21:23 EDT A 13-year-old Huntington boy who drowned in Sam Rayburn Reservoir while swimming with friends at Hanks Creek Park on Saturday night was "a sweet boy," an educator said Monday. Angelina County Jail considers new classification system following inmate's capture http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/06/03/jail.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/06/03/jail.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 Tue, 3 Jun 2008 09:16:52 EDT Angelina County Jail administrators are looking into using a different classification system for inmates following the Friday walk-off of a convicted sex offender trustee who was captured Sunday in a neighboring county. Suspected Longview drug gangs busted http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/05/29/05292008_gang_bust.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/05/29/05292008_gang_bust.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 Thu, 29 May 2008 13:57:46 EDT After two years of unraveling two suspected Longview drug conspiracies, law enforcement officials were ready Wednesday to round up the results of their labor. Wells man killed in morning wreck with transport shuttle http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/05/29/wreck.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/05/29/wreck.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 Thu, 29 May 2008 09:39:59 EDT A Wells man died Wednesday after being injured in one of two separate wrecks involving shuttle buses from different agencies that occurred near the same intersection in Lufkin. Lufkin Daily News City Editor Gary Willmon dies at 51 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/05/22/willmon.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/05/22/willmon.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 Thu, 22 May 2008 09:39:35 EDT Gary Willmon, city editor for The Lufkin Daily News and a career newsman and award-winning journalist, died Wednesday at a Lufkin hospital after a long battle with Chrohn's disease. He was 51. Arrest 'doesn't change bad part,' slain Longview couple's family says http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/05/21/05212008_homicide_folo.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/05/21/05212008_homicide_folo.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 Wed, 21 May 2008 10:05:15 EDT The arrest of a suspect in the double homicide of an elderly Longview couple has brought some peace to their family, a son said Tuesday. Seven Longview businesses cited in alcohol sting http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/05/20/05202008_alcohol_sting.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/05/20/05202008_alcohol_sting.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 Tue, 20 May 2008 12:09:37 EDT Seven Longview stores and restaurants were cited Friday on charges of selling alcohol to minors, Longview police reported Monday. Documents show suspect did work for slain Longview couple http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/05/20/05202008_homicide_folo.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/05/20/05202008_homicide_folo.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 Tue, 20 May 2008 11:21:42 EDT A man suspected of killing an elderly couple April 18 did yard work for them in the past and might have been at their house the day of the homicides, according to court documents. Lightning likely caused Nacogdoches auto repair shop fire http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/05/16/fire.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/05/16/fire.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 Fri, 16 May 2008 09:12:20 EDT Forces of nature kept area firefighters busy, left five people without jobs and burned a local auto repair shop to the ground early Thursday morning, as heavy rains and lightning filled the sky over Nacogdoches. Nacogdoches man gets 19 years for intoxication assault http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/05/16/intoxicatedassault.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/05/16/intoxicatedassault.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 Fri, 16 May 2008 09:10:09 EDT It took less than an hour for a Nacogdoches jury to sentence a man to 19 years in prison for an intoxication assault charge stemming from a May 2006 wreck. State officials conclude DaVita investigation http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/05/15/davita_update.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/05/15/davita_update.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 Thu, 15 May 2008 10:25:03 EDT State health officials have concluded their investigation into DaVita Lufkin Dialysis following a recent spike in patient deaths, a state spokeswoman said Wednesday. Diesel spills into Nacogdoches Native Plant Center http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/05/14/diesel_spill.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/05/14/diesel_spill.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 Wed, 14 May 2008 09:31:12 EDT Diesel fuel spilled at Rudy's No. 11 station on North Street Tuesday afternoon leaked into a tributary of Lanana Creek inside the SFA Pineywoods Native Plant Center, threatening botanical species there. Memorial Health System breaks ground on new heart disease and stroke center http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/05/14/memorial.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/05/14/memorial.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 Wed, 14 May 2008 09:28:00 EDT Memorial Health System of East Texas broke ground Tuesday on a $30 million Cardiovascular and Stroke Center of East Texas, a 106,000-square-foot facility to be constructed near the hospital's emergency room entrance. Sour Lake man's bond revoked http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/05/07/vaglica.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/05/07/vaglica.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 Wed, 7 May 2008 09:16:33 EDT The alcohol-monitoring ankle device Matt Vaglica's attorney championed as unfailingly accurate during his trial for intoxicated assault was the basis for Vaglica's return to jail Tuesday for violating the terms of his bond. SFA students take briefs jaunt as part of unique clothing drive http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/05/03/undie_run.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/05/03/undie_run.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 Sat, 3 May 2008 17:37:39 EDT With the squelch of a megaphone and the wave of an oversized pair of white briefs, hundreds of nearly-nude SFA students let out a cheer and commenced the running of Undie Run 2008. Slain state trooper's friends 'sad, angry' http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/05/01/05012008_trooper_profile.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/05/01/05012008_trooper_profile.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 Thu, 1 May 2008 10:04:28 EDT LINDEN — The friends of slain DPS trooper James Scott burns are devastated and angry. Suspect in state trooper's shooting death admitted drug abuse http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/05/01/05012008_Trooper_Suspect_.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/05/01/05012008_Trooper_Suspect_.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 Thu, 1 May 2008 10:02:33 EDT A former East Texas lawman suspected in the shooting death of a DPS trooper struggled with drug addiction before losing his career. Ex-peace officer suspected in East Texas trooper's shooting death http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/05/01/05012008_trooper_death.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/05/01/05012008_trooper_death.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 Thu, 1 May 2008 10:00:51 EDT JEFFERSON — Law enforcement agencies from all over Texas swarmed the Lake O' the Pines area Wednesday, looking for the man suspected of fatally shooting a state trooper Tuesday evening. Dog stayed with Lufkin boy until he was rescued http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/04/29/Missing_Child.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/04/29/Missing_Child.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:56:22 EDT The two sisters screamed the little boy's name as they walked through the woods. Both were near hysterics early Sunday morning. After ten hours of searching the women began to lose hope of ever finding the 6-year-old boy. Kilgore teacher killed in wreck remembered as energetic, fun-loving http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/04/22/04222008_Kilgore_Teacher_.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/04/22/04222008_Kilgore_Teacher_.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:02:15 EDT KILGORE — Jody Clements, superintendent of Kilgore Independent School District, said the Maude Laird Middle School cheerleaders were looking for sponsor Shannon Utzman Gilley on Saturday at the Kilgore High School Hi-Steppers Spring Show. Community mourns Longview couple found dead in home http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/04/22/04222008_homicide_folo.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/04/22/04222008_homicide_folo.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:01:08 EDT As the Gregg County Sheriff's Office continues to investigate leads in Friday night's double homicide, a community remains in mourning over the loss of two of its greatest friends and benefactors. Senior Longview couple found dead at home http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/04/21/04212008_double_homicide.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2008/04/21/04212008_double_homicide.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:26:27 EDT The Gregg County Sheriff's Office needs help identifying and locating a man who was seen in the stolen truck of a couple who were found dead at their home Saturday evening. Raid nets 35 workers at Mount Pleasant Pilgrim's Pride location http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/04172008_Pilgrims_Pride.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/04172008_Pilgrims_Pride.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:21:48 EDT MOUNT PLEASANT — About 35 workers were arrested on various aggravated identity theft charges Wednesday by U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement officials at the Pilgrim's Pride Mount Pleasant processing plant. Man sentenced to life in murder of Carthage child http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/04102008_capital_murder.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/04102008_capital_murder.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:12:52 EDT A Carthage man was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to the death of a 4-year-old boy almost a year ago. Titus County officers find pipe bomb on man after arrest http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/04012008_pipe_bomb.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/04012008_pipe_bomb.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=1 Tue, 1 Apr 2008 11:21:04 EDT A pipe bomb found in the possession of a man arrested by Titus County officers might be related to a series of explosions reported in the county, according to the Titus County Sheriff's Office.