LUFKIN, Texas (KETK) — Two members of the Lufkin Police Department received the Lifesaving Award Monday during a city council meeting after saving a woman from a burning home. According to the department, on the evening of Oct. 9, officers Laura Blackwell and Seth Johnson responded to the house fire to assist Lufkin firefighters and … Continue reading 2 Lufkin police officers awarded for saving woman from burning house

The Big Spring Lady Steers’ volleyball season ended Thursday evening when they fell to Brock in straight sets in the opening round of the UIL Class 4A state playoffs at Sweetwater High School. Brock controlled the match from the outset, taking the opening set 25-11 […]

AUSTIN, Texas — It was a good day for the defense. Standing in front of a judge in Austin’s Blackwell-Thurman Criminal Justice Center, attorney Matthew Shrum secured a ruling that spared his client from serious punishment on a shoplifting charge. In the hallway immediately afterward, the defendant thanked Shrum with an appreciative hug. “She walked […]

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He's the owner and morning host of an AM/FM Country combo serving Sweetwater, Tex., a small city due west of Abilene along Interstate 20. However, that will change soon, as he's agreed to sell the stations.  

Two books with local ties will be featured in upcoming book signing events, with the authors visiting Sweetwater County next week. A Green River resident has been fighting for justice for her sister, Holly Palmer, whose murder in Texas almost 40 years ago has remained a cold case. That story, along with that of other crimes and cold cases from Texas, is told in "Homicide in the Hood: Murders...

New forensic details emerge in Nolan Wells case; federal trial begins for Buffalo supermarket gunman; Iran conflict costs American households $2,000; mathematician John Urschel makes breakthrough.

Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed Eden resident Zane Blackwell to the Upper Colorado River Authority Board of Directors. Blackwell is a retired utility lineman and former president of the Eden school board. He has also served on the Eden Chamber of Commerce board, the city’s […]

A Nolan County jury acquitted former Sweetwater officer Caleb Norman of official oppression, but police say they remain opposed to his actions.