Blackwell, TX

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

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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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 […]