Latexo ISD reports possible threat

By Chris Edwardsnews@hccourier.com LATEXO – Administrators at Latexo ISD along with the district’s police department investigated a possible school threat. On Monday, the district issued a statement affirming that there was a possible threat, but evidence “did not suggest that our students were in imminent danger, and there was no threat to school…

TPWD requesting ideas on improvement projects

From Enterprise Staff The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Inland Fisheries Division requests ideas from angling organizations, local governments, non-governmental organizations, river authorities and tribal organizations on freshwater fish habitat and shoreline-based angler access improvement projects to be completed in public waters…

Social media meeting leads to arrest

Angel SantosA Deer Park man is behind bars after his arrest for sexual assault of a Polk County child met online. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office received a report in July of sexual abuse involving a child. The suspect in this case met the child on social media, then traveled to Polk County, where he sexually assaulted the child. After an…

Man steals vehicle, leaves child

By Brian Besch A Splendora man is in the Polk County Jail after and stealing a vehicle and abandoning his child Saturday morning on Youngs Lane in Livingston. The Livingston Police Department received a phone call from Union Pacific Railroad Saturday at approximately 3:30 a.m. that their train had possibly struck an individual laying parallel to…

Crashes leave two injured

Special to the News-Standard TRINITY — Texas Department of Public Safety investigated two separate crashes on FM Road 356, just west of White Rock Acres Road on Thursday. The preliminary crash investigation indicates at approximately 11:20 p.m., a 1999 Chevrolet pickup was traveling east when the driver drove off the roadway to the right. The…

Colmesneil purchases new city truck

A Peter Criss and Paul Stanley sighting in Colmesneil? Well, maybe not, but these two Colmesneil residents could’ve been mistaken as members of KISS at the recent homecoming parade. Can you guess who they are? There’s no prize or anything for the correct answer but give us your guesses and we’ll publish them in the next edition. COURTESY PHOTO By…

National Hispanic Heritage Month

Alicia Rosas dances in the Hispanic Heritage celebration held in the city park on Saturday. A group of dancers from the St. Francis Church Ballet performed traditional folklore dancing during the event. PHOTO BY RON FOREHAND

Residents barely escape house fire

Trinity firefighters battled a blaze at a home on Falcon Street they believed was caused by a faulty air conditioner. Courtesy photo TCNS staff TRINITY — Three residents narrowly escaped a fire that erupted on Falcon Street around 5:30 p.m. Friday. Assistant Fire Chief Keith Johnson said the Trinity Fire Department responded to the structure fire…

Colmesneil student charged with terroristic threat

Chassin TauschBy Chris Edwardsnews@tylercountybooster.com COLMESNEIL – The Tyler County Sheriff’s Office is investigating terroristic threats made by a Colmesneil ISD student. According to Tyler County Sheriff Bryan Weatherford, deputies with TCSO responded to a report of terroristic threat on Wednesday, Sept. 21. Weatherford said that while on…

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