The East Texas Food Bank will be hosting a food distribution from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday at the George H. Henderson Jr. Exposition Center in response to increased need for food assistance because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Lufkin woman was flown to an to an out-of-town hospital following a one-vehicle crash late Sunday night.

President Donald Trump paid no federal income taxes in 10 of the past 15 years, according to a report Sunday in The New York Times.

YORBA LINDA, Calif. — Two people were struck by a car and injured Saturday during a Southern California demonstration involving members of Black Lives Matter and counter-protesters.

Maddie Howard, a junior at Lufkin High School, has been named a Teen Ambassador by the Texas SayWhat! program.

The Congregation Beth Simcha started as a group of believers in a home and has now grown to a building on Ellis Avenue with more than 50 members.

“I survived what was supposed to kill me.”

We have three daughters in our family, along with a daughter-in-law and her sister, who by my own decree is yet another daughter.

An East Texas county commissioner was arrested Thursday on charges that he and three associates committed voter fraud in a 2018 primary election.

Authorities and the family of missing 5-week-old infant Armaidre Antwan Marquie Argumon are calling for the community's help in locating him after he went missing Friday afternoon.

The National Weather Service office in Shreveport, Louisiana, is forecasting Tropical Storm Beta will have a minimal impact on East Texas with a slight chance for isolated flooding.

The Angelina Arts Alliance on Monday announced its 2021 Pines Presents season.

NACOGDOCHES — A Shelby County man who federal prosecutors are calling the “Dark Web Cannibal” after he posted an online ad seeking to abuse, kill and eat a child, will spend 40 years in federal prison for child exploitation violations.

As superintendent of schools for Lufkin ISD, it is important to me that students are prepared for success when they leave the halls of Lufkin High School.

An Amber Alert has been issued for a missing five-week-old boy in Wells.

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women’s rights champion who became the court’s second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington. She was 87.

Normal? I think I remember the word. It feels so long ago, like a term conjured from ancient scrolls.

Future first responders from the Angelina College Fire and Police academies were up and moving at “dark thirty” on Thursday morning to help a guy out for a walk.

Jessica Pebsworth, public relations specialist for the Lufkin Public Safety Department, is being promoted to communications director for the city of Lufkin, according to interim city manager Bruce Green.

I decided to watch an old movie a while back and, of course, it starred Tom Cruise. After watching ‘‘Top Gun’’ for the billionth time, the song “Danger Zone” by Kenny Loggins stuck in my head for days afterward.

Tricia’s parents divorced when she was 3 years old. As she moved between the homes of her mother and father, her grandparents and the stories they told of her family’s heritage became a huge influence in her life.

For too long, cow-calf producers across the nation have marketed our cattle with one hand tied behind our back. The culprit has been an ever-growing lack of price discovery.

Lufkin police have released video surveillance footage of a suspect stealing $15,000 worth of fishing equipment from a professional fisherman's truck last week.

Single tickets for the Angelina Arts Alliance’s 2020-21 Performing Arts and Discovery Series go on sale at 11 a.m. Monday.

An unknown man forced himself inside a residence in the 400 block of Locke Street sometime between 6:45 a.m. and 4 p.m. Friday and stole three Social Security cards, $5,000, a tire tool, a permanent resident card and a briefcase.

HUNTINGTON — In the Nov. 3 election, Huntington voters will have a chance to vote yay or nay on a $19.295 million bond for new construction, renovation and upgrades at Huntington ISD.

As our nation observes the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that stole thousands of American lives, I hope we reflect on the selfless courage of the first responders who rushed into harm’s way to save countless others.

It is a milestone few people reach, but for Rudy Salazar — who has spent the last 50 years at Georgia-Pacific’s Diboll Lumber mill — it is just another day on the job.

Longtime Lufkin businessman and beloved community member Simon Wood “Bubba” Henderson III, 86, died in his home on Thursday.

The Lufkin Police Department is investigating the theft of an automated teller machine, and Crime Stoppers has cash available to reward for the first, most accurate anonymous tip that helps solve the crime.

I’m fortunate enough to have been strolling this planet for a while now. I’m pushing upward toward my sixth decade of existence, meaning I’ve been alive through 11 presidents of the United States.

This year the annual Forest Festival will look a little bit different as it moves downtown and condenses to one day.