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NACOGDOCHES — The baseball diamond was almost like church, a place of refuge and sanctuary for Black East Texans in the early part of the last century.
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For an organization tasked with addressing mental illness in East Texas, a pandemic has been a particularly unwelcome disruption.
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NACOGDOCHES — The majority of members of the State Board of Education are urging the public health officials to move public school employees to front of the line for coronavirus vaccines.
NACOGDOCHES — With a contractor in place, work on a grant-funded upgrade of Etoile’s water system is set to begin.
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Texas will end the biennium with a $1 billion budget shortfall as result of the coronavirus pandemic, Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced Monday, the day before lawmakers gavel in for the 87th Texas Legislature and begin working on a slimmer budget.
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NACOGDOCHES — A Chicago man accused of smuggling 28 pounds of cocaine was jailed in Nacogdoches County on Tuesday.
NACOGDOCHES — Stephen F. Austin State University’s Dr. Hollie Gammel Smith will take over for outgoing Dean of Students Dr. Adam Peck when he departs for Illinois State University in January, the university announced Friday.
NACOGDOCHES — Nacogdoches County will receive more than 2,000 doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine next week, state health officials announced Friday.
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NACOGDOCHES — Nacogdoches and much of Deep East Texas are facing tighter restrictions on retailers, restaurants and hospitals two days after the first doses of a coronavirus vaccine arrived in Texas.
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NACOGDOCHES — Stephen F. Austin State University’s assistant vice president and dean of student affairs announced his resignation Monday, as well as his intention to take over a similar post at a university in his home state.
Nacogdoches police Monday morning arrested a Harris County couple wanted on multiple felony charges who were the source of an Amber Alert issued for two children.
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NACOGDOCHES — Two Deep East Texas lawmakers have signed on to a bipartisan letter asking the Texas Education Agency to cancel or relax standardized testing this year, while an opposing group made up mostly of Dallas-area superintendents is asking the state to go forward with the accountabili…
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NACOGDOCHES — Wednesday marked the 42nd anniversary of the notorious Jonestown Massacre, which claimed the lives of more than 900 people in a settlement in Guyana.
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NACOGDOCHES — U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert stepped up his defense of President Donald Trump during a Thursday morning appearance on “Fox and Friends First” in which he called Americans who reject unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud “ignorant” and “biased.”
Nacogdoches ISD’s director of student support services will become the newest member of the State Board of Education in January.
Before this year, nobody every heard of a Santa Shield.
Downtown Nacogdoches is often lauded for its historic buildings, and there are more than a few new opportunities for people to get their hands on these days.
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NACOGDOCHES — Stephen F. Austin State University is expanding its footprint into the Brazos Valley and will begin offering early childhood and elementary education classes next fall at Texas A&M University’s RELLIS Campus in Bryan.
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A Nacogdoches man was hospitalized Tuesday in a two-vehicle collision that left one person dead.
NACOGDOCHES — A federal grand jury has indicted a Nacogdoches woman on four counts of methamphetamine-related offenses, while her accused accomplice is charged with a single count of conspiracy.
A Virginia woman was killed after she was hit by a car while walking across U.S. Highway 259 earlier this week.
Citing the financial burdens imposed on residents by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Greater East Texas Community Action Program is pushing its rent and energy assistance programs to people in the region.
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NACOGDOCHES — Six students accused by Stephen F. Austin State University officials of filing a false police report against a 17-year-old freshman have filed a federal lawsuit against the university, alleging a rush to judgment and violation of due process and seeking a restraining order to p…
NACOGDOCHES — A federal judge has issued a restraining order delaying disciplinary hearings for six students accused by Stephen F. Austin State University officials of filing a false police report against a 17-year-old freshman.
NACOGDOCHES — Stephen F. Austin State University President Scott Gordon condemned the actions of a group of students who filed a false police report on another student earlier this month in a statement issued Monday night.
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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.
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Two East Texas legislators are leading the bipartisan group putting pressure on Gov. Greg Abbott to develop a plan to expand high-speed internet access across the state as the coronavirus pandemic has “exacerbated existing disparities.”
Two county residents were arrested Friday when Nacogdoches County Sheriff’s Office deputies served a search warrant at a residence before dawn.
NACOGDOCHES — A 22-year-old accused of sending unwanted messages and nude photos to his former high school teacher for more than a year was in jail Wednesday.
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NACOGDOCHES — Deferring to numbers provided by the state, the Nacogdoches County Emergency Management Office updated the COVID-19 death toll at 49 — 17 more than the local office had reported up to Tuesday.
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NACOGDOCHES — Stephen F. Austin State University students returned to class Monday to start the fall semester during a year that has thrown countless and endless challenges at high education institutions. So how did it go?
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NACOGDOCHES — A Lufkin man was sentenced to 99 years in prison this month after pleading guilty to indecency with a child committed more than two decades ago.
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NACOGDOCHES — A Lufkin woman accused of spitting on a Nacogdoches County jailer in December was back in jail this week.
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An 18-year-old Nacogdoches resident is facing a felony charge in a food tampering incident in which police received a video of someone biting juice bottles before returning them to a store bin last week.
NACOGDOCHES — Nacogdoches police are looking for a man caught on video biting bottles of apple juice and returning the product to a bin at Kroger on University Drive.
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The San Augustine County Sheriff's Office and federal officials put an end to a large marijuana growing operation in Angelina National Forest last week.
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NACOGDOCHES — The Nacogdoches County jail has been battling an outbreak of the coronavirus that has infected more than 100 inmates, sidelined more than a dozen staff members and prompted Sheriff Jason Bridges to request additional medical personnel from the state.
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It takes some paperwork, but some rural East Texas homeowners can get out of a crappy, and potentially toxic, situation with their septic systems.
NACOGDOCHES — U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Tyler, tested positive for the coronavirus Tuesday, the day after he had an unmasked interaction with U.S. Attorney General William Barr, spurring the Capitol to issue broad new mask requirements Wednesday.
NACOGDOCHES — The special delivery Thursday afternoon on the second floor of Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital wasn’t what the staff of the hospital’s Women and Children’s Center are used to, but it brought with it the same type of celebration.
A Center man is facing a felony charge after a fatal car crash that claimed the life of a Tenaha resident Saturday.
NACOGDOCHES — Nacogdoches County Sheriff Jason Bridges took to social media again Wednesday to address his position on the statewide mask order and his plans to address violators.
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NACOGDOCHES — Public celebration of Mass at all Catholic churches around Nacogdoches County has been suspended until further notice after a priest was exposed to the coronavirus during a funeral Thursday.
Summer training for female athletes at Nacogdoches ISD is paused until July 13 after a student tested positive for the coronavirus, the school district reported.
The family of a Tyson worker from Center who died in April of the coronavirus is suing the meat processing company, saying it failed to provide a safe work environment.
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After opening for limited hours June 1, the C.L. Simon Recreation Center closed on Wednesday after a staff member tested positive for the coronavirus.
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Nacogdoches county officials said Tuesday that no charges would be pursued in the confrontation between a man and protestors outside the county courthouse earlier this month.
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Two cases of coronavirus confirmed Saturday and four more diagnosed Monday bring Nacogdoches County’s total to 335, the County Emergency Office announced.
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U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert introduced an amendment to House Democrats’ sweeping police reform bill in hopes of strengthening anti-lynching laws, but his proposal was shot down by Judiciary Committee Chairman Jarrold Nadler, D-New York.
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