With demand on the rise due to the backlog of surgeries now being performed after the COVID-19 pandemic had many on hiatus, the Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center held a blood drive last week at Angelina Savings Bank.
With demand on the rise due to the backlog of surgeries now being performed after the COVID-19 pandemic had many on hiatus, the Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center held a blood drive last week at Angelina Savings Bank.
Wes Suiter won the run-off election against Kim Ogden for Lufkin City Council's Ward 4 seat for a three-year term with a vote of 295 to 290.
A 10-year-old boy is at St. Luke’s Health Memorial-Lufkin in unknown condition after possibly drowning in Pollok earlier tonight, according to Angelina County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Alton Lenderman.
The Lufkin Daily News earned six second-place and two fourth-place awards in the Texas Press Association’s annual Texas Better Newspaper Contest, as announced Saturday at the TPA Convention & Trade Show in Denton.
As part of an ongoing effort to increase COVID-19 vaccination levels in Angelina County, the Deep East Texas Partnership will offer the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to adolescents this summer.
Heat radiated upward from the blacktop of state Highway 103 west, warming the firetrucks and fighters waiting in the mid-afternoon sun for Moffett Fire Chief Joey Rocka, who recently died of COVID-19.
Angelina County elections administrator Elizabeth Hawkins is seeking local feedback on the prospect of establishing a countywide polling place program this year.
Paula Havard, executive director of The Pregnancy Help Center of Lufkin, is resigning after 20 years with the center.
Lufkin’s annual Juneteenth Parade will honor history as it winds its way through North Lufkin June 19.
The George H. Henderson Jr. Exposition Center will be attempting to grab funds by the horn with its “Summer Stampede” fundraiser at 6:30 p.m. July 15.
Thomas Gray made three cruises overseas and spent one Christmas and New Year’s on deployment for the U.S. Navy as an engineer between 1966-70.
The Men’s Fieldhouse will be looking to raise funds while offering food and fun activities for men and their families during its “Man Expo” June 19.
Hudson ISD dedicated a bench to Brandi Mettlen, who passed away suddenly last year of a major heart attack. Hudson held a small dedication to let Mettlen’s loved ones see the bench, located on the playground of W.F. Peavy Primary School.
NACOGDOCHES — Free COVID-19 vaccines will be among the latest additions to the Texas Blueberry Festival, returning to downtown Saturday after a pandemic-related absence.
NACOGDOCHES — Former Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital CEO Scott Street and other leaders at Medical Center of South Arkansas were chided by medical staff there who unanimously voted late last month that they had no confidence in the hospital’s leadership.
In his nearly eight years as a Cub or Boy Scout, 14-year-old Lucas Robertson has learned a lot from the program and will be one of several representing the organization in the upcoming Flag Day ceremonies.
Flag Day is June 14, but this year’s celebration of ‘‘Old Glory’’ in Lufkin will last three days.
Lufkin police are investigating a pair of shooting incidents that occurred Wednesday afternoon, according to a press release from Jessica Pebsworth, communications director for the city of Lufkin.
NACOGDOCHES — A Nacogdoches County man accused of being “a major distributor of narcotics” remained jailed Thursday after deputies seized more than half a pound of methamphetamine and other drugs during his arrest Wednesday night, Sheriff Jason Bridges said.
Angelina County and Lufkin received higher sales tax allocations in June compared to last year, according to the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts latest report.
The Diboll Police Department will be holding a benefit for officer Corey Clemens, who was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma, a form of throat cancer, from 1-6 p.m. June 27 at the Lottie and Arthur Temple Civic Center.
The Kurth Memorial Animal Shelter will be closed to intakes and adoptions on Friday and Saturday to conduct deep-cleaning and sanitization, according to a press release from the city of Lufkin.
The National Forests and Grasslands in Texas waives day-use fees at recreation sites on Saturday for National Get Outdoors Day.
Angelina County is working on a tax abatement agreement with Azalea Springs Solar Park LLC to construct a $200 million solar energy park in Central.
The Angelina County Landfill will use $1.2 million to construct another waste cell; the landfill has seen a 25% increase in local waste tonnage in the last three years, landfill manager Chuck Brooks said.
Women gathered Tuesday to eat lunch and learn more about maintaining physical and mental health from professionals in the community at the Lufkin/Angelina County Chamber of Commerce’s “Women’s Networking Event”
Jobless Texans who refuse work offers because they feel like the job isn’t safe during the pandemic won’t be able to receive unemployment benefits as of June 26, the Texas Workforce Commission announced this week.
Today is the last day to cast an early ballot in the Ward 4 Lufkin City Council runoff election between former County Judge Wes Suiter and Kim Ogden. Election Day is Saturday.
DIBOLL — The Diboll Lady Jacks softball team spent the past month traveling much of the state of Texas, with their final trip a journey last week to the state tournament in Austin where the group finished as the second-best Class 3A team in the entire Lone Star State.
The Angelina County Commissioners will consider terminating a local disaster declaration ordered by the court on Feb. 22, 2021, at 10 a.m. today.
A Lufkin man will be embarking on a $10,000 sword fight Wednesday night and all of America can tune in and watch from their own living room.
We’ve all done it: You’re distracted, you put something on top of your car, then you drive away without realizing it until you’re miles down the road wondering, “Hey, what did I do with my Coke?”
Angelina County is under a severe thunderstorm watch until 7 p.m., according to the National Weather Service office in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Lufkin ISD’s Summer Feeding Program, which ensures students 18 and younger have healthy meals during the summer months, kicks off this week.
With soggy weather in the forecast for an already water-logged Angelina County until at least the middle of next week, disruptions to travel and outdoor plans will likely continue while the threat of flooding remains a concern.
People living in homes subject to flooding across Lufkin are casting another weary look to the skies as Angelina County faces yet another rainy week.
Executive director Jennifer Allen says the Angelina Arts Alliance will bounce back stronger this year after COVID-19 wreaked havoc on the 2020 season.
The Holy Spirit and thousands of worshippers will descend on Lufkin Monday for the start of the 75th annual Texas District Camp Meeting at the United Pentecostal Campgrounds on the corner of U.S. Highway 59 south and College Drive in Lufkin.
JASPER — Heavy rain expected through the weekend could push Sam Rayburn Reservoir to record heights and send floodwater rushing over the emergency spillway.
A 23-year-old woman involved in a 2020 wreck is on the path to recovery and thanks her lucky stars for a man who stepped in and held her while waiting for first responders.
The company moving into the Aspen Power Plant property announced Thursday a joint venture creating one of the world’s first entirely renewable energy-powered manufacturing facilities that will produce compostable molded fiber products.
HUNTINGTON — Families, friends and members of the community held a Sign-A-Stud event Wednesday in Huntington at the site of two new Habitat for Humanity homes.
Saturday is “Free Fishing Day” in Texas.
There’s a new mutt in town.
The city of Lufkin has begun to implement emergency plans discussed after the winter snow storms earlier this year, including equipment purchases and construction.
An Angelina County grand jury indicted a former Hudson High School math teacher accused of having an improper relationship with a student in February 2020 during the May 2021 session.
June is “Adopt a Cat Month,” marking the height of “kitten season,” when large litters are born and often end up in animal shelters.
At least three prominent Texas GOP officials took part in a Dallas conference this weekend with ties to the QAnon conspiracy theory movement, where a former Trump administration official advocated for a military coup on the U.S. government.
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