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A car driving on the wrong side of a two-lane highway in East Texas early Friday collided with an SUV, killing all five people in the vehicles, authorities said.

Human remains found along a rural highway in East Texas 20 years ago have been identified as those of an Arlington woman.

Five people were shot and injured early Sunday during an outdoor event in East Texas that featured a trail ride, according to authorities.

During a commencement ceremony on Saturday, president of Wiley College Herman Felton Jr. announced that an anonymous donor had cleared the balances of the entire graduating class.

Students graduating from the historically Black college were told at their commencement ceremony that an anonymous donor had paid their balances.

A weekend walk led to an uncommon, colorful find for one man in East Texas.

An East Texas man was arrested on a capital murder charge after fatally shooting two dentists at a clinic, authorities said.

Authorities say the pilot of a small plane managed to avert a serious crash when he landed next to a busy southeast Texas highway on Thursday.

A hunter accidentally shot and killed his 11-year-old daughter while they were hunting near their East Texas hometown, investigators said Monday. In a statement, the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office in Marshall, Texas, said it received multiple reports shortly after 5 p.m. Saturday of a hunting accident just east of Hallsville, Texas. Callers said a Hallsville man accidentally shot his...

Twenty-seven alligator snapping turtles were recently released back into East Texas, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department said Monday. According to the TWPD, the turtles were seized in Louisiana from a fish hatchery in 2016 after being poached in Texas and transported to the neighboring state. Alligator snapping turtles, a rare species of large turtles that weigh up to 150…

Three men charged in the fatal shooting of four people at a home in East Texas this week met up with one of the victims under the pretense of buying a gun from him but planned to steal it, authorities allege.

Three men were arrested on capital murder charges in the fatal shootings of four people at a home in East Texas, authorities said Wednesday.

An alligator briefly shut down an East Texas taco stand last week when it came out of the water and got in line in the drive-through.

One person was killed in the Monday crash of a small airplane in East Texas, officials said.

One person was killed after severe weather, including a tornado, caused damage in several communities in East Texas, authorities said Sunday.

A tornado watch has been issued for East Texas til 11 p.m. Saturday. Storms appear to be moving northeast. North Texas remains calm with some showers in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. It appears all of the storms Saturday evening will stay east of DFW. Clearing and a little cooler Sunday but warming up again Monday and Tuesday. A low...

Over a week after severe winter weather in Texas, landowners in East Texas are seeing signs of freeze damage to forest trees.

Accomplishing the logistical feat of vaccinating the masses and with only weeks to do it meant turning to the experts. Dr. Glenn Barnes is a former U.S Army Green Beret officer who now develops policies for the state’s Infectious Disease Response Unit. He also happened to be teaching at UT Tyler, when they received word to prepare a mass...

Smith County Sheriff Larry Smith gave an un update Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021, on a shooting at the Starrville Methodist Church. The pastor of the East Texas church was fatally shot Sunday morning by a man who was hiding in the church after a pursuit, Smith said.

The pastor of an East Texas church was fatally shot Sunday morning by a man who was hiding in the church after a pursuit, Smith County Sheriff Larry Smith said.