CRIME & SAFETY

ATHENS, Texas (KETK) – The Texas Department of Public Safety said that one person is dead after their car hit another in the opposite lane of State Highway 19 around 3:06 p.m. on Wednesday. Gerald Patrick Rist, 59 of Dallas, was travelling south on State Highway 19 one mile south of Athens in his 2005 […]

ATHENS, Texas (KETK) – An Athens woman was arrested on Wednesday for injury to a child after the 2022 death of her 10-year-old autistic non-verbal stepson. According to her arrest warrant, Shonna Pickle, 38, called 911 after finding her stepson Jessie unresponsive on Dec. 26, 2022. He was later pronounced dead at the emergency room […]

Number of Vehicles in Crash: 3 Number of Injured: 0 Number Killed: 1. Date & Time: 05/31/2023 at 3:06 PM. Location: State Highway 19, one mile south of Athens, Texas. Posted Speed Limit: 60 mph. Weather Condition: Cloudy. Road Conditions: Dry. Vehicle 1: 2005 Chevrolet Uplander. Driver 1: Deceased. Gerald...

A Mabank, Texas, man was killed in a motorcycle accident just east of Vernon on Sunday. Texas Department of Public Safety officials said Ronald Christopher Briley, 44, was riding a BMW motorcycle west on U.S. Highway 70 when he apparently had a medical episode. Witnesses saw Briley grab his left...

LOG CABIN, Texas (KETK) – A man was rescued by passing travelers Monday morning in Log Cabin after his car left the roadway, was upside down and on fire. Among those who stopped to help the man trapped inside his car was Log Cabin city council member Aaron Scott and his son Jonathan Scott. According […]

One man was pronounce dead at the scence of a motorcyle wreck in Wilbarger County on May 27, 2023.

LOG CABIN, Texas — A local city councilman and his son are being hailed as heroes for helping a person who was trapped in their vehicle following a major crash. According to the Log Cabin Fire Department, around 9:45 a.m. on Monday, May 29, officials were notified of a vehicle that had left the roadway, overturned and caught fire. Fire crews were told a passenger was trapped in the vehicle.

PAYNE SPRINGS, Texas (KETK) – A dog was rescued by Payne Springs Fire Rescue Monday morning after being stuck overnight in a storm drain. Officials said the dog had “ended up in this predicament due to being scared of fireworks.” Payne Springs Fire Chief 1 and Engine 1 responded to the scene and were able […]

SAN ANTONIO — Texas authorities say a 44-year-old San Antonio man wanted on multiple warrants – including multiple allegations of child sexual assault in Henderson County – has been added to the state's list of Most Wanted Fugitives. Steven Clay Leifeste has been on the run since...

PAYNE SPRINGS, Texas (KETK) – Payne Springs Fire Rescue said they responded to a report of a man getting a chainsaw stuck in his leg on County Road 2830 around 4:09 p.m. on Wednesday. Officials said that the motor and bar of the chainsaw had been removed and a homemade tourniquet was applied before the […]

PAYNE SPRINGS, Texas – A man has died in a drowning in a Henderson County Lake on Friday. According to the Payne Springs Fire Rescue, a man had gone under the water and had not resurfaced. A person was in the water attempting to locate the drowning victim when...

TOOL, Texas — A multi-department response aided in the rescue of a man pinned in the air against a tree in a lift bucket. Yesterday, May 21, 2023, around 3:44 p.m., Tool Fire-Rescue was dispatched to an incident involving a man pinned in the air against a tree in a lift bucket.

TYLER, Texas (KETK) – Smith County Constable Precinct 4 Josh Joplin announced on Monday he is mourning the passing of retired K9 Calif. “He and I stared danger in the face many many times. But together we came through it,” Joplin said. “Calif served the citizens for five years at the Brownsboro, Texas Police Department […]