Houston County, TX

HOUSTON COUNTY, Texas (KTRE/Gray News) - Authorities in Texas broke up a cockfighting event last week and detained nearly 20 people in the raid. The Houston County Sheriff’s Office reports a tip came in about the cockfighting event happening on private property on May 20. Several agencies, including the...

HOUSTON COUNTY, Texas (KETK) – 10 men were arrested and 36 live roosters were seized in connection to cockfighting in Houston County, authorities said. On May 20, the Houston County Sheriff’s Office received a tip of a cockfighting event on a private property in the national forest. HCSO detained 17 Hispanic males. After an investigation […]

WILLS POINT, Texas (KETK) – The Wills Point Police Department along with Wills Point ISD and the Department of Public Safety have been conducting an investigation for the last several weeks that has now led to the arrest of a Marshall man. Aaron Alvarez allegedly made fake social media profiles and solicited juvenile girls for […]

HOUSTON COUNTY Texas (KTRE) - Ten people were arrested after Houston County authorities conducted a raid on a cock fighting event located on private property in the national forest on May 20. According to a post on the Houston County Sheriff’s Office page, law enforcement received a tip about the...

PALESTINE – The Anderson and Houston County area school districts have seen tragedy strike again and again during the 2021-2022 school year. Palestine, Slocum, Grapeland, Latexo and Crockett ISDs have all mourned the loss of a student this year. And now, Palestine ISD is mourning the loss of an educator.

HOUSTON COUNTY – The Houston County Commissioners Court met in a regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, May 24, highlighted by a lengthy discussion on the pay grades of part-time county workers. County Commissioner Precinct Four Jimmy Henderson informed the court he had attempted to bring back a former road...

A Texas federal judge has enjoined the University of Houston from enforcing a student speech policy that includes "denigrating jokes" as a form of punishable harassment — a win for a free speech legal group challenging the policy.

The UTEP men's basketball team has secured Stephen F. Austin transfer Calvin Solomon, head coach Joe Golding announced. A brief profile on Solomon and a quote from Golding follow below. Calvin Solomon. 6-7, Forward. Stephen F. Austin. Houston, Texas. Three-year letter winner and two-year starter for Stephen F. Austin who...

EAST TEXAS – According to a May 20 press release from the Texas Workforce Commission, “Texas added 62,800 total nonagricultural jobs in April 2022. For the sixth consecutive month, the state set new employment highs as total nonfarm jobs reached 13,284,500 in April 2022. Texas has added a total of 742,000 positions since April 2021.”

EAST TEXAS – The hunt for escaped inmate Gonzalo Artemio Lopez has now entered the eighth day and the reward for information leading to his capture stands at $50,000*. According to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), “On May 12, the 46-year-old inmate who was serving a life sentence for capital murder and attempted capital murder assaulted a correctional officer on a transport bus and then fled from the vehicle. TDCJ, Office of Inspector General, DPS, and multiple law enforcement agencies are continuing the search for Lopez.”

HOUSTON COUNTY, Texas (KTRE) - Convicted killer Gonzalo Lopez, 46, is still on the run after he crashed a prison bus off State Highway 7 in Centerville and escaped Thursday. The reward for information leading to his capture has been increased to $50,000. Houston County Sheriff Randy Hargrove said in...