Pollok, TX

With the drought and record high temperatures in East Texas, caring for plants and ensuring they stay healthy takes special attention. Additional work is involved during extreme heat and drought. Retired forester Joe Pase spoke recently at the Texas AgriLife Extension Center in Lufkin with tips to help home gardeners.

KENNARD – Kennard Independent School District (KISD) Superintendent Malinda Lindsey sat down with the Messenger before an active shooter presentation was to begin for teachers and administrators. Lindsey has worked in education for 30 year, the last six of those in Kennard. Lindsey spent much of her career in...

KENNARD – The Houston County Sheriff’s Department held another of its active shooter conferences for local school districts. Kennard Independent School District (KISD) was the site of the latest conference Friday, Aug. 5. Teachers and administrators gathered in the administration building to hear the presentation by Houston County...

OVERTON, Texas (KETK) – Due to a break in the 6” Water Line, on FM 323 near JW Green, the water storage tank has run dry losing water pressure in the distribution system. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has required the City of Overton / ID Number 2010002 public water system to notify […]

NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - The Brick Street Burger Battle is challenging people to taste test burgers from restaurants in downtown Nacogdoches to find the very best one. KTRE’S Avery Gorman was one of the judges for the preview of the burger battle, which promotes the restaurants in downtown Nacogdoches.

Take a close look at these teenagers and let's try to locate them so they can be reunited with their parents. Now as summer begins to wind down and the new school year gets ready to begin, parents of these Texas teenage boys should be taking them to two-a-day practices, marching band practice, or at least taking them to purchase new school supplies and clothes for the new school year, but unfortunately, that's not the case.

We have a sneak peek of the newest bakery in Nacogdoches. The Grandough Baking Company staff have been spending their summer vacation working to open a new location. Grandough Bakery's only location, as of right now, is at 1705 Feagin Drive in Lufkin. Currently they are closed until Monday, August 8th for Summer Vacation.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KETK) – The Nacogdoches Animal Services and Adoption Center works tirelessly to ensure stray cats and dogs in their community find good homes. They enforce laws pertaining to animals within city limits and answers calls from the public about complaints of loose dogs, wildlife and livestock. The center also investigates animal bites and animal cruelty.

I think I'm pretty good when it comes to deductive reasoning. If I see an issue, I can usually come up with an answer to the problem. But, for some reason, I've never been any good at watching mystery movies and coming up with a hypothesis on 'who done it' or figuring out what surprise twist is about to happen.

“In these types of fires, when it gets in the woods, the Texas A&M Forest Service is mandatory,” Robinson said. “We’re not able to get in those woods far enough to be able to stop the fire, so having those bulldozers available is priceless so they can come in and put that fire line around and put a containment around the fire.”