Dragons Kade Godfrey signs with Centenary

CARTHAGE, Texas (KLTV) - Twelve student-athletes at Carthage signed letters of intent Friday to play in college sports. Ja’Kyra Roberts, volleyball, Mountain View College. Brailinn Sublett, football, North American University.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - The Stephen F. Austin football team and coaches are preparing to head to Austin Sunday to attend Graylan Spring’s celebration of life services. Spring is one of the two SFA students who were killed in a car crash in Corrigan almost two weeks ago. On...

KLTV's Willie Downs is at the trial of Juan Juarez who is charged with accident involving death in connection with the 2021 death of Marco Lopez Penado. Watch East Texas News at 5. Crews continue work restoring power to Tyler residences, stoplights. Updated: 19 hours ago. |. Oncor says crews...

SHELBYVILLE, Texas (KTRE) - A pair of teammates on the Little Dribblers team in Shelbyville may have play of the week honors in East Texas. Before halftime on Jan. 28, Lincoln Willoughby picked up a steal and dribbled the other way down the court. While spinning around, he heaved the ball to Carter Oliver, who had broken down the floor. Oliver caught the pass with his back to the basket and took a backwards shot, which went in on a bank shot before the buzzer sounded.

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) -Mitch Moehring is a double bass luthier, which is the name for one who makes stringed musical instruments. He is a former music teacher who taught 6th graders and was introduced to his craft by tinkering with broken instruments. “When you give an instrument to a sixth...

DIBOLL, Texas (KTRE) - Diboll has been looking to make a change in the way it handles its dispatch system since May, 2022, according to Diboll City Manager Jason Arnold. “We have an obligation to make sure we’re spending all of our time, our money, tax payers’ money and our resources as efficiently and responsibly as we can,” Arnold said.

LONGVIEW, Texas (KLTV) - KLTV’s Jamey Boyum is on scene at a train wreck near Texas Iron and Steel on FM 2087 just outside Longview. No injuries have been reported.

20 years ago today: How the Hemphill community and NASA come together as one. The Director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Vanessa Wyche, says NASA and this community are forever bonded together. “The community came out to help with the search and recovery, and helped not only with bringing food, but comfort and support,” Wyche said.

Catch East Texas News at 4 every Monday through Friday. Longview health manager gives tips about how long unrefrigerated food will last during power outage. KLTV's Jamey Boyum talks with Longview Environmental Health Manager Leisha Kidd-Brooks about how long different types of food will last if there’s no power to the refrigerator.

PALESTINE, Texas (KLTV) - The state is expected to come to a decision on pursuing the death penalty for an Athens man accused in a hostage situation which left a man dead in December of 2021. Robert Mason Eckert III appeared in Judge Mark Calhoon’s court on Friday. During the...

SMITH COUNTY, Texas (KLTV) - A teenager who went missing Thursday evening has been located unharmed, according to Bullard police. The unidentified boy was first reported missing around 6:00 p.m. Authorities found the teen shortly after midnight with the use of a drone. EMS checked out the teen, who didn’t...

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - A pedestrian has been transported to the hospital after being struck by a train Thursday morning. According to City of Lufkin Communications Director Jessica Pebsworth, the incident occurred around 9:45 a.m. at the Feagin and Pershing railroad crossing. Pebsworth said the pedestrian who was struck appears...

From frozen flowers and downed trees, to what looks like a real-life scene out of the movie “Frozen,” viewers from across East Texas sent our newsroom some pictures of what they are seeing in their neighborhoods Wednesday. |. Donna Shafer of NASA said there’s no better way to...

20 years ago today: How the Hemphill community and NASA come together as one. The Director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Vanessa Wyche, says NASA and this community are forever bonded together. “The community came out to help with the search and recovery, and helped not only with bringing food, but comfort and support,” Wyche said.

LUFKIN, Texas - The inside lanes and turn lane of South Timberland Drive in front of Shipley’s Donuts will be shut down for most of the day as the City works to repair a 6-inch water main leak. Crews had to rip up parts of the road to fix...

NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - Many Nacogdoches County roads are closed today due to high rain levels. Nacogdoches and surrounding counties have experienced significant rainfall over the last few days. Abby Scorsonelli, with Nacogdoches County Emergency Management says the county has closed 13 roads so far. “Road and bridge has been...

Oncor says crews are working around the clock to restore power. Meanwhile, the Tyler Police Department is asking drivers to continue to use caution as city crews work to restore power to stoplights. |. An East Texas family is working through a struggle that’s hard to imagine. Their twin girls,...

LONGVIEW, Texas (KLTV) - Longview police report that a sinkhole has formed on High Street. The hold formed in the 500 block of South High Street. It’s specifically between Nelson and Marion. Both northbound and southbound lanes are being diverted, so police say drivers should seek alternative routes around this area.

The suspect fled the scene; if you have any information about the shooting, call Longview police or Gregg County CrimeStoppers to remain anonymous. KLTV’s Jamey Boyum takes a look at two closed roads at opposite ends of Harrison County as culverts were washed out by recent rain. Trial kicks...

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - A district judge has found a Lufkin man who stabbed his mother to death in a convenience store not guilty by reason of insanity. Martha Hageon, 48, of Lufkin, died from her wounds in January 2021 at an area hospital. Her son, Alejandro Sanabria, 28, was...