Athens News

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An Athens resident is among several defendants named in indictments released Thursday by a federal grand jury.

Three people were transported to East Texas Medical Center in Athens after the left fender of two vehicles clipped each other about 3 p.m., Wednesday on Farm-to-Market Road 59.

The Malakoff Police Department is current investigating a Saturday-morning wreck that sent two children to Children's Medical Center in Dallas with undisclosed injuries.

Things are going to be a bit different at the annual Halloween at the Hatchery. The event takes place at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center Thursday, Oct.

A Saturday night ruckus broke out at a party in the Persimmons Creek area of Quail Run and Jess Hinton late last Saturday and early Sunday morning.

The Henderson County Commissioners Court created a state-mandated committee Tuesday to help the county meet requirements for keeping criminal records.

A nationwide shortage of the influenza vaccine is behind the cancellation of several Texas Department of State Health Services' flu shot clinics.

Pete Armondo Ayala's sister, Allison Ayala at left, and his mother, Valerie Ayala Hernandez, reacts to the conviction of their family member on Thursday.

Behind a police and motorcycle escort, a group of World War II veterans pulled out of Athens Tuesday on their way to the nation's capital.

Henderson County residents can now check for missing livestock online, Sheriff Ray Nutt said.

For the fifth straight year, the 'Pride of the Hornets Band' showed up at the UIL Marching Contest to bring home the gold and a 1st Division rating.

Chris Underhill will soon be fighting for his country in Afghanistan, his mother said Thursday.

Five people arrested in May in connection with an illegal eight-liner operation near Athens were among indictments returned by a Henderson County Grand Jury this week.

Henderson County Drug Narcotics Investigators working in the Athens area made three arrests Tuesday and Wednesday.

U.S. District Judge William Wayne Justice, who changed the way Texas educated children, treated prisoners and housed its poorest and most vulnerable citizens, has died.

A lone bandit held up an Athens Exxon Station early Tuesday, then escaped on foot, Athens Police Department reports said.

The Athens sales tax allocation from State Comptroller Susan Combs was up slightly in October, halting the double-digit drops of July and August.

Henderson County property owners will start receiving tax statements within the next few days.

Dr. David Edwards, pastor and leader of the congregation at Corsicana's First Baptist Church, died Friday from injuries suffered in an automobile accident near Hubbard.