Burke News

A state trooper discovered 128 pounds of marijuana during a routine traffic stop Saturday morning near Burke.

A collection of toasts, this week, after a successful - if harrowing - weekend of shopping in conjunction with Black Friday: A toast to the Angelina County Health District, for its "Got Shot" promotion of the swine flu vaccine.

The Pitser Garrison Civic Center was filled with health care professionals Thursday night for the second annual "Salute to Healthcare" banquet, which honors those in the East Texas medical field with several awards.

Angel of Joy Lutheran - ELCA. Sunday events. 9 a.m. Sunday School, 10:15 a.m. Morning Worship.

A gift shop employee reported that she had left the shop unattended for a few a minutes and when she returned she discovered that more than $100 cash was missing from the unlocked cash register in the 1900 block of Atkinson Drive.

A Corrigan man responsible for a May 30 drunk driving crash in Burke that left three people dead has been formally indicted by an Angelina County Grand Jury.

Tuesday, I drove through where I grew up. Weird to say that since I was 2 ½ hours south of here and I now live in what was my parents' house in Burke.

A woman told police she was hit in the face Monday after confronting a man she witnessed shoving a woman's head against a wall.

The Angelina County Genealogical Society will be holding its monthly meeting at 5 p.m. July 20 in the large KML meeting room.

The following are upcoming Vacation Bible Schools throughout the summer. To have a VBS week listed here contact Brittony Lund at blund@lufkindailynews.com or call 936-631-2617. Bald Hill Baptist Church will host VBS "Where Fearless Kids Shine God's Light" July 13-17 from 6:30-9 p.m. Children from K-4 through 6th grade are invited.

Three people were tragically killed in a traffic collision in Burke on May 30 and the man wanted in connection with their deaths has fled.

The following are upcoming Vacation Bible Schools throughout the summer. To have a VBS week listed here contact Brittony Lund at blund@lufkindailynews.com or call 936-631-2617. Central Church of Christ will host Bible Day in the Park Saturday, Aug.

Beulah Congregational Methodist. Singing canceled. July 4. The Beulah Congregational Methodist Church gospel singing scheduled for Saturday, July 4 will be canceled due to conflicts of schedule.

A clerk at the county tax assessor's office reportedly failed to give a woman change after she paid for her vehicle registration.

Angelina County narcotics investigators shut down a drug manufacturing residence in Burke Wednesday, confiscating several ounces of methamphetamine, thousands of dollars in cash and a rifle.

An Angelina County cemetery marking 140 years of history will be honored Sunday with the Ryan Chapel Cemetery Association homecoming.

It was dark, the sound of the sea around them, and like most of the soldiers crammed into the small open transport ship headed toward the beach at Normandy, Capt.

Angelina County Pct. 4 Commissioner Lynn George made a surprise announcement at Friday's commissioners' court meeting that he will not be running for re-election next term.

A 4-year-old Lufkin boy has died from his injuries following a car wreck Friday on U.S. 59 South in Burke that also killed his mother and an Alto man.