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A Galveston man who has been living in Lufkin shelters for the past week reached his wits end Friday.

Emergency numbers and other information to know : * All evacuees, including local residents, can check in at the shelter hub at Lufkin High School for registration and shelter assignments.

Graphic crime scene and autopsy photos of a man who was allegedly beat to death flashed before an audience of people awaiting testimony in a murder trial Wednesday.

A Department of Public Safety vehicle was totaled after another vehicle struck the vehicle broadside at a high rate of speed at 12:19 a.m. Thursday just north of Lufkin, according to DPS.

Lufkin's population puts it right in the middle for growth over the past seven years compared to other cities and towns in Texas, according to Census Bureau estimates released Thursday.

Visitors to the Angelina County Courthouse may notice it's a little less accessible these days.

Lufkin's footprint continues changing as the city responds to requests for small annexations.

The elderly driver of a gold Dodge pickup suffered critical head and chest wounds Wednesday morning after being struck by a Salvation Army Adult Day Center shuttle at Loop 287 and Sayers Street west of the ...

“Giving up five hours of a golf game to unload a truck.”

"Lord, when was it you were hungry and we gave you food?" asks a person of Jesus in Matthew 25. via The Lufkin Daily News

Are you interested in Texas history? I have found a new book titled "The Secret War for Texas" by Stuart Reid. via The Lufkin Daily News

“I don't see any data to support change”

Lufkin City Council members tabled a decision to change the speed limit on a part of Highway 59 from 70 mph to 60 mph. via The Lufkin Daily News

Two men got into an argument while working out Friday night in the 100 block of Burke, according to a Lufkin Police report. via Lufkin Daily News

“Hopefully it will lead to more space being permanently rented downtown”

A recent technological makeover inside a Lufkin federal courthouse has lawyers who represent national multi-million dollar companies lining up to try cases before East Texas juries. via The Lufkin Daily News

“I have so many friends who had a 4.0 [a perfect A average] throughout college, and they didn't get visas because their name wasn't picked”

Tens of thousands of foreigners, most of them college-educated, will wait anxiously for the next two months to learn whether they will get work visas to stay in the United States.

Experts say American businesses will fill out more than 200,000 applications for 85,000 H-1B visas after filing begins Tuesday. The deadline is next Monday.

Candidates with master's and doctoral degrees have a better chance because 20,000 visas are reserved for people with graduate degrees.

The competition for H-1Bs, dubbed high-skilled visas because they're meant for people in desired fields, is so stiff that the government has resorted to awarding them by lottery, leading to pressure on Congress to increase the number of visas. Read more

Lufkin may be known for its tall pine trees and retirement amenities, but now it is joining a select group of East Texas towns popular among big dollar corporations like Nike, Microsoft and XM Satellite Radio - ... via The Lufkin Daily News

The cities of Diboll and Zavalla will conduct May 10 elections, but the cities of Huntington, Hudson and Burke were spared the expense of elections as all candidates who signed up were unopposed. via The Lufkin Daily News

“But not for the change of the treaty we would not be here today”

The husband of a Lufkin doctor being held in jail on a manslaughter charge pending in England was disappointed Friday after a federal judge said he would decide the doctor's bail request next week. via The Lufkin Daily News