Centerville News

This year's Annual "Unity In the Community Juneteenth Celebration" will be June 20, here in Groveton.

Two people are dead and three others injured after a car accident on I-45 near Centerville.

The Leon County Sheriff's Department expects cleanup to continue until sometime Monday after four locomotives and two boxcars derailed and caught fire Thursday near Highway 79 and the town of Oakwood.

A few months back we wrote a couple of columns about blues musicians Blind Lemon Jefferson of Wortham and Sam Hopkins of Centerville.

The drive from Dallas to Houston is now more dangerous than ever. A long stretch of Interstate 45 is without ambulance service between Buffalo and Centerville - almost exactly between the two major metropolitan areas.

The former Oakwood police chief who was arrested early Monday morning in Palestine remained in the Leon County Jail Wednesday amid allegations he held his wife captive and used a taser on her.

The chief of a small Central Texas town's police department has been fired and jailed for allegedly using a Taser gun on his wife.

Friends and family are invited to shower Norma Ruth Schroy Bailey with cards and greetings as she celebrates her 90th birthday Wednesday.

Blending southern poetry and a loose, all-encompassing handling of the guitar, Lightnin' Hopkins brought a Texas accent to the masses with one of the most prolific blues careers in history.

The fire danger continues throughout Texas. A fire broke out Sunday in Leon County north of Midway and southeast of Centerville, according to the Texas Forest Service.

Cub Scout Pack 610 spent the month of February learning about tourist attractions and historical sites on a pretend road trip across America.

The event will be held at the old gym of the Centerville Jr/Sr High School located at 813 S. Commerce St , Centerville .

The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins The great Texas bluesman Lightnin' Hopkins is captured brilliantly in this deeply moving film.

Leon County may not be large, but its leaders are definitely thinking big. County Commissioners have decided to move ahead with plans to build the county's first Expo Center.

Leon County's new sheriff said that his administration is focusing on regaining the public's trust in law enforcement.