Coffee City News

The December sales tax allocation from State Comptroller Susan Combs office left Athens far behind 2008 as the sluggish economic trend continued.

Fire crews from multiple departments are on the scene of a single-story structure fire in the Briarwood Bay area subdivision off of Valley View Drive in Coffee City this morning.

A Tyler man has received a forty year prison sentence after being arrested for the fifth time for drinking and driving.

The Henderson County Sheriff's Department joined the U.S. Marshal's Office and the Tyler Police department in arresting an armed robbery suspect Sunday.

A one-vehicle wreck in east Henderson County killed a Frankston man Saturday. Wayne Franklin Goode, 51, died at the scene after rolling his 1998 Chevrolet pickup, Texas Department of Public Safety reports stated.

A one-vehicle wreck in east Henderson County killed a Frankston man Saturday. Wayne Franklin Goode, 51, died at the scene after rolling his 1998 Chevrolet pickup, Texas Department of Public Safety reports stated.

The Henderson County Commissioners Court approved the purchase of land that will be the new location for Precinct 1 Commissioner Joe Hall's headquarters.

They heard thunder and saw a flash of lightning. An East Texas family woke up not to a storm, but to smoke.

By KENNETH DEAN Staff Writer COFFEE CITY - An early-morning house fire has left a family of five displaced and a firefighter receiving medical treatment after part of the structure collapsed.