Grapeland News

As volunteers began arriving at the Palestine Middle/High School cafeteria around 6:30 a.m. Saturday, they were greeted by a line of people already there awaiting the opening of the Palestine Junior Service ...

Houston County District Attorney David E. Cervantes met with the new Houston County Grand Jurors for July 2008 term on July 28.

The Palestine Junior Service League will hold its eighth annual Back to School Fair from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in the Palestine High School/Middle School cafeteria.

Texas Education Agency released 2008 Accountability Ratings Friday, Aug. 1, and all five Houston County school districts achieved an "acceptable" or better rating.

According to a plea agreement reached Tuesday, Aug. 5, William Joseph Dunbar, of Magnolia will serve seven years in the Texas Department of Correction Institutional Division on charges stemming from a Sept.

Eric Lamond Davis, 22, of Grapeland, was indicted on Monday, July 28 by a Houston County Grand Jury and charged with first degree murder in connection with the July 5 shooting death of 30-year-old Betty Cruz.

Firefighters braved temperatures of over 100 degrees to battle a raging blaze that destroyed a home on PR 5047 Wednesday afternoon, July 30.

A Houston County Grand Jury has deemed the Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007 shooting death of 38-year-old Carlos Kratzer by two Houston County Sheriff's Office Deputies, Randy Hargrove and Clint Massingill, as justified.

Two Palestine men accused of badly beating a 19-year-old local man this past spring have been indicted by an Anderson County grand jury.

Allegations made against Houston County Sheriff's Office Deputy H.D. Gresham and another unnamed deputy by a Crockett man, Damien Taylor, have resulted in an investigation reportedly led by the FBI.

With total rainfall down considerably for the year and increasingly dry conditions, Anderson County Judge Linda Bostick Ray has declared a "local state of disaster," essentially triggering a seven-day burn ban.

Seven-year-old Cody Jones, right, pulls up his mask after a dive in the pool as Jarod Nelson, 8, plays with a portion of a plastic snorkel Tuesday afternoon at the Steven Bennett Aquatic Center.

From left, handlers Cameron Carlson and Marcia Montagne show off summer fashions by models Miss Button, on the left wearing a "teeny weenie yellow polka dot bikini" and Suzette wearing a bright yellow dress ...

A 22-year-old Palestine man was arrested Sunday night and charged with the weekend shooting death of a 30-year-old Grapeland woman at her Houston County residence.

A 40-year-old Grapeland man already incarcerated on unrelated charges is expected to be charged in connection with a handful of burglaries occurring throughout Anderson County in May during which thousands of ...

Fireworks have become synonymous with Independence Day, but here in East Texas, there's something else that makes America's birthday special - watermelon.

A Corsicana man was arrested in Grapeland on Monday, June 23 and charged with possession of marijuana following a traffic stop.

Rachel Lousie Elliott of Jacksonville and James Eddie Henderson of Grapeland were married at 3 p.m. April 19, 2008, at Castle on the Lake in Jacksonville.

Houston County located on El Camino Real is the oldest and the first created county in the Republic of Texas, making this growing county 172 years old.

A North Dakota Man, formerly of Weches, was sentenced to 30 days in the Houston County Jail and 18 months probation on Wednesday, May 28 after pleading guilty to assaulting his stepdaughter.