Huntington News

Theft, 1100 block of North University Drive. An unknown male took five shirts from a residence.

With an ongoing hot and dry spell in East Texas, city and county officials are hoping the heat won't put a damper on the festivities scheduled for the Fourth of July weekend.

A truck driver was injured on Tuesday afternoon when he lost control of his big-rig and rolled the truck down an embankment.

A winding farm road secluded by tall green pines is where Tina Due finds peace these days.

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.

Law enforcement officers have arrested a Lufkin man who fled after a manhunt earlier today.

Army Pvt. Ashley N. Mitchell has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, ...

Angelina County residents and business owners have filed several hundred forms indicating their intent to protest the appraised values of their property, according to the county's chief appraiser.

The Ora Volunteer Fire Department held an emergency management meeting earlier this month to prepare for hurricane season.

Three women were seen stealing several clothing items Monday evening from a store in the 2900 block of Brentwood Drive.

A woman told police a man tried to abduct her Thursday afternoon while she was walking in the 1400 block of Southwood Drive.

There was an air of celebration Saturday night at Huntington High School's 2009 graduation ceremony - apparent from the beach balls to the air horns.

A judge has sentenced a former Hudson drumline teacher to nine years in prison for having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old student.

The Panther nation will be welcoming back a former Lufkin High School assistant principal as principal of the new Ecomet Burley Sr.

The Delta Sigma Theta Sorority's Lufkin Area Alumnae Chapter hosted an Educational Excellence Awards Program on Sunday evening at Angelina College's Hudgins Hall.

A young boy shot a school bus with a paint ball gun Tuesday afternoon on Little Hollow Street, a Lufkin Police report stated.

Q: I saw two groups of five or six helicopters each over the Huntington area last Wednesday.

Downed trees, and no power is what many East Texans woke up to Sunday after overnight and morning storms banged up parts of East Texas.

A person undergoing care at a mental health/mental retardation facility in the 500 block of South Third Street became angry and hit a worker twice before breaking a cell phone, according to a Lufkin Police report.

Up to five inches of rain falling across southeast Angelina County means flash flooding is likely, according to the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Shreveport.