Livingston News

Criminal mischief, 2900 block of North Street. A man became upset after his coworkers would not lend him money for cigarettes, and he picked up a steam machine, threw it down and broke it, the report said.

A deputy U.S. marshal shot a fugitive who tried to run over several officers near Livingston, Texas, on Monday, officials told KPRC Local 2. U.S. Marshal's Service spokesman Heath Hill said deputy marshals and Livingston police officers were trying to arrest Rayford Leach on Highway 59 at Highway 190.

Livingston, Texas Rayford Leach, a fugitive from justice wanted on a felony warrant, was shot by a Deputy with the U.S. Marshals sponsored Joint East Texas Fugitive Task Force after he attempted to run over law enforcement officers attempting to serve the warrant.

Taichin Preyor, a Texas death row inmate who has been on a hunger strike since May has sent updates on his hunger strike and the treatment he is receiving from guards.

RETAIL: Chelsea Commons purchased the 72,878-square-foot Chelsea Square Shopping Center at 4950 FM 1960 West.

South Highlands Elementary Magnet School Principal Keith Burton has just reported that a chartered bus returning from an educational field trip overheated and caught on fire in Livingston, Texas on Highway 59.

In this April 29, 2009 photo, Texas death row inmate Michael Lynn Riley sits in an interview cage at the Polunsky Unit near Livingston, Texas.

Texas death row inmate Taichin Preyor has decided to go on a lone hunger strike as of May 12, 2009.

A Louisiana man condemned for fatally shooting his live-in girlfriend at her East Texas trailer home after she refused his demand for money lost an appeal Wednesday before the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.

May 2009 LIVINGSTON - Polk Central Appraisal District and the county's local school districts appealed the Texas Comptroller's fi nding that Polk County homes were under appraised for tax year 2008.

May 2009 LIVINGSTON - Trustees for Livingston Independent School District green-lighted three projects for the athletic department during the board's rescheduled meeting Thursday.

May 2009 LIVINGSTON - Polk County, so far, has been able to avoid an outbreak of the H1N1 virus, formerly known as Swine Flu, but nationwide the number of confi rmed cases has risen.

May 2009 LIVINGSTON Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott Monday asked his fellow Texans to help locate a mother who appears on the Child Support Division's new Top Ten List of Texas' Most Wanted Child Support Evaders.

Livingston woman arrested in Conroe, Conroe man arrested in Livingston. Story by Jamie Nash / Video by Scott Engle May 9, 2009 CONROE- Four days after Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott released his Child Support Division's new Top Ten List of Texas' Most Wanted Child Support Evaders, complete with photos, two suspects were in jail and both arrests ...

April 2009 LIVINGSTON City Council held a special economic development workshop Thursday to learn more about Management Municipal Utility Districts .

April 2009 LIVINGSTON - The Memorial Trek Across Texas will pass through town this year.

April 2009 LIVINGSTON - Polk County commissioners will receive the final site plan and update from Hesters and Sanders Architects for the Judicial Center during a meeting at 10 a.m. in the Commissioners Courtroom of the Polk County Courthouse.

April 2009 LIVINGSTON - The Livingston Independent School District Board of Trustees will hear a presentation on a grant program for beginning teachers induction and mentoring program at a meeting scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday.

Year in, year out, the two glossy magnolia trees on Ellis Avenue directly across the street from The Lufkin Daily News, stand as silent sentinels guarding the memories of an unforgettable family who once lived there.

March 2009 LIVINGSTON - Polk County Commissioners Court made the decision to increase the County's On-site Sewage Facility permit fee.