Livingston News

Escapees Club Sees Demand for 'RVers Boot Camp' November 10, 2009 by RV Business The Escapees RV Club is sponsoring a second "RVers Boot Camp" this month after the original one was sold out and a long waiting list developed.

November 2009 LIVINGSTON - During October, construction crews at the site of the new Livingston High School were working to finalize rough grading on the northern portion of the site and pour concrete for the driveway up to the student parking lot.

November 2009 LIVINGSTON - A Polk County man is in jail and stolen property recovered in connection with breakins at two separate locations.

A Cuban-born man identified as a leader in a Hispanic prison gang was executed Tuesday evening for the robbery-slaying of a Houston drug dealer more than 10 years ago.

For seven hours Saturday, friends and relatives of Oliver "Bubba" Bills Jr. made repeated calls to the San Jacinto County Sheriff's Office seeking help for the man who was hallucinating and behaving more violently as the day progressed.

November 2009 LIVINGSTON - Two Cleveland residents, Steven Scott Stowe and Joy Stowe were arrested and charged with burglary of a building after detectives identified the couple as being involved in a series of burglaries in Polk, San Jacinto and Liberty counties.

Polk County Enterprise - November 2009 HERNDON, Va. - National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation announced Tuesday that East Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Long before U.S. Highway 59 became the principal highway from East Texas to Houston and the Gulf Coast, Highway 35 ran along a route just west of 59, passing through the center of towns like Livingston, Lufkin and Diboll.

Firefighters honored Jimmy Stephens, who held the call sign "Unit 2" with Livingston Volunteer Fire Department for 36 years, during funeral services Saturday.

Police were called to the emergency room at Memorial Medical Center- Livingston on Oct.

LIVINGSTON A charge of intoxication manslaughter with a vehicle has been filed against a driver involved in an accident early Saturday which resulted in the death of a 21-year-old passenger, according to the Texas Highway Patrol.

LIVINGSTON A 43-yearold Nederland man died early Friday after his car collided with a log truck on U.S. 190 East near County Line Road.

Mariana Albuquerque and son Daniel Barbosa make their way through the frozen foods section at the Randalls at Westheimer and Shepherd on Friday.

The U.S. state with the busiest death chamber and one of the largest prison populations is Texas, where public opinion polls show the death penalty is supported by more than 70 percent of the population.

Pam Martin-Wells and Judy Wong shared a fishing spot for three days at the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Women's Tour Championship on Louisiana's Cypress Black Bayou Lake.

BY VALERIE REDDELL Editor polknews@gmail.com LIVINGSTON - A third suspect in the shooting death of Billy Kimberlin Jr.

Failure to yield the right-of-way to oncoming traffic caused a two-car collision on West Church Street last Thursday that caused a minivan to overturn, but apparently caused no serious injuries.

SHEPHERD San Jacinto County Deputies were dispatched to an accidental shooting in Five Acres and Independence, Shepherd, on Sunday, Sept.

There are hunters who go a lifetime dreaming of that big kill. Then there's Simon Hughes, who helped nab a beast of an animal on an East Texas hunt - while still in the first grade.

At the end of the month, Texas motorists can say "adios" to a program that many law enforcement officers credit with reducing traffic deaths.