Livingston News

Offi cials at school districts in Livingston and Onalaska are reeling from yet another fi nancial blow this week that came with the release of the 2011 Property Value Study by the Texas Comptroller's Property Tax Division.

Susan Verstegen is seen in an undated family photo. Verstegen was killed in 1994 by Rodrigo Hernandez, who is slated to be executed January 26 for the slaying.

A Livingston man was fl own to East Texas Medical Center in Tyler after he was involved in a wreck involving four 18-wheelers and a Dodge Caravan on the 300 Block of Highway 59 South that occurred Monday afternoon at about 2:27 p.m. according to a report from Corrigan Police Sgt.

Della Louise Helpenstill, 81, loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother of League City, Texas, formerly of LaMarque, Texas passed away Thursday, February 2, 2012 at her residence.

A Livingston woman died Thursday evening in a one-vehicle crash in Polk County which also left two people injured.

This time around he's not in trouble with the law. Instead, the Lufkin man whose "white man's name" is Douglas Paul McCoy , has filed a ten-page "public notice" explaining his recent actions, calling for permission to smoke all the weed he wants, seeking redress for numerous grievances, announcing a run for the United States presidency, and ... (more)

To say Melissa Morris led a normal life would be far from the truth. Weighing in at nearly 700 pounds, her life was anything but normal.

Rodrigo Hernandez, on death row at the Polunsky Unit in Livingston, TX., is accused of the murder of San Antonio resident Susan Verstegen back in 1994.

Susan Verstegen's slaying was a cold case until 2002, when a DNA sample Rodrigo Hernandez provided in Michigan matched evidence collected in the San Antonio killing.

Sales tax collections in the unincorporated areas of Polk County decreased 4.63 percent from December 2010 to December 2011, according to a report from Texas Comptroller Susan Combs issued Jan.

Rodrigo Hernandez, on death row at the Polunsky Unit in Livingston, TX., is accused of the murder of San Antonio resident Susan Verstegen back in 1994.

Polk County Commissioners approved a contract Tuesday with Ivy Construction for $3,000 to raze a building that lies within a frequently flooded area and breakup its concrete foundation.