Tennessee Colony News

James E. Wilkerson, M.D., known as an upbeat, compassionate local cardiologist whose catch phrase when asked about his day was "beautiful day in paradise," passed away Monday after a battle with cancer.

The condition of a 35-year-old Palestine man injured in a two-vehicle weekend collision which claimed the life of a Tennessee Colony woman has been upgraded to "fair," according to a spokesperson for Trinity ...

A 26-year-old Tennessee Colony woman was killed and a 35-year-old Palestine man critically injured Friday night in a two-vehicle accident occurring just east of Montalba on FM 321.

A former teacher at Neches Elementary School who allegedly stole amphetamines from the school nurse's locked cabinet this past spring has been indicted by an Anderson County grand jury.

Kenneth Marshall finishes the Wilderness Canoe Race Saturday on the Neches River.

CASA of Trinity Valley recently trained a group of volunteers from Tennessee Colony Baptist Church.

Zachary Luhn, 2, plays a game at Dogwood Junction Thursday afternoon with help from his father, Kent Luhn.

As word spreads of Det. Charles Steen's efforts to build a museum commemorating the history of the Palestine Police Department, so do the donations.

As word spreads of Det. Charles Steen's efforts to build a museum commemorating the history of the Palestine Police Department, so do the donations.

A 34-year-old Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmate already in prison for murder was automatically sentenced to "life without parole" after an Anderson County jury found him guilty of capital murder ...

A Department of Public Safety trooper and two other people were injured early Thursday morning when a vehicle crashed into the trooper's patrol car on Texas 6. Trooper Justin Stohler had stopped Angie Maratita, ...

Jurors in the capital murder trial of a 34-year-old Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmate accused of killing his cellmate two years ago were expected to possibly begin deliberating the defendant's fate ...

Three Anderson County volunteer fire departments battled an intense grass fire that burned several acres near the Coffield Prison Unit Saturday afternoon.

Back row, from left: Edgar and Barbara Brown, Mayor John Cook, Cathy Reynolds, and Nancy and Frank Evans.

An autopsy performed Thursday on the body of a 56-year-old Palestine man found deceased inside his Anderson County residence earlier this week showed nothing unusual, according to authorities.

Texas Department of Public Safety troopers are investigating a fiery fatal accident that occurred around 10 a.m. Wednesday on FM 320, just west of the Palestine city limits.

Elmer Wayne Henley, his once-long hair now cropped closely and flecked with gray, shakes his head three times.

'No. No. No,' he mutters softly, as his ice-blue eyes study the artist's renderings of three unidentified murder victims. 'I don't recognize any of these people.'

Henley, who turned 52 in May, sits behind a glass divider in the visiting room at the Michael Unit, a Texas prison set amid cow pastures and sprawling ranches about an hour south of Dallas.

Henley is serving six life sentences with little chance of parole for his role in the torture and murder of 27 young boys in the early 1970s _ at the time, the worst mass murder in the country's history.

From left, Shawn Berry, Lawrence Brewer and Bill King - the three men held responsible for the slaying of James Byrd Jr.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice's investigation into an assault at a Tennessee Colony prison unit last month which sent three inmates to area hospitals continues, according to a prison spokesperson.

A 58-year-old Tyler woman who was allegedly in possession of a small amount of methamphetamine this past fall has been indicted by an Anderson County grand jury.