Panola County News

Heavy rain and the threat of flooding Thursday prompted Gov. Rick Perry to deploy 12 military personnel and five vehicles to Longview.

The National Weather Service office in Shreveport issued a tornado warning for northwestern Shelby County and most of Panola County at 4:32 p.m. The warning extends through 5 p.m. According to the NWS, meteorologists detected a storm 16 miles southwest of Carthage capable of producing a tornado.

Forty-eight staff members within the 14 Workforce Solutions East Texas Centers have been notified their last day of work will be Friday, October 30, 2009.

Pine Grove Baptist Church is holding a homecoming - of sorts - for former and current Holland Quarters residents.

Two area men died hours apart after motorcycle wrecks Thursday and Friday. Matthew Dillon Abshire, 18, of Gary was pronounced dead about 11:15 p.m. Thursday after his motorcycle hit a cow in Panola County, according to a Texas Department of Public Safety report.

An 18-year-old Gary student died Thursday night after his motorcycle struck a cow in Panola County, according to a Texas Department of Public Safety report.

The Doyle Creek Field will see XTO Energy Inc. drill two new wells to a depth of 13,000 feet The Doyle Creek Gas Unit No.

Turning the East Texas Mayors Association into a force for its communities was the focal point of a talk by an area state representative Saturday at the Weisman Center.

We had nice cool mornings this week and an excellent rain last week. Hay balers have been busy recently.

They've trekked the highways in search of old obituaries, marriage licenses, death certificates and family Bibles.

The family of a 78-year-old missing Carthage woman is offering a $2,000 reward for any information that leads to her whereabouts.

"We're getting clobbered in the oil field," said Texas Ranger Kenny Ray to members of the media last summer.

The Panola County, Texas Sheriff Deputies and volunteers have been looking for a missing 78 year old woman since Friday night.

Authorities in Panola County are searching for a woman last seen Friday night leaving a hospital in Carthage.

By KELLY GOOCH Staff Writer JACKSONVILLE - A Jacksonville High School assistant football coach has been placed on administrative leave for his alleged involvement in an interstate dogfighting ring.

Panola County authorities on Thursday said two arrests were still pending in connection with a natural gas theft ring.

Ten people accused in one of the largest natural gas theft rings on record turned themselves in to Panola County authorities Tuesday.

Panola County sheriff's officials on Tuesday said they were still searching for a man who led them on a high speed chase while he was in the nude.

State and local law officers this morning are rounding up more than a dozen people who have been indicted in a case officials say involved the theft of a natural gas liquid from well sites in seven counties.

More than 400 dogs, including some about to give birth to puppies, were rescued in the raids by federal, state and local authorities Wednesday and Thursday in six states: Missouri, Illinois, Texas, Oklahoma, Iowa and Mississippi, officials said.