Robertson County News

One person was killed and three were injured in a two-vehicle accident on U.S. 79 in Robertson County on Friday afternoon.

There has been a fatal accident on highway 79 in Robertson County. The accident happened between Hearne and Gause late Friday afternoon.

The Texas Department of Transportation has reduced the northbound lanes from two to one to continue work on the widening of the Campbells Creek Bridge on Texas 6 just north of OSR in Robertson County.

Currently, TxDOT's contractor is reducing the northbound lanes from two lanes to one lane in order to continue work on the widening to the Campbells Creek Bridge on SH 6. This is just north of OSR in Robertson County and the speed limit has been reduced to 60mph through this construction area.

National Weather Service officials are warning that flooding is possible across much of northern, central and southeastern Texas over the next two days.

The National Weather Service issued flood warnings for several local rivers and creeks that are approaching or already at flood stages.

Two Bryan men were in the Robertson County Jail without bail Thursday evening on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and burglary of a building.

A Thursday afternoon manhunt in Robertson County ends in the arrest of two Bryan men accused of burglarizing a home then trying to run over the homeowner.

The leader of the New Black Panther Party of Houston is coming to the Brazos Valley on Monday.

A high speed chase causes a frightening day for drivers in East Texas. A Palestine man who was naked led cops on a chase of speeds up to 120 miles per hour through several counties.

A DPS trooper received minor injuries Sunday while involved in a high speed chase with a naked driver that started in Leon County.

Election day is Saturday for a proposed Bryan schools property tax increase. The district is asking for a 5-cent increase, which would cost homeowners an additional $50 a year per $100,000 of assessed value and generate about $3.5 million for the general operating budget.

Last year, more than 55-thousand Brazos Valley residents needed help from a food pantry in order to put meals on the table.

The family of two murder victims in Hearne are demanding Robertson County's District Attorney, John Paschall recuse himself from the case.

Eighth-grade students at Hearne Junior High School will soon be working to protect the water supply.

Last week, I wrote about my 19 years at this newspaper and how things had changed in that time, or hadn't. Today, a more important anniversary - of 95 years.

Last Nov. 3, the resident at a home on Ross Avenue in Mexia became the target of a home invasion robbery.

The hunt for a fugitive child molester has investigators in Robertson County where he may be hiding out.

Two Calvert residents have been arrested in connection with a pair of convenience story robberies in Roberston County.

Robertson County Sheriff's deputies are trying to track down a robber who held-up two female convenience store employees at gunpoint, getting away with an undisclosed amount of money.