Rusk County News

By BETTY WATERS Staff Writer HENDERSON -- A Rusk County Grand Jury indicted a defendant in three bombing threats at Henderson High School and also handed up 47 other indictments this week, including some for gambling.

Rusk County commissioners on Thursday declined switching ambulance services from Champion EMS to East Texas Medical Center EMS.

Annabelle Cates rarely goes to meetings of Rusk County Commissioners Court. "I used to but not anymore," she said as she entered the courthouse.

A Longview woman on Thursday was sentenced to two years in state prison after pleading guilty to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in a Rusk County court.

Maintenance crews on Monday are scheduled to begin several days of seal coat operations on U.S. 259 in Longview, between Loop 281 and FM 1844, according to a Texas Department of Transportation news release.

By KENNETH DEAN Staff Writer HENDERSON - A woman who police say used her vehicle as a weapon to run another vehicle off the road last year has been sentenced after entering a guilty plea.

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

A Henderson woman is dead following a one vehicle wreck in Rusk County. DPS says while the wreck took place around 10:30 Wednesday night, it wasn't discovered until early Thursday morning by a passing motorist.

Crews plan to continue seal coat operations Monday on U.S. 259 in North Longview.

By KENNETH DEAN Staff Writer HENDERSON - A woman believed killed in a late Wednesday night accident was found early this morning.

Sitting in the Rusk County Courthouse, a three-judge panel from the Sixth Court of Appeals in Texarkana heard arguments Wednesday in Darnell Hartsfield's appeal of his capital murder conviction in the Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant killings.

Taylor arraigned after capture in Rusk County By Nathan Straus nstraus@jacksonvilleprogress.com Gregory Charles Taylor II, a 22-year-old Jacksonville man wanted in connection with a murder that occurred in Jacksonville on Oct.

The suspect in the shooting death at a Jacksonville apartment complex earlier this month is behind bars.

Marshall Visual Art Center is the home of "Like Mother, Like Daughter," an exhibit showcasing the paintings of Susan Burrows and the photography of her daughter Clarrissa Ogden, through Nov.

Texas Rangers and Rusk County officials are investigating the Friday death of a Rusk County Jail inmate.

Water might be a necessity for life, but too much of it can cause problems. The Longview area has received more than twice its average rainfall for the month of October with two weeks left in the month, according to the National Weather Service.

Rusk County officials recently made their fourth offer in negotiating to buy the Henderson-Overton rail spur.

By KENNETH DEAN Staff Writer HENDERSON - A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper who was hailed as heroic last year has been arrested for assault/family violence.

Railroads might have their roots in the 19th century, but they still are important to the area economy, say transportation and economic development officials.

HENDERSON, Texas - There's still eagerness and optimism about prospects of saving the Henderson-Overton rail spur even though the owner, Union Pacific Railroad Co., has spurned three offers by local officials to acquire the line and the U.S. Surface Transportation Board granted the company authority to abandon the track.