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Tuesday June 09, 2026
QUITMAN – An Alba man is in the Wood County Jail, accused of attacking a deputy sheriff. Arrested was David Doyle McCarmack. On his Face Book page, Sheriff Tom Castloo said he wanted to thank state troopers, Alba police and sheriff’s deputies for the arrest. Details surrounding the attack have not been made available.
TYLER – The owners of two suspected Smith County illegal gambling businesses have been arrested on charges of engaging in organized criminal activity. Salim Abdul Hussain, 65, and Dilshad Ali, 58, both of Tyler, were free on bond when they were arrested on Monday. The two own stores on Highway 64 West that were raided in early February. They were charged with keeping a gambling place, gambling promotion, and possession of gambling devices and equipment. Deputies seized 11 gaming machines and money. They are currently free on bond on the new charges. Read the rest of this entry »
MT. ENTERPRISE – One person has been killed in a fatal accident in Rusk County. It happened just before 2:30 Monday afternoon on State Highway 135, six miles northeast of Mt. Enterprise. Killed was Ashlen Kyndal Branton, 19, of Nacogdoches. The Department of Public Safety reported her car drifted across the center stripe and hit an oversized load being carried on multiple trailers being pulled by a Peterbilt truck. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The truck’s driver was not injured. The crash remains under investigation.
WASKOM – Authorities are looking for a suspect in a fatal hit and run accident in Harrison County. The accident happened around 8:30 Sunday night on Farm Road 9, about 12 miles north of Waskom. Killed when his dirt bike was hit by a car was Nolan Leo Majeski, 32, of Winthrop, Minnesota. The car’s driver fled the scene. The car was later found abandoned. They are now working on identifying and finding the driver.
TYLER – You have four weeks to go in Smith County’s bi-annual cleanup program. Smith County residents can use vouchers to redeem at the landfill on the Old Kilgore Highway. The vouchers are available at the courthouse annex and all JP and constables’ offices. You can take 3 cubic yards of solid waste, which fills the bed of a regular sized pickup, and bulk items to the landfill. Then, the last week of the month, Tyler is having its free bulky item collection. This is where the city picks up large bulky items you put on the curb. Such things as furniture, appliances and large items that would normally require a special fee. Great help with your spring cleaning.
LINDALE – Lindale police are asking the public’s help in identifying a theft suspect. She is said to have stolen some items from Walmart, some of which have been recovered. She was an in a dark colored, possibly Maroon or black 4 door passenger car. If you know her, you are asked to contact detectives Curtis Philpot or Chris Dworaczyk at 903-882-3313.
UNCERTAIN – One person has been arrested following a weekend shooting in Harrison County that left one dead and one injured. The shooting occurred late Sunday morning at a motel in Uncertain, which is located northeast of Marshall. Dead at the scene was Michael Campbell, 47, of Houston. Airlifted to a Shreveport hospital for a gunshot wounds to the stomach was Dianna Clevenger, 48, of Cabot, Arkansas.She said her husband Michael Clevenger, 50, was responsible for the shooting. His pickup was stopped in Atlanta after a short chase with Cass County deputies.
TYLER – Smith County authorities have arrested a woman on gambling violations. In the Smith County Jail under a $100,000 bond is Monica Prado, 39, of Tyler. She is charged with gambling promotion and possession of gambling device/equipment/paraphernalia. Sheriff’s Department Sergeant Darrell Coslin tells KTBB, she was arrested on Thursday as part of an ongoing investigation from November 2017. It involves a location on Highway 64 East. Detectives discovered that the location was operating as an illegal gaming room. And Sgt Coslin says the investigation is continuing.
PALESTINE – The Texas State Railroad has decided to increase local management. Named as general manager of excursion operations and guest experiences is Daniel Adair. Named as sales and marketing associate is Jennifer Price. Adair comes to East Texas by way of St. Croix in the Virgin Islands. Price has spent most of her life in East Texas
GILMER – Two persons have been charged with capital murder in the death of a Longview woman, whose body was found last Sunday. At a news conference Friday afternoon, Upshur County sheriff Larry Webb announced Lindsey McFadden, 29, of Longview and Carlton Grant, 37, from the Metroplex, have been charged with the death of Rachel Rhoads, 24. She was reported missing March 31st. Her body was found a day later off Farm Road 726, just north of Highway 154 in Upshur County. Officials say they can’t discuss the autopsy results because of a gag order in the case. They did say, they filed capital murder charges in the case because Rhoads was killed as she was being kidnapped.
BIG SANDY – A shelter in place alert has been lifted in the Big Sandy school district. It was issued Friday morning following a threat made on social media. The school district said on its Facebook page, treating the threat very seriously, all students were kept in their first period classes as a safety precaution. When they felt confident that there was no threat at the school, the shelter in place alert was lifted early in the second period. No word on what type of threat was made.
PALESTINE – A student has been arrested for a recent threat against Palestine High School. Detectives have arrested Daniel Hayes, 17, and charged him with false alarm or report in a public secondary school, which is a state jail felony. He was taken to the Anderson County Security Center. He is charged with the threat that occurred on Tuesday. Two similar incidents at the school, on March 27 and April 5, remain under investigation. A threatening note found on the campus around 8:30 Thursday morning caused a lockdown. According to the school district, the note is “of a more specific nature than last week’s threat and will be able to be investigated in less time.” Nothing was found and the lockdown was lifted at 10:30.
LONGVIEW – A Longview man is heading to prison for attacking an elderly couple in their home last April. Malique Makail Henderson, 21, was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison. He is said to have hit an elderly woman in the head with a rock and forced his way into her South Green Street home. He is then said to have hit an elderly man. After stealing some items from the house, he ran away. Neighbors chased him and help police locate him. They found the items taken from the couple’s home.
GILMER – An illegal alien, who has been wanted for four years, is back in jail in Gilmer. Noe Paz-Aguillon, 31, was charged in 2014 with intoxication manslaughter and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He was released to federal authorities for an ICE detainer in February of that year. They put him in house arrest in Dallas, and he fled back to Mexico. He had previously been deported twice from the U.S. He illegally entered the courty again and was arrested in Oklahoma on Wednesday. He is currently in jail awaiting trial on the two felony offenses. No bond has been set.
TYLER – A Tyler man has been found guilty of prostitution and human trafficking charges. During a bench trial, state district judge Judge Kerry Russell found Dekenndrick Lekeith Ross, 41, guilty. He could get up to 20 years in prison when sentenced later this month. Last June, Ross and Crystal Leshae Lilly, 26, also of Tyler, were arrested following a Department of Public Safety investigation of a human trafficking organization in the Tyler area. They were booked into the Smith County Jail on charges of trafficking of a person for benefits from forced labor and promoting prostitution. Lilly’s trial date has not yet been set.