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Wednesday June 10, 2026
ANGELINA COUNTY — Six suspects are arrested and charged with engaging in organized criminal activity. According to our news partner KETK, Lufkin police said the group was selling flavored gummies infused with THC oil. Affidavits listed the suspects as: Juanda Carroll Morgan, Meghan Sutton, Catherine Richey, Chance Richey, Rickie Herring and Elizabeth Futch. Police said the THC oil was being sent from Colorado and that the gummies contained 74% THC oil. Police obtained a warrant for Sutton’s Facebook account and found that she was direct messaging those involved in the operation.
GREGG COUNTY — A Longview woman who was indicted in August in connection with a 2018 duplex fire that killed two people has been transferred to the Gregg County Jail from Denton County. According to the Longview News Journal and our news partner, KETK, Kimberly Nicole Bruton, 33, was being held on a $200,000 bond Wednesday in Gregg County Jail on a warrant for arson causing bodily injury/death and without bond on a warrant from the 124th District Court for bond forfeiture for the same offense. Bruton was released from the Denton County Jail on Tuesday for time served after being arrested there May 23 on an unrelated arson charge. Read the rest of this entry »
HENDERSON COUNTY — A felon wanted by the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office was arrested Monday morning following a manhunt involving a K-9 unit. Two suspects reportedly hiding the felon were also arrested. Joshua Lee Kelly, 37, was wanted for a parole violation. April Watts, 31, and her boyfriend Dakota Strong, 25, were arrested for hindering the apprehension of a felon. A search for Stephen Stovall, 35, wanted on an outstanding warrant, is underway. Deputies spotted a suspicious vehicle and attempted a traffic stop which led to a brief pursuit ending at a residence south of Chandler. The owner of the property gave deputies consent to search the home where Kelly (pictured) was eventually found. A search of the abandoned vehicle turned up meth. Read the rest of this entry »
NACOGDOCHES — Nacogdoches Police are searching for the gunman responsible for killing one person Thursday night. According to our news partner KETK, authorities were called around 8:00 to the 2200 block of Lola Street in reference to a report of a gunshot victim. Officers found Damien Wade, 18, of Nacogdoches, dead from a gunshot wound. No arrests have been made. Anyone with information about the shooting is urged to contact the Nacogdoches Police Department at (936) 559-2607.
TYLER — Tim Vaughn, the former mayor of White Oak and Gregg County GOP Chairman, is facing decades in prison after being indicted on multiple charges of lying to banks. According to our news partner KETK, Vaughn has been charged in federal court on two counts of making a false statement to a bank and two counts of aggravated identity theft. A federal grand jury returned the indictment on Feb. 20. An initial trial date is scheduled for May 13. According to the indictment, Vaughn is accused of making false statements to Southside Bank (then First Bank & Trust East Texas) on March 18, 2016, and then to Texas Bank and Trust on March 29, 2016. Read the rest of this entry »
FRANKSTON — Frankston ISD announced on its Facebook page the death of junior high basketball coach and history teacher, Reginald Clark. Clark “recently became very ill and has passed away,” FISD said in the post. “Coach Clark was an excellent teacher, and we will all miss him very much.” The post added that Clark’s family “would like you to know he loved his students and colleagues very much.” According to our news partner KETK, the district will have counselors available to help student “during this difficult time.”
LONGVIEW (AP) – Ten trumpet students at a Louisiana university are offering to play Taps at veterans’ funerals, rather than leave the haunting farewell bugle call to a mechanical device. “A lot of people get a recording, and play it over a speaker. It means something because it’s the song. But when you have an actual person with the horn … and you hear the horn ring over the fields, it takes the breath out of your chest,” Kody Jernigan, a music education major at the University of Louisiana in Monroe, said in a telephone interview. The senior from Longview is a member of Talons for Taps, named because the university’s mascot is the Warhawk — a nod to the World War II-era Curtiss P-40 Warhawk airplane. All are members of the ULM Trumpet Studio: seven trumpet majors and three other students taught by Assistant Professor Eric Siereveld. Read the rest of this entry »
HENDERSON COUNTY — One man is dead following a Thursday night shooting in Henderson County. Sheriff Botie Hillhouse said deputies were called to the scene on Valley View Drive, in the Brierwood Bay subdivision, shortly after 10 p.m. Thursday. Jaylon Ward, 21, was pronounced dead at the scene with an apparent gunshot wound. Natalie McKenzie, 41, was found wounded by gunfire. She was airlifted to UT Health-Tyler and was last reported in critical but stable condition. Ward’s body was sent to Dallas for autopsy. No arrests had been made at last report.
TYLER — Tyler Police are searching for a suspect accused of attacking a jogger at Rose Rudman Park. It happened around 7:30 Thursday evening. Officials said the female was running on the paved trail in the middle of the park when a black male grabbed her from behind and dragged her into a wooded area. Officials said the suspect attempted to sexually assault her as she fought and screamed to keep him away. The man fled on foot. He’s described as 6′ tall, medium build, 30-years-old, wearing a dark hoodie and sweat pants. The woman suffered minor injuries. Anyone with information is urged to contact Tyler Police at 903-531-1090 or Crime Stoppers at 903-597-2833. Tyler Police remind all runners to be cautious when running at night and pair with another runner when possible for safety.
SMITH COUNTY — A reminder is going out to those who’d been expecting a Wednesday trip to the Smith County Courthouse. The county has cancelled jury duty for Wednesday, March 13. Smith County residents who were planning to report for jury duty on Wednesday with their yellow cards don’t have to make the trip to the courthouse. However, if you have been asked to return for jury duty by a specific court, you must still report.
SMITH COUNTY — A Chandler man gets a lengthy sentence for possession and trafficking drugs. Anton Stewart Jr., 26, was sentenced by a Smith County jury Thursday to 45 years in prison. The evidence at trial showed that after a traffic stop and search of Stewart’s vehicle, he was found to be in possession of around 7 grams of meth, over 1 gram of cocaine, 79 Xanax pills and two digital scales. The jury also heard about his lengthy criminal history, as well as the fact the defendant absconded from his original trial date and had to been tracked down and re-arrested. Based on his criminal history, the range of punishment was 15 years to life in prison.
HENDERSON COUNTY — An Athens man has been arrested following a traffic stop Monday night. According to the Henderson County Sheriff, William Allen Henderson, 57, was pulled over for a traffic violation just outside of Athens around 9:00. During a search of his vehicle, investigators found a crystal-like substance believed to be methamphetamine and a glass pipe, along with a loaded .38 special handgun. Henderson is a convicted felon and prohibited from carrying a firearm. He was charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of a firearm by a felon.
TYLER — One man has been killed, one injured following a wreck in Tyler Monday night. It happened around 10:45 at Loop 323 and Paluxy. Officials said a silver Jeep was driving westbound on the Loop at a high rate of speed when it ran a red light. The Jeep struck the driver’s side of a red GMC Yukon traveling southbound on Paluxy. The driver of the Yukon was pronounced dead at the scene. He was identified as Dan Rodela Gonzalez (pictured), 25, of Tyler. The driver of the Jeep, Ethan John Craft, 24, of Tyler, was transported to UT Health. No arrests have been made but the circumstances of the wreck are under investigation, including whether alcohol or other substances may have played a role.
TYLER – Tyler’s Luby’s Restaurant on Roseland Boulevard is closed. There appears to be some question if the closing is temporary or permanent. The sign on the door says they are closed for construction. The construction is said to concern structural problems with the building. The company says they haven’t even started looking at designs, but they want to remain in Tyler. However some Luby’s employees have told our news partner KETK that they were told the cafeteria is closed permanently and they no longer had jobs. The general manager for Luby’s in Longview told KETK the store had foundation issues and, as of today, the business is closed permanently. Luby’s has been in Tyler for 55 years. It remains to be seen if it will reopen.
EAST TEXAS — A Collin County jury is hearing testimony in the murder-for-hire trial of a Longview man. Police connected the dots in a love triangle to bring the case before a jury. Ronald Rosser is accused of taking more than $5,000 to kill McKinney businessman Richard Moore. The 66-year old was shot five times in the head with a handgun four years ago. Court records say McKinney Police believe Rosser was hired by Moore’s estranged wife, Chansamorn Pokai, and her lover Stephen Brockway. They say they found text messages and documents that led them to Rosser, a convicted felon. He is the first of the three to stand trial with Brockway and Pokai still in jail.