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Saturday June 13, 2026
WILLS POINT — An East Texas man is behind bars after leading police on a high-speed chase. According to KTBB’s news partner KETK, around 5:20 Tuesday evening, the Wills Point Police Department conducted a traffic stop on a pickup truck believed to be stolen. The driver, Robert Bryan Quire, 39, initially pulled over, then drove off leading police on a miles long high speed chase. He eventually turned into the parking lot of Diamond L Vet Clinic, where he jumped out of the truck and began running. He was arrested a short time later. Read the rest of this entry »
SMITH COUNTY — A suspended Smith County constable has been released from prison and has entered a halfway house. According to KTBB’s news partner KETK, Henry Phillip Jackson, 66, was placed in a halfway house, which is overseen by the Houston Residential Reentry Management field office. On May 16, 2017, Jackson pleaded guilty to four counts of willful failure to file federal income tax returns and was sentenced to six months in federal prison in September. Jackson was also ordered to pay $157,489 in restitution. Jackson has served as an elected constable since 1999. Read the rest of this entry »
SMITH COUNTY — A wreck on Highway 271 in Smith County has been cleared after stalling traffic for a time. DPS troopers say an 18-wheeler and SUV collided at the Brookshire’s warehouse entrance around 7:30 this morning. One driver was seriously injured.
GREGG COUNTY — No criminal charges will be filed in a March standoff between a Kilgore man and SWAT agents, according to Gregg County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Cpl. Joshua Tubb. The Longview News-Journal reports, Tubb said the investigation into the four-hour standoff at a Kilgore residence on March 26 is inactive and concluded that criminal charges would not be applicable. Officials said at the time the man was apprehended on a mental health warrant and was taken to a hospital for evaluation after firing multiple shots inside of his home. No one was injured in the incident.
EAST TEXAS — The National Weather Service confirmed two tornadoes touched down in Harrison County, Caddo Parish and Caddo and Bossier Parishes Friday evening. According to our news partner KETK, the first was an EF-0 tornado reported in Waskom at around 11:50 p.m. It touched down along FM 9 near FM 451 where it broke several large branches. It continued east-northeast just north of CR 1220. The tornado blew the roof off a small barn before it crossed into Caddo Parish. It was on the ground for a total of 14 minutes and traveled more than 10 miles. Read the rest of this entry »
EAST TEXAS — The Dallas Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Tania Robinson, 52, listed as a “critical missing person.” According to KTBB’s news partner KETK, on Friday around 4:00, Ms. Robinson left the hospital on Gaston Avenue possibly heading to Van. She’s said to be driving a white 2008 Ford Escape with Texas plate number: FLC-9643. Robinson is described as 4’11â€, 300 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. If you see Robinson or know of her whereabouts, please call 911 or contact the Dallas Police Department’s Missing Persons Unit at (214) 671-4268.
EAST TEXAS — Severe storms with high wind and hail moved through the area Friday night and early Saturday morning leaving many residents and businesses in East Texas without power. The Gregg County Sheriff’s Office said there were 13 reports of trees and or power lines blocking roadways. The Gregg County Emergency Management Coordinator has been assessing the damaged areas Saturday. No injuries have been reported. Read the rest of this entry »
LUFKIN — The father of an East Texas toddler who drowned in a motel pool has filed a lawsuit against the motel and its parent company. According to KTBB’s news partner, KETK and the Lufkin Daily News, Rondarius Smith, the father of 3-year-old Arianna Smith, is seeking $1,000,000 from Motel 6 Inc. and G6 Hospitality LLC after the child was found at the bottom of the motel pool on South Timberland Drive, Tuesday, March 20. Authorities say Rondarius had fallen asleep while watching television in a room with his daughter. Arianna wandered away from the room and was able to access the pool area due to a faulty lock on the gate. She was pronounced dead the next day at a Houston hospital. Rondarius’ lawsuit claims “the incident occurred because of a lack of security on the motel’s part.
EAST TEXAS — A former nurse charged with murder in a patient’s death at a Tyler hospital this past year also is a former nurse at Good Shepherd Medical Center, according to the Longview News-journal. William George Davis, 34, remained jailed Thursday in Smith County on $2 million bond, charged in the death of Christopher Greenaway, 47, and with causing at least two other patients to enter vegetative states at a Tyler hospital. Seven patients were reported as experiencing “profound and unexplainable incidents resembling stroke-like symptoms†after being visited by Davis, according to a warrant for his arrest issued this week. Read the rest of this entry »
TYLER (AP) – The man police say was killed by a former nurse at a Tyler hospital was a pilot and a decorated veteran. Police have identified the victim as 47-year-old Christopher Greenaway, who died Aug. 6. According to his obituary, Greenaway was born in Columbia, South Carolina, and had worked as a pilot for medical transport. He served in the U.S. Army and had received several awards. Authorities have charged 34-year-old William George Davis with murder in Greenaway’s death when he was a patient at a Tyler hospital. Davis could face assault charges for injuring other patients. Tyler police spokeswoman Jenny Wells says there are “not any indications” that this could be a case of assisted suicide.
SMITH COUNTY — William George Davis, 34, was booked into the Smith County Jail Tuesday on a murder charge. His bond was set at $2 million. Davis is also being investigated by the Texas Board of Nursing. According to KTBB’s news partner, KETK, in an order of temporary suspension, the board alleges that on August 4, 2017, while a registered nurse at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital’s Louis and Peaches Owen Heart Hospital, Davis entered a patient’s room and performed an “unskilled and/or unnecessary and/or inappropriate intervention.” The suspension order states that the patient “deteriorated from their stable condition and a stroke code was issued.” The stroke “ultimately contributed to the patient’s demise” on Aug. 6. Read the rest of this entry »
HENDERSON COUNTY — A wanted man has been arrested following a high-speed chase Monday night. According to the Henderson County Sheriff, Chance Pratt, 30, of Kemp, has been charged with evading arrest with a previous conviction, unlawful possession of a weapon and felony pardon and parole violation. The pursuit began around 8:30 after a deputy spotted a vehicle the suspect was known to drive in the Seven Points area. After reaching speeds of over 100 mph, Pratt eventually left the vehicle and began running toward homes in a neighborhood. He surrendered a short time later.
EAST TEXAS — A Longview woman found dead in Upshur County apparently knew the couple charged in her murder. According to the Longview News-Journal and our news partner KETK, Lindsey Jo McFadden, 29, of Longview and Carlton Lamar Grant, 37, of the Dallas area were charged with capital murder in the death of Rachel Rhoads, 24. McFadden and Rhoads were said to be friends who attended drug rehab classes together. McFadden told investigators that the three of them had left Rhoads’ apartment March 29 in Rhoads’ car. A short time later, she was choked with a zip tie. Her official cause of death was strangulation. Read the rest of this entry »
HENDERSON COUNTY — A suspected Henderson County drug dealer is arrested. 47-year-old Jarrod Barton is charged with selling meth. He was arrested after officials served a search warrant at a mechanic shop in the Lake Palestine area. Along with the meth, deputies found a Harley Davidson motorcycle reported stolen in 2015 from the Texas Panhandle. Charges for possession of the stolen motorcycle are pending. Miranda Roberts, 35, was also arrested for an outstanding warrant out of Nueces County for possession of a dangerous drug.
OVERTON – Two persons have been injured fighting a fire at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center in Overton. The fire, which was reported before 7:00 Friday morning, was in a maintenance building at the research center on Farm Road 3053. Overton, Arp, New London, Sabine and Jackson Heights departments all responded to the fire. Our news partner, KETK, reports a firefighter suffered a medical emergency while fighting the fire and another was injured when he fell. The Overton Fire Department says both should make a full recovery. No word on how the fire started.