E. Coli Closes Local Lake

JEFFERSON — Visitors to Lake of the Pines in East Texas will not to be able to swim there till at least later this week due to E. coli. All seven of the beaches at the lake have been closed. Bobby Hamrick with the Army Corps of Engineers in Jefferson says they tested the waters again Monday. If the tests show that the E. coli in the lake is within state standards, the beaches could reopen Thursday. If not, they’ll remain closed and another test will be run.