By Brian Besch A Splendora man is in the Polk County Jail after and stealing a vehicle and abandoning his child Saturday morning on Youngs Lane in Livingston. The Livingston Police Department received a phone call from Union Pacific Railroad Saturday at approximately 3:30 a.m. that their train had possibly struck an individual laying parallel to…

Special to the News-Standard TRINITY — Texas Department of Public Safety investigated two separate crashes on FM Road 356, just west of White Rock Acres Road on Thursday. The preliminary crash investigation indicates at approximately 11:20 p.m., a 1999 Chevrolet pickup was traveling east when the driver drove off the roadway to the right. The…

A Peter Criss and Paul Stanley sighting in Colmesneil? Well, maybe not, but these two Colmesneil residents could’ve been mistaken as members of KISS at the recent homecoming parade. Can you guess who they are? There’s no prize or anything for the correct answer but give us your guesses and we’ll publish them in the next edition. COURTESY PHOTO By…

Alicia Rosas dances in the Hispanic Heritage celebration held in the city park on Saturday. A group of dancers from the St. Francis Church Ballet performed traditional folklore dancing during the event. PHOTO BY RON FOREHAND

Trinity firefighters battled a blaze at a home on Falcon Street they believed was caused by a faulty air conditioner. Courtesy photo TCNS staff TRINITY — Three residents narrowly escaped a fire that erupted on Falcon Street around 5:30 p.m. Friday. Assistant Fire Chief Keith Johnson said the Trinity Fire Department responded to the structure fire…

Chassin TauschBy Chris Edwardsnews@tylercountybooster.com COLMESNEIL – The Tyler County Sheriff’s Office is investigating terroristic threats made by a Colmesneil ISD student. According to Tyler County Sheriff Bryan Weatherford, deputies with TCSO responded to a report of terroristic threat on Wednesday, Sept. 21. Weatherford said that while on…

Second Chief Elect Millie Thompson Williams (LIVINGSTON) — The citizens of the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas have elected Millie Thompson Williams as the Tribe’s Second Chief Elect. Ms. Williams will be the first woman to serve as a Chief in the history of the Tribe, which was forcefully relocated to Texas in the 18th Century. The Second Chief…

Katrina NikolayeffBy Jan Whitejan@hccourier.com CROCKETT – In 1970, Joe Angle penned an article for the East Texas Historical Journal entitled, “The World’s Champion Fiddler’s Festival in Crockett: An East Texas Tradition.” In the article, Angle wrote of the event: “Every year in the small East Texas town of Crockett, fiddlers from around the…