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noticiasetx.com | Mariela González
LUFKIN, Texas (NOTICIAS DEL ESTE DE TEXAS) - Un hombre de Lufkin aceptó una sentencia de libertad condicional por lanzarle un carrito de compras a una mujer discapacitada en 2023. Luke Chandler McMillon, de 27 años, presentó una declaración ante el juez Todd Kassaw el martes y aceptó una sentencia de siete años de prisión.
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1 day ago | 
ktre.com | Mariela González
LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - A Lufkin man has accepted a probation sentence for throwing a shopping cart at a disabled woman in 2023. Luke Chandler McMillon, 27, entered the plea in Judge Todd Kassaw’s court on Tuesday and accepted a seven year deferred adjudication sentence.
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1 week ago | 
kltv.com | Mariela González
NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - It never hurts for teenagers to start thinking early about higher education. Hundreds of guests, including East Texas school district leaders and students, attended SFA’s introduction ceremony of its new program, Lumberjack Launch. Crockett High School student Cherlyn Garcia aspires to work in children’s healthcare, but enrolling into college and the paperwork that comes with it can be overwhelming. “I feel, you know, excited, nervous, scared.
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1 week ago | 
noticiasetx.com | Mariela González
CENTER, Texas (NOTICIAS DEL ESTE DE TEXAS) - La ciudad de Center está en proceso de mejorar uno de sus parques. Los líderes municipales están solicitando la opinión de la comunidad antes de que las cuadrillas comiencen a trabajar. Una casa comunitaria se encuentra en el Parque de la Legión Americana. Está rodeada de árboles y un campo deportivo vacío, pero los líderes municipales quieren cambiar eso. “Si no lo hacemos nosotros, ¿quién lo hará?
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1 week ago | 
ktre.com | Mariela González
CENTER, Texas (KTRE) - The City of Center is in the process of improving one of its city parks. City leaders are seeking community input before crews hit the ground. A community house sits on the American Legion Park. It’s surrounded by trees and an empty sports field, but city leaders want to change that. “If we don’t do it, who is going to do it? We take it as an obligation we have to our community to make sure we have a very effective park system,” said Center City Mayor David Chadwick.
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1 week ago | 
ktre.com | Mariela González
LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - Lufkin’s Economic Development Corporation (EDC) is asking the city council to consider a new business construction. The city’s EDC has worked on Project Victory by competing against other states and cities to attract new business development, according to EDC director Bob Samford. A technology manufacturer is seeking to build a multi-million-dollar headquarters in Lufkin. “It’s a very, very innovative company.
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1 week ago | 
ktre.com | Mariela González
NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - When heavy rain hits Nacogdoches in a short amount of time, dangerous flooding can quickly become a problem“A lot of times, our storm drainage systems will get overwhelmed. The creeks even get outside their banks we’ve seen in the past couple of years,” said city public works director Case Opperman. City crews started preparing early Friday morning by checking storm drains and inlets likely to get clogged up.
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1 week ago | 
ktre.com | Mariela González
NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - Hundreds of visitors attended Stephen F. Austin’s Dr. Neal Weaver Presidential Investiture Ceremony Thursday morning. Dr. Weaver was selected as SFA’s 11th president and the first under the University of Texas System last year. UT System Board of Regents Chairman, Kevin Eltife said Weaver has shown great leadership during the first year. “We have great confidence that the first president of this new era is the right person for the job at the right time.
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2 weeks ago | 
ktre.com | Mariela González
NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - The Nac Safe Place has a new home as they aim to help people living with mental illness. “Nobody is exempt from mental health issues. Our goal is to let them know it’s okay to not be okay,” said founder Alana Culpepper Robertson. The organization’s new building has an open lobby, office space, and a designated ‘safe zone’ area. “They can go into our safe zone. It’s a judge free zone. If they want to talk to one of our volunteers they can.
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2 weeks ago | 
ktre.com | Mariela González
NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - Nacogdoches ISD is continuing its search for its next superintendent. Officials are considering the community’s input before interviews begin. Over 300 responses were collected and discussed by board members at Tuesday’s meeting. The search firm, Arrow Educational Services Inc., conducted a survey for both faculty and district residents. The firm’s operating officer Jim Dunlap said surveys were divided into major themes.
