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1 day ago | 
lufkindailynews.com | Stacy Faison
By By STACY FAISON/The Lufkin Daily News A Pollok man whose body was recovered from Kurth Lake Tuesday is believed to have drowned, according to preliminary autopsy reports. Divers located the body of Clay Thomas Legg, 64, not far from the boat from which he had fallen, according to a press release from the Lufkin Police Department. No foul play is suspected at this time. Stacy Faison's email address is [email protected].
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6 days ago | 
dailysentinel.com | Stacy Faison
A federal indictment in the Eastern District of Texas resulted in the arrest Wednesday of 16 people charged with various violations related to a widespread methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy in what was “probably the biggest law enforcement operation ever in Angelina County,” according to Sheriff Tom Selman.
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1 week ago | 
lufkindailynews.com | Stacy Faison
A federal indictment in the Eastern District of Texas resulted in the arrest Wednesday of 16 people charged with various violations related to a widespread methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy in what was "probably the biggest law enforcement operation ever in Angelina County," according to Sheriff Tom Selman.
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1 week ago | 
lufkindailynews.com | Stacy Faison
A Diboll woman is in a Tyler hospital with life-threatening injuries after her husband allegedly beat her unconscious with a crowbar late Thursday, according to a press release from Angelina County Sheriff Tom Selman. Benjamin Munoz-Ruiz, 56, of Diboll, is currently being held in the Angelina County Jail on a charge of first-degree aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. His bond has been set at $150,000. Stacy Faison's email address is [email protected].
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4 weeks ago | 
lufkindailynews.com | Stacy Faison
A former Angelina County lawman was sentenced to 10 years of deferred adjudication probation in February after he pleaded guilty to four counts of second-degree felony sexual assault.
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1 month ago | 
lufkindailynews.com | Stacy Faison
Authorities have discovered a body in Nacogdoches County that is believed to be Michael "Mike" Allen, one of two local men who have been missing since late January, according to a press release from the Lufkin Police Department. Lufkin police, the Nacogdoches County Sheriff's Office, the Angelina County Sheriff's Office and the Texas Rangers were processing the scene in the 5900 block of Old Tyler Road as of 5 p.m. Tuesday. Stacy Faison's email address is [email protected].
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1 month ago | 
lufkindailynews.com | Stacy Faison
The dominoes continue to fall for local Dairy Queens, as franchise operator Lonestar DQ on Monday permanently closed a number of stores in East Texas, including the ones in Lufkin and Huntington.
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1 month ago | 
lufkindailynews.com | Stacy Faison
An affidavit provided by the Angelina County Precinct 4 justice of the peace reveals details of the case against a Lufkin man arrested earlier this month on warrants for continuous sexual abuse of a child younger than 14 and seven counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child. Jerry Glenn Steptoe, 54, remains in the county jail with a collective bond of $4,000,500 set for those warrants and a charge of possession of less than 1 gram of suspected methamphetamine.
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1 month ago | 
lufkindailynews.com | Stacy Faison
With Howard's, Weiner's and now Big Lots in its rearview mirror, a storefront on prime real estate on Timberland Drive will be continuing its legacy of catering to discount shoppers in the near future. Ollie's Bargain Outlet, Inc. has acquired designation rights to 40 Big Lots leases, including the Lufkin store at 809. S. Timberland. Other Texas Big Lots stores Gordon Brothers has sold to Ollie's include those in Cleburne, El Paso, Kerrville, Midland, New Braunfels, Odessa and Victoria.
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1 month ago | 
lufkindailynews.com | Stacy Faison
Authorities have been unable to locate the driver of a van that flipped off the road and onto an embankment on state Highway 103 Sunday afternoon, according to a report from the Texas Department of Public Safety. Around 5:06 p.m., a 2005 Chevrolet van was westbound on Highway 103, approximately 2 1/2 miles east of FM 1669, when it reportedly left the road to the right, overcorrected back to the left and struck the guardrail on the opposite side, the report states.
