Tornado Warning Includes Shelby County (Extended to 12-midnight) (Updated at 11:50)

Update: At 1150 PM CDT, a large and extremely dangerous tornado was located near Converse, or 22 miles south of Mansfield, moving northeast at 50 mph.

Update: At 1142 PM CDT, a large and extremely dangerous tornado was located 9miles east of Patroon, or 23 miles southeast of Center, moving northeast at 50 mph.

SH 87 South Scene of 18-wheeler Roll Over (Updated)

April 22, 2019 - State Highway 87 South was the location of an 18-wheeler chicken hauler roll over at CR 3012, as of 7:24am April 22, 2019.

Timpson Family Seeking Whereabouts of Missing Mt. Enterprise Man

April 23, 2019 - The family of Nathaniel Cozart are seeking to find him. He was last seen on April 5, 2019 in the Shreveport area walking in the 400 block of North Market Street.

FM 417 Scene of 18-wheeler Crash

Photos by Steve Dudley

April 23, 2019 - FM 417 was the scene of an 18-wheeler crash April 18, 2019 near the intersection of FM 2694.

High-Speed Chase Ends in Toledo Bend

April 21, 2019 - Toledo Bend proved literally to be the end of the road for three individuals fleeing law enforcement Friday night.

CR 1265 Scene of Two-Vehicle Crash

April 18, 2019 - County Road 1265 was the scene of a two-vehicle collision Wednesday, April 17, 2019.

Following the crash, both vehicles remained in the roadway with what appeared to be major damage.

Work Beginning on SH 87 Sunday Night in Center April 14th

April 14, 2019 – Crews are scheduled to begin a mill and inlay project Sunday night on SH 87 in Shelby County. The work is scheduled to be operational through the city of Center on Tenaha Street (US 87) beginning at 7 pm. Work will continue from Church Street to US 96 at the north traffic circle. Work is expected to continue nightly throughout the week, weather permitting.

SWEPCO Update: Power Restored to 9,200 Customers Following Saturday Storms

April 14, 2019 - SWEPCO has restored power to 9,200 customers after severe storms on Saturday struck the Ark-La-Tex. At the peak, about 16,700 customers were without power.

The outages include approximately 6,200 customers in Louisiana and 1,200 in Texas.

SWEPCO and contract linemen are working as quickly and as safely as possible to restore power throughout the day. Power is expected to be restored to 95 percent of customers by:

Louisiana
· Shreveport – 11:59 p.m. Sunday
· Benton – 11:59 p.m. Sunday

DETEC Outtage Report; Approx. 1,600 Without Power (Updated)

Update: As of 9 PM, Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative is reporting approximately 1,000 outages. 800 of these outages are located in the Woden area and are dependent upon Oncor completing work on the line feeding into the DETEC system.

The other 200 outages are located in the Oakdale Community and Lake Pinkston area of Shelby County. This area saw heavy tornado activity and massive damage to the DETEC system.

At this time, outages are expected to continue into Monday afternoon.

Storm Wreaks Havoc to Boles Field Road

April 13, 2019 - A storm wreaked havoc on Boles Field Road which runs east from Shelbyville to Huxley through the Sabine National Forest and was littered with debris and fallen trees.

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