May 23, 2019 - The water on N.E.W. WSC no longer requires boiling. On May 20, 2019, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality required the N.E.W. Water Supply, #2030034, to issue a Boil Water Notice to inform customers, individuals or employees that due to conditions which occurred recently in the public water system, the water from this public water system was required to be boiled prior to use for drinking water or human consumption purposes.

May 19, 2019 - Tom Bellmyer, Precinct 4 Commissioner, reports on county roads which have flooding and/or damage

• REOPEN - CR 4323 currently flooded at all three bridge crossings. As a result, he is closing the section of roadway within which the bridges are contained because the areas are almost impassable with a truck.
• CR 4694 is closed due to a cuvert completely washed out by flood waters at the section between CR 4699 and CR 4726. Expect a minimum of a couple of weeks for the repair to be made.

Update: As of 3 PM on Sunday, May 19th, Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative is reporting approximately 1,450 members without power after overnight storms. Crews are working to restore power as quickly as possible.

San Augustine Co: 500 Members
Shelby Co: 390 Members
Nacogdoches Co: 250 Members
Newton Co: 213 Members
Sabine Co: 90 Members
Jasper Co: 5 Members

May 19, 2019 - Tornado watch 189 remains valid until 2am CDT Sunday for the following areas in Louisiana this watch includes 15 parishes in north central Louisiana: Caldwell, Grant, Jackson, La Salle, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union, Winn. 

In northwest Louisiana: Bienville, Claiborne, De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, Webster in Texas this watch includes 6 counties.

In northeast Texas: Angelina, Nacogdoches, Panola, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby.

May 17, 2019 - A pickup truck involved in a major crash was located off State Highway 7 West Friday, May 17, 2019 with no driver to be found.