July 14, 2016 LUFKIN – The Texas Department of Transportation Commission in a special meeting Wednesday awarded 52 projects at a cost of $319.8 million, with four projects totaling $3.7 million awarded in the Lufkin District.

AR Brothers Construction was awarded a $1.1 million construction project in Nacogdoches County designed to safety treat fixed objects on FM 1638 from FM 698 to FM 2609, and on FM 2783 from SH 204 to end of pavement.

July 13, 2016 - A truck traveling down Patton Street in Center caught low hanging lines around 3pm Wednesday, July 13, 2016 next to the Center Fire Department Station.

Update: The driver of the vehicle was identified as 49 year-old Carrie Lynn Moore from Center, Texas.

July 10, 2016 - U.S. Highway 84 and U.S. Highway 59 intersection in Timpson was the scene of a major crash Saturday night, July 9, 2016.

Kamas Dahir Hassan, 33, of Burnsville, Mn. was traveling south on U.S. Highway 59 through Timpson in a white truck-tractor sometime just before 8:30pm as he approached the intersection of the two highways.