July 8, 2025 - Nacogdoches Police Department has confirmed the death of a Shelby County resident following an early morning fatal crash incident on Tuesday, July 8, 2025.

According to details released by the Nacogdoches Police Department at 3:56am Julissa Hernandez, 21, of Shelby County, was driving a 2014 Cadillac Escalade southbound in the 3800 block of N. University Drive when the Cadillac left the roadway and collided with several trees.

The information indicates officers think Hernandez was ejected from the vehicle during the crash.

July 7, 2025 - Timpson was the scene of back-to-back shooting incidents over the weekend with one incident known to have resulted in a fatality and the condition of the other still unknown as one individual who was reported to have been shot was taken to an area hospital.

July 1, 2025 - A Bourg, Louisiana man has been sentenced for illegally possessing a firearm in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.

Brad Michael Broussard, 44, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Marcia A. Crone on July 1, 2025.

June 27, 2025 - Boil Water Notice Rescinded

On June 18, 2025, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality required the City of Tenaha public water system, PWS ID NO. 2100002, 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. 

June 24, 2025 - U.S. Highway 96 South at FM 417 was the scene of a two-vehicle crash involving a truck tractor and a pickup truck on Thursday, June 19, 2025.