August 18, 2010 RSS feed / News

Record energy demand reported during summer heat wave

Extreme summer temperatures of 100 degrees and above and high humidity across Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas again last week sent usage of electricity by customers of AEP Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) to another new alltime high level. More...

Carthage man pleads guilty in meth manufacturing case

TYLER – a 27-year-old Carthage, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales Tuesday. More...

CORRECTIONS

In Saturday’s issue, Forest Home Baptist Church was misidentified. The church plans to hold their first service in their new building this Sunday. We sincerely regret the error. More...

Man charged in father’s murder

An Overton man remains in the Smith County Jail on murder charges Tuesday afternoon after witnesses said he stabbed his father to death on Monday. More...

Jefferson man pleads guilty in meth manufacturing case

MARSHALL – A 35-yearold Jefferson man has pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas, U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced Tuesday. More...

Two plead guilty in separate East Texas child porn cases

MARSHALL — Two East Texas men have pleaded guilty in separate child pornography cases. Corey Robert Collins, 31, of Marshall, and Terry Don Briant, 49, of Gilmer, Texas, each pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography today before U.S. More...