News from Nacogdoches (2024)

While our Olympic allegiance will always be with Team USA, this month our heart has been with Greece.

NACOGDOCHES — Nacogdoches City Council last week denied a request to rezone a site near downtown that will soon be home to a family-friendly cafe.

NACOGDOCHES — A 12-year-old girl who went missing Thursday morning from a neighborhood near downtown Nacogdoches was found safe and returned home, ending a daylong search.

NACOGDOCHES — With Stephen F. Austin State University’s centennial celebration in the rearview mirror and the fall semester on the horizon, university officials have begun to plan for the institution’s next 100 years as part of the University of Texas System.

NACOGDOCHES — A 12-year-old girl who went missing Thursday morning from a neighborhood near downtown Nacogdoches was safe and headed home Thursday evening, bringing to an end a daylong search.

NACOGDOCHES — Stephen F. Austin State University likely will go without a polling location on campus this election cycle after Nacogdoches County Commissioners Court voted 3-2 to deny a request to move voting onto campus.

NACOGDOCHES — A scheme to rob a drug dealer at gunpoint led to the killing of an 18-year-old Nacogdoches man in July, according to arrest affidavits that outline the plot, police response and the apparent masterminds behind the botched robbery.

NACOGDOCHES — A Nacogdoches County woman was sentenced to probation last week for killing a man in a head-on vehicle collision in 2022.

While our Olympic allegiance will always be with Team USA, this month our heart has been with Greece.

NACOGDOCHES — The investigation into the Secret Service following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump is far from over, Congressman Pete Sessions said last week.

NACOGDOCHES — An Arkansas man was sentenced more than two decades in prison for dragging a state trooper behind his vehicle.

NACOGDOCHES — A former student at Stephen F. Austin State University was sentenced to a decade of probation for using the university computer system to download child p*rnography.

NACOGDOCHES — The investigation into the shooting death of a man Tuesday night on West California Street continued Friday.

NACOGDOCHES — Police on Monday identified a driver who was killed in a single-vehicle crash Saturday night on Southwest Stallings Drive.

NACOGDOCHES — The repurposing of one of downtown’s largest if not most attractive buildings could take up to two years as the former Regions Bank branch is transformed into office headquarters for Elliott Electric Supply.

NACOGDOCHES — Nacogdoches County’s expo and civic center director is leaving her post at the end of the year for a similar position in Lufkin.

NACOGDOCHES — Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center is encouraging local organizations to host, promote and incentivize local blood drives to combat a concerning drop in regular donors.

NACOGDOCHES — Southern Baptists failed to enshrine a ban on churches with women pastors in their constitution last month, but Nacogdoches area Baptist pastors say the conventions doctrine and mission remain the same.

NACOGDOCHES — Nacogdoches artist Jeffie Brewer, known for his eye-catching, monochromatic sculptures, is releasing a book providing insight into his work and career.

NACOGDOCHES — A Nacogdoches man died in an apparent drowning Saturday evening at Lake Nacogdoches.

After years of decline, honey bees are making a comeback in Texas.

NACOGDOCHES — Developers are seeking investors to help fund construction of a new public golf resort 20 miles north of Nacogdoches that is expected to bring golfers from across the nation to East Texas.

NACOGDOCHES — A sweeping overhaul of how salaried employees are compensated for overtime is set to take effect next month, barring the success of legal challenges and Republican-led legislative effort to prevent the new rule from taking effect.

NACOGDOCHES — The owner of Banita Creek Music Hall wants to host concerts in the parking lot outside of the venue. But first he has to convince his neighbors: the county government.

NACOGDOCHES — The annual Texas Blueberry Festival brought thousands of customers into downtown shops Saturday as many businesses reported their best sales in years.

NACOGDOCHES — The most photographed vehicle at the Texas Blueberry Festival — Tipton Ford’s 1951 F-1 pickup — returns downtown Saturday for another weekend of photo ops.

NACOGDOCHES — Carnival rides and a crowd-painted mural are among new events at Saturday’s Texas Blueberry Festival along with returning events such as a pet parade, pie-eating contests and car show.

With plans of attending Texas A&M-Commerce, recent Nacogdoches High School graduate Juan Perez-Rivera was just about to file his completed application for federal financial aid when the trouble started.

NACOGDOCHES — The city’s Historic Sites Department is hosting a series of summer events at the historic Zion Hill church, 324 N. Lanana St., including a community collection day this Saturday.

NACOGDOCHES — When art Professor William E. Arscott retired this year at the end of the spring semester, he had taught 62 years at SFA.

Greater East Texas Community Action Program is celebrating its 60th anniversary Thursday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house for its new regional office.

NACOGDOCHES — Harsh Patel wasted no time summing up his feelings after presiding over the first groundbreaking for a new hotel in Nacogdoches in nearly two decades.

NACOGDOCHES — A “lengthy” investigation into two massage establishments in Nacogdoches resulted in three arrests on charges of indecent assault and prostitution Thursday, according to a press release from Nacogdoches Police Department.

NACOGDOCHES — Nacogdoches musicians are putting together a new concert festival as part of a broader push to promote East Texas’ burgeoning music scene.

The great conservative law scholar Ronald D. Rotunda wrote about a year before his death that “every generation must relearn the lessons of free speech.”

NACOGDOCHES — Residents of neighborhoods near Nacogdoches’ South Loop 224 and U.S. 59 broke into applause Tuesday when they learned the north end of Old Lufkin Road will reopen after a months-long, construction-related closing, but their enthusiasm was short lived.

NACOGDOCHES — A Nacogdoches man accused of killing his girlfriend and her mother in October has been charged with capital murder.

The big question for East Texas residents regarding Monday’s solar eclipse is whether to make a day trip into the path of totality or stay put.

NACOGDOCHES — Lawmakers gathered in Nacogdoches this week to discuss issues facing rural East Texans as the state prepares for unprecedented growth over the next several decades.

NACOGDOCHES — The aftershocks of this year’s primary season continue to reverberate through Texas.

NACOGDOCHES — A Nacogdoches County man who authorities described as a major supplier of methamphetamine was sentenced to 50 years in prison on drug and weapon charges.

NACOGDOCHES — Building trust with Stephen F. Austin State University's faculty and capitalizing on access to resources offered by the University of Texas System are top priorities for incoming university president Neal Weaver.

NACOGDOCHES — Building trust with Stephen F. Austin State University's faculty and capitalizing on access to resources offered by the University of Texas System are top priorities for incoming university president Neal Weaver.

NACOGDOCHES — Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital will have about $10 million cash on hand in April as the county hospital district continues to work through retaking control of the facility from Lion Star.

A Center man who held a Nacogdoches man captive during a 16-hour road trip to Austin and back was sentenced to six decades in prison.

NACOGDOCHES — A Lufkin man will spend at least three decades in prison after being convicted of three child sexual abuse charges in Nacogdoches County.

NACOGDOCHES — Betty Ann Taylor thinks she might be the four-leaf clover queen of Texas.

NACOGDOCHES — Congressman Pete Sessions and Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham will be the top speakers at the Lone Star Legislative Summit next month as lawmakers from the state and nation’s capitals gather in Nacogdoches.

NACOGDOCHES — The healing is already starting at Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital.

Stephen F. Austin State University’s radio station changed its call sign Friday, one of several new changes that are meant to breathe new life into the student-crewed alternative rock station.

NACOGDOCHES — Lion Star CEO Sean Fowler said this week that Nacogdoches Memorial hospital was in “imminent danger” of closing after the state’s health agency demanded a more than $7 million repayment.