Breaking News from Crockett TX

High school basketball season has intensified during the past week, especially coverage within the Palestine Herald-Press. Starting next week, and throughout the rest of the season, the Herald-Press will run Texas Association of Basketball Coaches rankings as a story in the newspaper.

The Austin-based group The Here & Now will perform at 6 p.m. today at the Camp Street Cafe in Crockett. Tickets for the show of Irish musicians are $22. Members of the group come from diverse backgrounds.

After a year filled with public hearings, partnership announcements and meetings with landowners, Texas Central Partners is looking toward breaking ground on its Dallas-to-Houston high-speed rail in 2019.

NACOGDOCHES, TX (KTRE) - An anonymous person paid off the entire balance for customers at Walmart located in Crockett. KTRE’s Stefante Randall spoke to one of the customers on she felt about receiving the blessing and I also spoke to the anonymous person on why they decided to be a blessing.

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Lt. Clayton Smith of the Crockett Police Department has been appointed interim chief of the department pending the hiring of a permanent leader of the city’s police force.

CROCKETT, TX (KTRE) - The Crockett Police Department is asking for the public’s help in two separate theft investigations. The police are searching for two suspects they believed are involved in two separate theft investigation. On Dec. 10, the department posted photos of the two suspects on their F

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) - A high school student is being praised for his heroic actions after he stopped an apparent violent crime in progress. 18-year-old Luciano Villalobos was working at a grocery store when he heard screams coming from a library parking lot across the street.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Deshaun Watson threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to DeAndre Hopkins with 2:15 left, lifting the Houston Texans to a 29-22 comeback victory over Sam Darnold and the New York Jets on Saturday night.

Texas again led the country in executions this year with 13 lethal injections — and Dallas County topped the state list. There were 25 executions nationwide, and only eight states carried out the ultimate punishment, according to an annual report released Friday by the Death Penalty Information Cent

Human trafficking is modern-day slavery, often hidden in plain sight, that forces and coerces vulnerable people into exploitative acts that benefit their captors. The Statewide Human Trafficking Mapping Project of Texas found that in Texas alone there are approximately 79,000 youth victims of sex tr

CROCKETT, TX (KTRE) - An anonymous donor paid off all the layaway items at a Crockett Walmart. Mary Trosclair is one of the customers who benefited from the donor’s generosity.

One Texas man won’t appear on Santa Claus’ “Nice List” after opening fire Tuesday on another man dressed up as Santa. A man wearing a Santa costume, whose identity remains unknown but was identified by police as "Santa," and his wife – referred to by police as "Mrs. Claus" – were driving home when t

It has been nearly 10 years since a trio from Texas took America's Got Talent by storm. The Texas Tenors, who had only been a group for 3 months prior to their audition on the popular show, made it all the way to the finals and ended up placing 4th overall.

In 1992, Shannon Dubberly was a fifth-grader in Crockett, Texas. He and dozens of classmates had written letters to the president. He was just starting to pay real attention to the news and was beginning to learn the deeper meaning of words like honor and service. Weeks later, something happened tha

CROCKETT, TX (KTRE) - The Crockett Police Department is continuing to search for a woman who was reported missing. The Crockett police reported on Dec. 4 they were investigating after 25-year old Teresa Ilean Hague went missing. On Dec. 14, they reported that they are still searching for her.

A federal judge in Texas threw a dagger into the Affordable Care Act on Friday, ruling that the entire health-care law is unconstitutional because of a recent change in federal tax law.

HOUSTON, TX – Patients and their families in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women and Texas Children’s Newborn Center in Houston received a special visit from Santa Claus this week. Texas Children’s Hospital houses the nation’s largest NICU and provides leve

Houstonians looking for a unique way to relieve their pain are in luck. Ojas CBD, Houston's newest cannabidiol store, is officially open and offers products that aim to help address a variety of medical ailments.

The most powerful couple in gymnastics has repeatedly distanced themselves from knowledge of what occurred on their own ranch, where defamed doctor Larry Nassar is accused of sexually abusing elite gymnasts.

HOUSTON, Texas (KETK) - Three officers were injured Tuesday in a shooting in the Mt. Houston area of Harris County, and the gunman is at large, authorities said. The shooting was reported about 1:15 p.m. in the area of Hartwick Road and U.S. Highway 59 Eastex Freeway.