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January 2011

Off duty deputy stops intoxicated driver on US-146 

18 wheelers collide on US-59 just north of Livingston

SUV slams into 18 wheeler in Goodrich

Sleepy driver takes out guard rail in New Willard

Fire totals home on Mouse Brown Road

Crime Stopper tips lead to arrest of theft suspects

3 vehicle accident, 4 citations, several hospitalized in Livingston accident

Driver rolls 18 wheeler on US-146 and FM-2610

14 year old burglarizes Gokey's Grocery in Goodrich

18 Wheeler logging truck turns over in Leggett

Deputy patrol unit drivers over creek bridge

Subway sandwich shop in Livingston robbed

Family survives harrowing accident with 18 wheeler

Segno home gutted by fire

Local law enforcement seeks public help in Heather Dorris murder

Fire Guts Home in Segno

Facebook gun threat prompts LISD lockdown

75th Annual Polk County Awards Banquet

Failure to yield right-of-way hospitalizes 5

Miss Polk County 2011


February 2011

Failure to yield hospitalizes 2


East Polk County hit by traveling criminals

Driver hits school bus, alcohol suspected

Intoxicated and texting: Driver hits pole

Barn burns down with lots of belongings in Soda

Go Getters beat local peace officers in basketball again

Sergeant William Jerry makes a drug bust in a traffic stop

Morning DWI in Livingston

Lufkin burglar helps himself to Polk County

Fatal accident 8 miles west of Corrigan

Intoxicated driver slams into fence

Driver crashes his truck, flees scene, arrested for disorderly conduct

21 year old Polk County man killed in accident

Intoxicated driver has marijuana, pills, and Bible

22 year old Conroe man killed in accident, alcohol suspected

Fire destroys large brick home in Ace

Candle light vigil held for Heather Dorris

Goodrich resident turns 103 years old

Students chop wood for a good cause

Should Livingston and Corrigan play eachother in football every year?

Marijuana, gun, and reckless driving

Major accident in South Polk County

Five hospitalized in major accident

Lion baseball opens season with win

Drug bust in New Caney nets 2 Livingstonians

Major 3 vehicle accident in front of Wal-Mart

Man arrested for possession after traffic stop

Female driver rolls vehicle, arrested for DWI

Mobile home totaled by fire

Courteous driver takes out guard rail

Massive house fire in Goodrich

Livingston pharmacy robbed for drugs

Epileptic seizure cause car to crash into Goodrich City Hall

Major broken water line in downtown Livingston


March 2011

Man turns himself in for sexual assault of a child

Up from Houston, career criminals busted in Polk County

Two hospitalized in accident

Driver leaves Buster McNutty's, drives into oncoming traffic, busted for DWI

83 Year old woman busted for cocaine and money laundering

Speeding Illinois motorists busted for possession

2 teen girls hospitalized from car accident

Intoxicated driver stopped by police and truckers

Fatal accident in Goodrich, marijuana and pills found in wreckage

Pills and meth:  Lufkin driver arrested for possession

Untimely U-Turn causes accident on US-146

Speeding intoxicated driver arrested

Intoxicated driver slams guard rail and gets belligerent

Intoxicated driver arrested after hit and run

Fire at Woodhollow apartments (suspicious circumstances)

Another fake weed bust

Distracted driver rolls vehicle when dog jumps on lap

Runaway trailer causes diesel spill on US-59 in Livingston

Livingston man dead from apparent gunshot wounds

Intoxicated driver arrested on US-146

Apartment fire quickly doused at Brock Street Apartments

Onalaska teens charged in string of burglaries


April 2011

One dead and one critically wounded in apparent family quarrel

Two hospitalized in accident in Blanchard

Prolific child molester gets 50 years

27 rocks of crack cocaine

Driver rolls vehicle on Duff Road, alcohol suspected

Another child molester behind bars

Fatal accident near Onalaska

Mike Nettles arrests 3 for drugs and more

Large plant fire in New Willard draw VFDs from all over East Texas

Young career burglar caught in Onalaska by canine

Stalker who threatened officials arrested in Polk County

Sheriff Hammack recognizes dispatchers

Distracted by cell phone, young driver rolls truck

Lufkin radio station owner in jail and probation revoked

Intoxication, pills, and meth driver arrested

Intoxicated driver slams into guard rail

Intoxicated driver arrested for DWI and possession

Horse bucks youth, then gets hit and killed by truck

Standoff on Knobhill Road

State Trooper slammed by pickup

Not guilty, Joe Cochran exhonerated of sex crime

Sheriff Hammack cuts ribbon on new facility

18 wheeler accident west of Corrigan

Driver goes over guard rail and rolls truck

Intoxicated driver drives right up to Troopers

Driver rolls truck 4 times, alcohol suspected

Erratic driver arrested for DWI

14 year old girl injured in 4 wheeler accident, flown out

Drunk drivers cross paths and collide

Fire totals 2 story home

Fire totals home on Carter's Drive

Blown tire causes rollover accident

Shoplifter hits Dollar General and Brookshire Bros.

Runaway trailer crashes and catches fire on US-59

Fire consumes house in Leggett

Relay for Life 2011

Sheriff Hammack awards his staff

 


May 2011

SHECO responds to outages caused by high winds

Traffic stop turns into large drug bust

Fire heavily damages home off US-146

4 pounds of marijuana seized in routine taffic stop

Couple hides marijuana with chihuahua and gets caught

High on pills, driver arrested on US-146

1 hospitalized in youngsters' accident

8 arrested in late night drug raid

Failure to yield equals totaled car

2 arrested for marijuana at Shelter Cove

Failure to yield right-of-way totals 2 cars

Failure to yield hospitalizes 1

Driver rolls vehicle on Scenic Loop, alcohol suspected

Man shot in Goodrich, shooter turns himself in 3 days later

Onalaska burglar busted by Polk County Detective

Travelers lose control on US-59

Large truck crashes into Lake Livingston, intoxicated 18 yr. old responsible

Driver slams into 18 wheeler in Goodrich

Driver wrecks car, arrested for tampering with evidence

Fatal accident as driver goes airborne from bridge

Fatal accident on FM-3126

Man drowns in Lake Livingston

Trustee makes a run for it and is caught

Major accident on FM-1988 East


June 2011

Truck rolls backwards into Lake Livingston

Fatal accident in San Jacinto County leaves one dead

Car jack failure causes serious injury to local business owner

Congressman Kevin Brady talks to local business owners

Psychic tip about mass grave in Liberty turns out to be hoax

Driver flown to Houston from accident on FM-1988 East

Driver hospitalized after rear-ending vehicle

Burglar saddled with jail time

Coin robber unexpetedly cashes in for jail time

Driver crashes into woods, alcohol suspected

Accident sends boat sailing down US-190 East

Driver crashes motorcycle, recovers, drives away and then passes away

18 wheeler enters curve too fast and turns over

State Trooper makes cocaine drug bust

Three 17 year olds break into Harrison Body Shop and caught

Driver rolls vehicle on FM-3277, flown to Houston

Busted...(again), anonymous tip leads to arrest of thieves

Mastermind of Kimberlin murder on trial (Day 1)

Driver slams into back of 18 wheeler

Quintin Fisher guilty of capital murder 

Driver who evaded police caught over 3 months later


Felon evades detectives and is caught several hours later


July 2011

Driver rolls vehicle, 3 ejected

Two vehicle accident in Swartwout

Two young Livingston women killed in early morning accident

Felony driving while intoxicated

Fatal accident on US-146

Onalaska July 4th fireworks show

18 year old rolls jeep and is cited for minor in possession of alcohol

Driver collides with 18 wheeler, charged with DWI

Motorcycle accident, driver flown to Houston

2 vehicle accident on US-146, 1 vehicle slams into house

Shooting and hydroponic marijuana lab in wild country

Pickup slams SUV from behind on US-190

3 busted on marijuana related charges

Nine arrested in prescription fraud and medication abuse investigation

Trooper Evans slams man who decides to resist arrest

Driving High:  married couple arrested for DWI

Logging truck rolls on US-59

Truck reported stolen crashes off US-146

2 hospitalized in Livingston accident

Fatal accident near Chester, driver charged with intoxication manslaughter

Trinity fire station totaled by fire

3 vehicle mishap hospitalizes one

Fire damages home on Putnam's Landing

Dump truck turns over, driver hospitalized

Intoxicated man acts crazy on US-190

3 vehicle accident turns fatal in San Jacinto County

House "explodes" on Scenic Loop

Intoxicated driver makes unsafe turn and is broadsided

Man who shot at Sheriff's Deputy arrested in South Polk County

Intoxicated driver faces felony DWI 

Driver arrested on Liberty Road (warrant and drug related)

Young driver charged with DWI on FM-2665

The Mixi Collection


August 2011

Gunman pleads guilty to murder of Billy Ray Kimberlin, Jr.

Driver rolls truck and is hospitalized

Woods fire shuts down US-146

Driver fails to yield and broadsides another vehicle

Reckless driver arrested

Unsafe speed:  Driver rolls vehicle in Swartwout

20 acres burn in East Polk County

50 acres burn near county line

Failure to yiled right of way causes accident on US-146

Meet the 2011 Livingston Lions

Drug bust in Goodrich

Fatal accident as motor scooter strikes 18 wheeler

Traffic stop leads to arrest for methamphetamine

Brian Perry Memorial Sporting Clay Shoot 2011

Intoxicated driver facing felony charges

Fatal accident on US-59 at Loop 393

Fire burns brick home of US-146
Passenger Arrested for Possession in Livingston

Driving While Intoxicated on Old Israel Road

Another Driver Busted for Marijuana

Driver Rolls Pickup in Goodrich

Single Vehicle Accident Hospitalizes One


September 2011

Fire Burns Down Travel Trailer

Lions Thrash Huntsville in Season Opener

Vehcile Rolls, Three Hospitalized

Stupid criminal tricks, shoplifter charged with robbery

Lions trounce Houston Washington

Fire burns down mobile home

Trash burning reportedly cause of large woods fire off Mangum Road

Detectives catch lumber thief in South Polk County

Sheriff's Detective catches band of burglars

Lions Destroy Huntsville 50 - 13

18 Wheeler turns over on US-59

Chinese made rim blows causing rollover accident

Polk County Judicial Center Ribbon Cutting and Grand Opening

Driver and passenger  arrested on drug related charges

Intoxicated Wal-Mart thief broadsides parked truck

Lion defense bends but doesn't break, beats PN-G

Intoxicated driver takes out guard rail

Felony DWI, driver rolls 30 foot trailer

High speed chase in Scenic Loop area

Jim Price sentenced to 32 years in prison for child sex crimes

Pills and morphine, driver crashes into tree on Scenic Loop

Driver rear ends school bus near Corrigan

Dead starved horse found tied on road

Lion defense shuts out Beaumont Central Jaguars

Routine traffic stop; pot and over $10,000 cash


October 2011

Road ends, intoxicated driver keeps going

Motorcycle on FM-3126

Driving around Livingston with marijuana (and minors)

Driver falls asleep and rolls pickup

Mother and Son missing, sought by authorities

18 Wheeler rolls on US-190 East
San Jacinto County Sheriff's Deputy Arrested on Felony Charges 

Lions brought back to earth by Nederland defense

Livingston man sustains 3rd degree burns while allegedly manufacturing meth 

Nigel Gardner guilty of murder 

Logging rig breaks in half on US-59 

Eating crack cocaine, suspect tampers with evidence 

Logging truck rolls on FM-62

Fake weed bust at the Corner Shell 

Lions trounce Lumberton 49 - 7 

Intoxicated driver takes out bridge railing 

Fatal accident on US-190 East 

Multiple roll over accident on Scenic Loop, alcohol suspected 

Lions lose to Beaumont Ozen 

Young Enthusiastic Leader Sticks to Her Commitment in Fighting Cancer 

Large trucks collide on US-59 in Livingston 

18 wheeler slams car 

Lions beat the crap out of LCM 35 to 0 

Intoxicated driver slams guard rail and flees scene, gets caught 

2 vehicle accident, both drivers hospitalized

Routine traffice stop leads to another drug related arrest 


November 2011

Montgomery County DA Investigator Guilty of Felony, Loses Peace Officer's License 

Pedestrian hit by car near Corner Shell 

Lions lose to Vidor, miss playoffs 

Alleged intoxicated driver rolls vehicle and flees scene 

Fatal accident on FM-1276

2 busted for possession in Wal-Mart parking lot

Accident claims life of Goodrich man 

Husband hits wife's vehicle from behind

Driver pulling trailer with full size truck rolls

5 teens hospitalized in rollover accident

Motorcycle crash on Scenic Loop with serious injuries (alcohol suspected)

Fire totals home in Indian Springs

Multiple rollover accident hospitalizes elderly man

Corrigan Bulldogs stage comeback win in playoffs

Driver avoids dog, but totals vehicle

3 copper thieves caught and charged with felony theft of copper

18 Wheeler rolls in Moscow, loses load of plywood

Failure to yield right-of-way = 1 rollover

Corrigan Bulldogs bumped from playoffs by Arp

Nasty car accident on 190 East at FM-2500

Failure to yield causes collision in front of Wal-Mart

Vehicle rolls down embankment into Choates Creek

Caught red handed, quick reaction from Sheriff's Office catches 2 burglars

Burglar confesses to 2 burglaries

Black tar heroin and other drugs found in vehicle search by Onalaska Police


December 2011

Major accident on Loop 393

3 middle aged men busted in Onalaska for controlled substance and open containers

Dangerous drugs, warrants and invalid license land 2 in jail

Failure to yield:  Accident hospitalizes 2

Driver rolls vehicle, busted for felony DWI

Anthony Poledore gets 10 years probation in Kimberlin murder

Nigel Gardner gets 75 years for Howell murder

Fatal Accident:  Livingston woman dies from injuries sustained in accident

Fire totals home in Ollie

Driver charged with felony DWI

Fire at Royal Inn claims life of Livingston man

Leggett man busted for dwi

Corner Shell busted for fake weed again

Failure to yield hospitalizes 4

1 hospitalized when driver controls speed

Failure to control speed, driver hits utility truck

Heroic actions:  Man pulls accident victim from burning vehicle

18 wheeler crashes in Moscow

Pedestrian critical after being hit by car

Fire totals home in West Livingston

Driver busted for dwi (urinates on himself)

Property owners from 4 Corners Subdivision cotinue to fight for safety

Corrigan man struck by car in Livingston

Intoxicated driver crashes truck, goes through windshield