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January 2012

Fire levels home in Moscow

Alert motorist helps get intoxicated driver off the road

Rollover accident in South Polk County

Accident sends 2 to hospital

Recreational vehicle burns in the night

Intoxicated driver facing felony charges times 2

Former Justice of the Peace Charged With Indecency With a Child

Elderly Couple Hospitalized in Goodrich Accident

Cedar Point Home Possibly Totaled by Fire

12 Year Old on Bicycle Struck by Car

Two Alleged Thieves Caught

16 Year Old Corrigan Girl Killed in Tyler County Accident

Courier Truck Rolls, Driver Hospitalized

Married Couple Arrested for Intoxication in Single Vehicle Accident

Jay V. Snook Awarded Polk Countian of the Year Posthumously

Major Accident Hospitalizes One

Farewell Captain Chris (Christ Ainsworth Laid to Rest)

Two Livingston Men Sustain Serious Injuries in Accident

Four 18 Wheelers and a Van Wreck in Corrigan

Intoxicated Driver Causes 18 Wheeler to Wipe Out

Fire Totals Large Mobile Home off Pridgeon Road


February 2012

18 Wheeler Hauling Trash Crashes Near Leggett

3 Arrested in Livingston for Manufacturing Meth

Fatal Accident on FM-350 North

Deputy Catches Intoxicated Driver

Fire Totals Mobile Home off FM-2457

Routine Traffic Stop, 2 Arrested for Methamphetamine

2 Arrested for Crack Cocaine

DEA Arrests Local Man for Impersonating DEA Agent

Car Pulls in Front of 18 Wheeler

Deputy Gets Intoxicated Driver off the Road

Young Family Hospitalized in Corrigan Accident

Couple Arrested on Drug Related Charges in Traffic Stop

Stolen Truck Recovered by Livingston Police Officer

Fatal Accidenton Walding Road

Driver Totals Mustang, Alcohol Suspected

Go Getters Beat Peace Officers Again in Friendly Basketball Game

Intoxicated Driver Hits 18 Wheeler

Driver strikes unattended vehicle on 190 West

Small car sucked under 18 wheeler in Livingston, driver flown to Houston

18 Wheeler fire at rest area in Seven Oaks

Logging truck turns over of FM-350 North


March 2012

Driver chooses to evade Livingston Police, gets caught

Livingston man killed by alleged intoxicated driver

One house, six meth labs, metamphetamine, chemicals, and kids

Fire destroys 2 story home in Indian Hills

Official ground breaking of Polk County College/Commerce Center

Paul Welch receives 50 years for attempted capital murder

Pedestrian who was allegedly intoxicated struck by car on US-146

Trooper Darwon Evans catches to copper thieves

Livingston woman sustains major head injuries in accident, alcohol suspected

Failure to yield right of way, Livingston woman hospitalized

2 vehicle accident on 190 at 3126

Dealing powder cocaine and rock cocaine in a school zone

Woman sustains major injuries in 4 wheeler accident in Big Sandy

13 year old boy struck by car on US-59 in New Willard

Paroled murderer is returned to prison

Two arrested on felony mehtampheatmine charges

Convicted cocaine dealer gets 78 years

Fire totals mobile home near Chris Brent Road

Convicted child molestor sentenced to prison

Fatal accident (car strikes 18 wheeler)

Indian Springs man pleads guilty to sex crimes, sentenced to prison

Deputy Terri Dollar teaches kids about the dangers of driving intoxicated

Driver rolls car with 5 small kids inside


April 2012
 
18 wheeler's cargo catches fire and burns

Cleveland man busted for DWI

18 wheeler crashes into creek near Corrigan

Meth dealer busted on Good Friday

Dos and Don'ts of dealing with cops

Motorcycle crashes in Moscow, driver flown out

Alleged intoxicated driver rolls truck on 350 North, driver flown out

Driver hits vehicle, flees scene, gets caught and arrested

Fugitive tries to swim away from long arm of the law

Coldspring man drowns in Lake Livingston

3 vehicle pile up on US-190 East

Late Night Fire Burns Church on West Side of Livingston

Intoxicated driver slams into tree on Scenic Loop

Failure to yield on 190 East hospitalizes 1

Racing motrocycles, one crashes, driver flown out, alcohol suspected

3 females arrested on drug related charges

American Legion Riders hold fundraiser for Polk County Peace Officers Association

Intoxicated driver nearly has head on with Sheriff's Deputy

Phillip Allen Fielder gets his 4th DWI

SUV slams into the back of daycare van loaded with children

Career burglars behind bars at Polk County Jail

2012 Polk County Relay for Life

Gun wielding speeder arrested in Polk County

Truck slams trailer from behind on US-146

Two 13 year old girls hospitalized from 4 wheeler accident in Taylor Lakes (one flown to Houston) 


May 2012
 
Driver jumps culvert, clears mailbox, kills bird, rolls vehicle on FM-350 North
 

From clean record to 3 felony charges in one fell swoop

Lengthy investigation lands two felony criminals in jail

Driver wrecks truck near Cedar Point, charged with felony DWI, possession

Livingston PD acts quickly on tips, makes small drug bust

State troopers seize 90 lbs. of pot in routine traffic stop

Major accident on US-59, alcohol suspected

Two local youths learn a lesson in what not to wear at a convenience store

Livingston PD catches alleged golf cart thieves

Small car slams dually truck in Segno

Accident on 190 East sends elderly couple to hospital

Car rear ends 18 wheeler in Leggett, driver flown to Houston

Alabama Coushatta Police Chief slammed from behind on 190 East

Houston woman charged with felony DWI

54 mile high speed chase ends in Livingston

Driver rolls vehicle on FM-1988

Motor scooter struck by SUV in Livingston

Suspect pleads guilty in middle of Heather Dorris murder trial

Livingston Police catch alleged thief stealing fencing materials

Early morning DWI on US-146

Fatal accident at Goodrich truck stop

Driver rolls logging truck on FM-350 North, flown out, baby deer found in cab

Fiery accident south of Leggett claims three


June 2012

Local hero officially recognized in awarded by Texas Department of Public Safety

Motor scooter crash on Scenic Loop, drive flown out, alcohol suspected

Felony DWI on Scenic Loop

One accident, two vehicles, mulitple citations

Driver rolls vehicle on Capps Road, arrested for DWI

Two Arkansas motorists busted for intoxication

Driver and passenger arrested for possession of marijuana near Onalaska

Driver arrested for DWI on 190 West in Sandy Creek area

Driver found passed out at the wheel with engine running, arrested for DWI

Motor scooter accident on 350 North hospitalizes 1

Drinking, driving, toy guns, and poor judgement

Driver loaded down with alcoholic beverage arrested for DWI

Fatal accident on FM-356 North

Two arrested on drug related charges in parking lot of Livingston Z-Mart

Three arrested for drugs in Oak Terrace Subdivision

Three arrested in parking lot of Livingston Subway Sandwich Shop

Fire at Southpoint Shopping Center in Livingston

Major accident on US-146

Intoxicated driver becomes combative with police, spits in the face of PCT Editor, Willie Openshaw

Livingston man gets sentenced to 25 years for robbery


 

JULY 2012
 
Unsafe towing, driver rolls vehicle and trailer off US-146

71 year old man sentenced to 12 years in prison for intoxication manslaughter

Fatal motor scooter accident off FM-350 South

Lost and intoxicated, driver arrested for DWI

Failure to yield, young driver slams passing vehicle

Early morning fire takes out mobile home

Driver fails to yield, Livingston man hospitalized.

From the Chuckwagon 07/14/12

Hit and run, driver facing felony charges

Justin Grubbs guilty of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon

Indecency with a child, woman pleads no contest

Driver arrested for DWI on 190 West

4 wheeler accident hospitalizes 2, one 7 year old flown out

Major accident, 2 flown to Houston, alcohol suspected

Editorial:  Please don't get offended, I'm only the messenger (by Willie P. Openshaw)

From the Chuckwagon 07/26/12

20 year old Livingston man youngest ever to enter in pre-1930 cross country motor scooter race

Man arrested for burglarizing constable's home (while constable was in the hospital)

2 hospitalized in accident by Corner Shell

Major accident in front of courthouse hospitalizes 3

Voters choose Leslie Burks of Corrigan for next tax assessor / collector


August 2012
 
Driver strikes cow, passenger hospitalized

Intoxicated driver crashes through end of road barrier and into Lake Livingston

Traffic stop leads to felony drug charge in Onalaska

Dr. Mark Vorderbruggen gives presentation to local naturalists on eating weeds

From the Chuckwagon 08/06/12

Intoxicated driver rolls Lexus on 190 East

Logging truck rolls on FM-942 East

Oil spill on road prompts hazmat cleanup in Livingston

Man drowns in Trinity River near Holiday Lake Estates

Livingston man arrested for DWI in New Willard

Over 30,000 marijuana plants seized in Texas' largest ever marijuana bust

Meet the 2012 Livingston Lions varsity football team

Goodrich man crashes car, arrested for DWI

Crime stopper tip leads to arrest of alleged meth dealer

Accident in front of Walmart hospitalizes 1

Child sexual assault suspect turns herself in

Major accident, 2 flown to Houston, alcohol suspected

From the Chuckwagon - Sourdough and a little history

Driver rolls suv in South Polk County

Accident kills Houston man in Corrigan

Truck owned by local man found turned over on Scenic Loop

Editorial:  A few radical environmentalists get arrested and people want to make a big deal of it.

Lions fall to College Park Cavaliers


September 2012
 
Driver crashes vehicle in Leggett, alcohol suspected 

Stolen vehicle involved in glancing headon collision in Goodrich 

Driver falls asleep, goes airborne in Leggett 

Editorial:  Counting My Blessings 

Driver takes out mailbox and culvert on Scenic Loop, arrested for DWI 

Sleepy driver turns over suv in South Polk County 

Deputies catch alleged thief in stolen truck with stolen property 

Dayton Broncos beat Lions again 

Suv slams pickup from behind on 190 East, 2 hospitalized 

Two alleged meth dealers nabbed in traffic stop 

Forest fire torches 204 acres near Segno 

From the Chuckwagon:  Chuckwagon cooking isn't fancy, but once you've had the real thing, you don't forget it 

3 vehicle accident in Leggett 

Investigation produces 2 arrests on felony drug charges 

Corrigan Bulldogs beat Woodville Eagles in overtime 

Persistent deputy catches 3 juvenile burglars 

2 Deer Park men arrested in string of deer camp burglaries 

Leggett man severely injured in accident in Seven Oaks 

20 year old Seven Oaks man charged with child sex crimes 

Lions lose to Silsbee Tigers 

Failure to yield hospitalizes 2 in Schwab City 

Man rolls pickup near Beacon Bay, arrested for DWI 

Lions Open District Play by Beating LCM

Trooper Glen Goodwin Retires


October 2012
 
18 Wheeler Accident in Big Sandy

Livingston graduate Carla Leslie is impact player for SFA

Accident on 190 West hospitalizes 1

Local Trooper makes large cocaine bust

Trooper seizes bundles of marijuana in traffic stop

High on beer and pills, driver arrested on 146

Lions beat by Nederland Bulldogs

Intoxicated driver in possession of crack cocaine

Suspect with rifle on the loose (caught later by authorities in Lufkin)

18 wheeler broadsides car, 5 hospitalized

Letting Their Light Shine:  Spanish mission holds family events, offers help

Livingston senior, Chevoski Collins commits to University of Texas, Austin

2 hopsitalized in rollover accident

Onalaska police officer charged with providing firearms to Mexican mafia

Livingston man involved with local youth sports is alleged child mollestor

Woman charged with shooting 16 year old youth (Youth passes next day)

LHS students gather to remember Rhett Lathan

Local convicted murderer executed by lethal injection

Fiery 18 wheeler collision claims 1

Deceased woman found in car at Walmart parking lot

Lions beat up Lumberton Raiders

Intoxicated driver escapes police, later caught

Two Louisianans arrested on drug charges

Vending machine burglar arrested

Goodrich Valero robbed, suspect gets away

Failure to register; Livingston sex offender in hot water

Armed man burglarizes church

Trooper stops stolen vehicle, 1 suspect flees

Lions beat Beaumont Central

Driver slams another vehicle on 190 east

Local man rolls stolen truck, flees scene (later caught)

Distracted driver swerves under 18 wheeler

Corrigan PD swears in canine


November 2012
 
Vidor Pirates beat Livingston Lions

Driver crashes through fence and into storage building

Driver rolls SUV, flown to Houston

Fatal 4 wheeler accident, alcohol suspected

Lions beat PN-G, prepare for playoffs

Porter man gets second dwi

Major accident a Loop 393

Livingston man killed in apparent hunting/firearm accident

Driver rear ends school bus, several hospitalized

3 arrested in Blanchared drug bust

Lions ousted from playoffs by Barbers Hill

Major accident near Goodrich truckstop

TxDOT holds public forum on how to make Goodrich/Livingston Truckstop safer

Fake weed lands six in jail

Burglar caught in act of burglarizing home


December 2012

Head on collision takes life of young mother

Local trooper makes sizeable drug bust

Go Getters beat team TDCJ - gogetters

Major accident claims 2, alcohol suspected

High speed chase ends in Onalaska

Bicyclist struck by car near Livingston Walmart

Driver allegedly runs red light, causes accident

Driver rolls pickup with kids inside, alcohol suspected

Loaded 18 wheeler turns over in drainage ditch in Moscow

Oil well fire in East Polk County

Intoxicated driver slams into overpass column in Livingston

Decomposing body found near the banks of Choates Creek

Rollover accident takes life of local man

Daisha Tipton sentenced to 7 years in shooting of Gervin Polite

Grand jury indicts Rachal Leggett for murder