Kansas City Star - Thu Nov 05

A man convicted of fatally beating and shooting an East Texas man during a burglary almost 12 years ago was executed Thursday, in a case that gained notoriety because jurors may have consulted a Bible to justify his death sentence.Khristian Oliver, 32, was pronounced dead by lethal injection at 6:18 p.m.He told his victim's children, who watched ...

The Daily Sentinel - Wed Nov 04

A Nacogdoches jury has acquitted a former Stephen F. Austin State University football player who was accused of raping a fellow female student during last year's homecoming weekend.

The Daily Sentinel - Wed Nov 04

Following last Thursday's widespread street flooding throughout Nacogdoches County, officials have concluded that Lake Naconiche helped mitigate the effects of flooding in certain areas of the county by collecting millions of gallons rainwater.