Joe English

Following a brief discussion that included input from all five members of the county commissioners court, emergency management personnel and the attorney for the county, commissioners on Tuesday approved a contract with the Texas Department of Rural Affairs that finalized the county's acceptance of a $6.2 million grant to construct an evacuation shelter and community center near the Expo Center. Read More

A contract between Nacogdoches County and the Texas Department of Rural Affairs that will finalize the county's acceptance of a $6.2 million grant awarded to construct an evacuation shelter and community center to house evacuees during future disasters will top an otherwise brief commissioner's court meeting on Tuesday. Read More

Today is the first day for candidates to file their intention to run for public office in the March 2, 2010, primary election. Read More

A cell phone policy revision that changes the wording of the policy's personal use section and enables a monthly stipend be given to authorize employees reimbursement of cell phone service used for county business was approved at Tuesday's Commissioners Court meeting. Read More

KATU'S Joe English has some simple reminders that'll keep your bird moist on the inside and golden brown on the outside. Read More

The wait in line to get a H1N1 shot that takes only seconds gave people time to think why they were there. Read More

The dirt was turned Tuesday afternoon on what promises to be one of the largest projects the county has seen in years, and in just 32 months, Nacogdoches County will be home to one of the largest biomass power plants in the entire country. Read More

Following a public hearing that received an abundance of public input, but no opposition, county commissioners on Tuesday approved setting the basic flood elevation at Lake Nacogdoches to 288 feet. Read More

On April 24, 1945, in a barn located near Pernis, south of Rotterdam, Holland, High River's Ron Groeneveld, along with several other Dutch Resistance members, gathered around a radio to listen to an announcement that would change their lives forever. Read More

County commissioners will discuss and possibly set a basic flood elevation level for Lake Nacogdoches Tuesday at the commissioners court meeting. Read More