Jim Bell is a Lufkin native with many years of experience in commercial and public radio news broadcasting. Winner of many awards for news writing, reporting and news production from Texas Associated Press Broadcasters Association, Houston Press Club, Dallas Press Club, Harris County Medical Society and Texas Medical Association. He's been married to the same woman for 35 years, with four children and six grandchildren.
Jim Bell
Summer Boat Show Opens in Houston
Summer is here, and what better way to kick it off than with a trip to the big Houston Summer Boat Show?
Cities Spraying for Mosquitoes Again
After a one year hiatus caused by the drought, mosquito spraying is underway again in Lufkin and Nacogdoches. Officials in both cities say their mosquito trucks are getting back to business as usual, and there are plenty mosquitoes out there waiting for them.
Clubs Launch Drive to Buy Shoes For Kids
Several local organizations are taking it upon themselves to put shoes on the feet of as many Lufkin area kids as they can. Shoe Carnival, Kicks105, and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Deep East Texas are making sure children will have a new pair of shoes by the end of the summer.
Census Shows More Dads Stay-at-Home
It wasn't very long ago that a man who chose to stay home with the kids while his wife worked was considered an oddball. We've all heard the Mr. Mom jokes, but these days a growing number of American dads are wearing that nickname as a badge of honor.
Hotel May be Nice, but Don’t Touch Anything
You expect hotels and the nicer "brand name" roadside motels to be clean and healthy places to stay, but don't bet on it. Researchers at the University of Houston School of Hotel and Restaurant Management say hotel rooms are nowhere as clean as they look, and they can even make you sick.
Obama Will Stop Deporting Young Illegals
The Obama administration has announced plans to stop deporting hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants brought to the U.S. as children as long as they have stayed out of trouble with the law.
Lufkin Juneteenth Celebration Starts Saturday
Juneteenth -- June 19th -- is the anniversary of the official ending of slavery in the United States. It was on that date in 1865 that Union Army General Gordon Granger landed in Galveston, and proclaimed the Emancipation Proclamation that abolished slavery and freed the slaves in the 10 Confederate states.
Houston Ponzi Schemer Gets 110 Years in Prison
Former Houston investments tycoon R. Allen Stanford -- who at one time was one of the richest men in the country -- will probably spend the rest of his life in prison. Found guilty earlier this year of running a $7 billion investment fraud, Stanford has been sentenced to 110 years in federal prison.