NEWSTALK 860 » East Texas News http://ksfa860.com Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:10:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 One Woman Killed in East Texas Wreck http://ksfa860.com/one-woman-killed-in-east-texas-wreck/ http://ksfa860.com/one-woman-killed-in-east-texas-wreck/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:53:50 +0000 Jen Austin http://q1077.com/?p=136074 An 88-year old woman died Sunday in a car accident n US 69 South at FM 1818 Sunday afternoon.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/one-woman-killed-in-east-texas-wreck/feed/ 0 Lufkin Jones Pool is Open Again http://ksfa860.com/a-lufkin-pool-is-open-again/ http://ksfa860.com/a-lufkin-pool-is-open-again/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:17:37 +0000 Jen Austin http://q1077.com/?p=135808 Guess what....it's going to be hot this weekend!  This time of year we don't really need a weather forecast do we?  It gets to at least the mid 90's every day and feels like 105 and that's about all we need to know.  That's the forecast we'll have again this weekend.

Time to hit the lake!  Go fishing, swimming, and boating with Dad on Father's Day weekend.

A Lufkin pool that had been shuttered for two years is open again too.  In fact, it had it's grand re-opening yesterday.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/a-lufkin-pool-is-open-again/feed/ 0 Mario Tama/Getty Images An East Texas American Legion Post Helps a Disabled Veteran http://ksfa860.com/an-east-texas-american-legion-post-helps-a-disabled-veteran/ http://ksfa860.com/an-east-texas-american-legion-post-helps-a-disabled-veteran/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:43:55 +0000 Jen Austin http://q1077.com/?p=135542 An East Texas American Legion Post is doing their best to help a disabled veteran get a new home, and you have the chance to help in the effort next weekend, just by showing up and having some fun.

On Saturday, June 22, the American Legion Riders Post 134 in Crockett will host their First Annual Bike Show and Poker Run.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/an-east-texas-american-legion-post-helps-a-disabled-veteran/feed/ 0 Michael Loccisano/Getty Images East Texas Man Killed in Accident Out-of-State http://ksfa860.com/east-texas-man-killed-in-accident-out-of-state/ http://ksfa860.com/east-texas-man-killed-in-accident-out-of-state/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:35:13 +0000 Jen Austin http://q1077.com/?p=135083 A Diboll man is dead after an accident over the weekend in Louisiana, in Sabine Parish.

It happened Sunday morning, and Louisiana State Troopers say the drivers of the two pickups were both from Texas:  29-year-old Tommy F. Tilley Jr. of Diboll, and 65-year-old Earl John Broussard of Baytown.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/east-texas-man-killed-in-accident-out-of-state/feed/ 0 September and July Birthdays are Most Common http://ksfa860.com/september-and-july-birthdays-are-most-common/ http://ksfa860.com/september-and-july-birthdays-are-most-common/#comments Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:15:20 +0000 Jen Austin http://q1077.com/?p=134860 Just how popular is your birthday?

If your birthday falls in the months of July or September, you share a birthday months with millions of Americans.  Those are the most popular months to be born in, according to a very ambitious data researcher with NPR.

If you were born on a particular day in mid-September, you have the number-one most popular birthday known to man.  Congrats!  What's the least popular?

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/september-and-july-birthdays-are-most-common/feed/ 0 SFA's Hunter Dozier Makes History, Selected 8th in MLB Draft http://ksfa860.com/sfas-hunter-dozier-makes-history-selected-8th-in-mlb-draft/ http://ksfa860.com/sfas-hunter-dozier-makes-history-selected-8th-in-mlb-draft/#comments Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:45:35 +0000 Danny Merrell http://kicks105.com/?p=166555 SFA Lumberjack shortstop Hunter Dozier is not only one of the best baseball players in the Southland Conference, he's one of the best baseball players in the country, and it would seem that the Kansas City Royals think so as well. 

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/sfas-hunter-dozier-makes-history-selected-8th-in-mlb-draft/feed/ 0 SFA Athletics Tribute Today in Houston to Honor Fallen Firefighters http://ksfa860.com/tribute-today-in-houston-to-honor-fallen-firefighters/ http://ksfa860.com/tribute-today-in-houston-to-honor-fallen-firefighters/#comments Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:39:46 +0000 Jen Austin http://q1077.com/?p=134138 Firefighters from across Texas are heading to Houston to honor fellow firefighters killed in the line of duty last week.  East Texas firefighters are among those headed south to fill Reliant Stadium today at 10am for the tribute.

We mentioned yesterday that the Houston Astros wore patches on their uniforms to honor the four lives lost.  Today, the football stadium will be fill with family, friends, supporters, and members of the Crockett and Lufkin Fire Departments at a public memorial.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/tribute-today-in-houston-to-honor-fallen-firefighters/feed/ 0 Michael Nagle, Getty Images Lufkin Eatery Shines on Popular Television Show, 'Restaurant Impossible' http://ksfa860.com/watch-local-eatery-shine-on-restaurant-impossible/ http://ksfa860.com/watch-local-eatery-shine-on-restaurant-impossible/#comments Tue, 28 May 2013 16:58:12 +0000 Rick St. Nick http://q1077.com/?p=132695 If you happened to be hangin' out by the television on Sunday night ( May 26) at 9 p.m., and while channel surfing you came across  the Food Network's 'Restaurant Impossible,' the landscape may have looked familiar.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/watch-local-eatery-shine-on-restaurant-impossible/feed/ 0 East Texans Honor Veterans This Memorial Day http://ksfa860.com/east-texans-honor-veterans-this-memorial-day/ http://ksfa860.com/east-texans-honor-veterans-this-memorial-day/#comments Mon, 27 May 2013 13:51:49 +0000 Jen Austin http://q1077.com/?p=132537 Memorial Day is usually a day to relax at the lake, fire up the grill, or take in a baseball game.

But it's more than a day off.  While we're enjoying the festivities, it's important to remember why we're not at work.  To take time to honor military veterans!

A group gathered in Lufkin Saturday at the Garden of Memories cemetery to honor those who have made the ultimate sacrifice, and if you were there you probably saw the multitude of flags.  

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/east-texans-honor-veterans-this-memorial-day/feed/ 0 Tom Pennington/Getty Images Lufkin IHOP Employee Killed By Lightning Strike http://ksfa860.com/lufkin-ihop-employee-killed-by-lightning-strike/ http://ksfa860.com/lufkin-ihop-employee-killed-by-lightning-strike/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 17:24:44 +0000 Rick St. Nick http://q1077.com/?p=131799 Meshell Foxworth was likely on a break outside the Lufkin IHOP restaurant where she worked, when a lightning strike ended her life late Tuesday night.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/lufkin-ihop-employee-killed-by-lightning-strike/feed/ 0 Buckle Up! The Click it or Ticket Campaign is Underway. http://ksfa860.com/buckle-up-the-click-it-or-ticket-campaign-is-underway/ http://ksfa860.com/buckle-up-the-click-it-or-ticket-campaign-is-underway/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 12:57:02 +0000 Jen Austin http://q1077.com/?p=131518 This will be a big weekend on the roads, and police in East Texas and across the US are doing what they can to keep us all safe.  Don't forget to buckle up!  Friday will be the busiest travel day, but some folks are starting their vacations now and we can expect the roads to be packed all week.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/buckle-up-the-click-it-or-ticket-campaign-is-underway/feed/ 0 Arkansas Fallen Soldier 5K Memorial Run http://ksfa860.com/arkansas-fallen-soldier-5k-memorial-run/ http://ksfa860.com/arkansas-fallen-soldier-5k-memorial-run/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 18:25:19 +0000 Lisa Lindsey http://kkyr.com/?p=218541 Mark your calendars for Saturday, June 1 and come to the Arkansas Fallen Soldier 5k Memorial Run!

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/arkansas-fallen-soldier-5k-memorial-run/feed/ 0 LaBellaVida/Flickr College Graduates Enter the Real World With a Load of Debt http://ksfa860.com/college-graduates-enter-the-real-world-with-a-load-of-debt/ http://ksfa860.com/college-graduates-enter-the-real-world-with-a-load-of-debt/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 14:00:19 +0000 Jen Austin http://q1077.com/?p=130829 Good for you, you've graduated!  Now what?  You enter the real world with a great education and lots of enthusiasm...and mounds of debt!

We should have taken a poll of SFA grads last Saturday as they walked across the stage to get their diplomas.  It varies of course, but the average college graduate leaves school with $35,200 in debt.

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As many as ten possible tornadoes ripped through areas west of Dallas-Fort Worth Wednesday night, and left 250 people homeless, 100 injured, and 6 dead.  Changes to those numbers could come today as emergency responders fully assess the damage.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/tornadoes-rip-through-texas-leave-several-dead/feed/ 0 weather channel via KXAS TV Diboll Accident Kills Two Women, One Was Pregnant http://ksfa860.com/diboll-accident-kills-two-women-one-was-pregnant/ http://ksfa860.com/diboll-accident-kills-two-women-one-was-pregnant/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 12:24:21 +0000 Jen Austin http://q1077.com/?p=129912 Police think a car was trying to pull out of a Diboll parking lot and collided with another car on North Temple Drive, then one of the cars spun out into the path of an oncoming 18-Wheeler.  

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/diboll-accident-kills-two-women-one-was-pregnant/feed/ 0 'Live From Lufkin' Lineup Announced For Summer Fest http://ksfa860.com/live-from-lufkin-lineup-announced/ http://ksfa860.com/live-from-lufkin-lineup-announced/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 17:16:05 +0000 Autumn McDaniel http://kicks105.com/?p=161144

The voting is over, and East Texas music lovers have picked the lineup for the "Live From Lufkin" Battle of the Bands at Summer Fest Texas.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/live-from-lufkin-lineup-announced/feed/ 0 Lufkin Gets a NICU http://ksfa860.com/lufkin-gets-a-nicu/ http://ksfa860.com/lufkin-gets-a-nicu/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 13:00:14 +0000 Jen Austin http://q1077.com/?p=128646 Chances are, you know someone who has benefited from the NICU - that's Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit.

I have two friends in Dallas who gave birth to baby boys that needed a little extra help getting started in life.  One spent a month in the NICU, and one spent nine days there.  Both are doing just fine now!  One is 7 now and the other just turned 2.  They started out their lives hooked up to tubes and on respirators, and they're just as happy and healthy as every other kid now.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/lufkin-gets-a-nicu/feed/ 0 China Photos/Getty Images East Texas Food Bank + Walmart Grant Keeping Texans From Going Hungry http://ksfa860.com/east-texas-food-bank-walmart-grant-keeping-texans-from-going-hungry/ http://ksfa860.com/east-texas-food-bank-walmart-grant-keeping-texans-from-going-hungry/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 20:20:46 +0000 Rick St. Nick http://q1077.com/?p=128516 The East Texas Food Bank has been selected as one of forty winning "Feeding America" food banks to receive a $45,000 grant from Walmart's Fighting Hunger Together initiative.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/east-texas-food-bank-walmart-grant-keeping-texans-from-going-hungry/feed/ 0 Police Release Names of Three SFA Students Killed in Wreck http://ksfa860.com/police-release-names-of-three-sfa-students-killed-in-wreck/ http://ksfa860.com/police-release-names-of-three-sfa-students-killed-in-wreck/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 12:03:11 +0000 Jen Austin http://q1077.com/?p=128386 State police say the driver of the car that collided with an 18-Wheeler Saturday night had been drinking.

Three Stephen F. Austin students were killed in the accident, and one was injured.  Blood test results are still pending, but police think the driver, 19-year old Kevin Garcia, was under the influence of alcohol when he attempted a u-turn from the shoulder of the road, and entered the path of an oncoming 18-wheeler.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/police-release-names-of-three-sfa-students-killed-in-wreck/feed/ 0 Enter Brookshire Brothers BBQ Cook-Off at Summer Fest Texas 2013 http://ksfa860.com/enter-brookshire-brothers-bbq-cook-off-at-summer-fest-texas-2013/ http://ksfa860.com/enter-brookshire-brothers-bbq-cook-off-at-summer-fest-texas-2013/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 22:02:53 +0000 Autumn McDaniel http://kicks105.com/?p=160155 Is your BBQ the best in Texas? Prove it. Bring your pit, smoker and secret sauce recipes to Summer Fest 2013 and challenge teams from across the state in a BBQ showdown, May 18, 2013.

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