News from Nacogdoches (2024)

The great conservative law scholar Ronald D. Rotunda wrote about a year before his death that “every generation must relearn the lessons of free speech.”

NACOGDOCHES — The most photographed vehicle at the Texas Blueberry Festival — Tipton Ford’s 1951 F-1 pickup — returns downtown Saturday for another weekend of photo ops.

NACOGDOCHES — Carnival rides and a crowd-painted mural are among new events at Saturday’s Texas Blueberry Festival along with returning events such as a pet parade, pie-eating contests and car show.

With plans of attending Texas A&M-Commerce, recent Nacogdoches High School graduate Juan Perez-Rivera was just about to file his completed application for federal financial aid when the trouble started.

NACOGDOCHES — The city’s Historic Sites Department is hosting a series of summer events at the historic Zion Hill church, 324 N. Lanana St., including a community collection day this Saturday.

NACOGDOCHES — When art Professor William E. Arscott retired this year at the end of the spring semester, he had taught 62 years at SFA.

Greater East Texas Community Action Program is celebrating its 60th anniversary Thursday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house for its new regional office.

NACOGDOCHES — Harsh Patel wasted no time summing up his feelings after presiding over the first groundbreaking for a new hotel in Nacogdoches in nearly two decades.

NACOGDOCHES — A “lengthy” investigation into two massage establishments in Nacogdoches resulted in three arrests on charges of indecent assault and prostitution Thursday, according to a press release from Nacogdoches Police Department.

NACOGDOCHES — Nacogdoches musicians are putting together a new concert festival as part of a broader push to promote East Texas’ burgeoning music scene.

The great conservative law scholar Ronald D. Rotunda wrote about a year before his death that “every generation must relearn the lessons of free speech.”

NACOGDOCHES — Residents of neighborhoods near Nacogdoches’ South Loop 224 and U.S. 59 broke into applause Tuesday when they learned the north end of Old Lufkin Road will reopen after a months-long, construction-related closing, but their enthusiasm was short lived.

NACOGDOCHES — A Nacogdoches man accused of killing his girlfriend and her mother in October has been charged with capital murder.

The big question for East Texas residents regarding Monday’s solar eclipse is whether to make a day trip into the path of totality or stay put.

NACOGDOCHES — Lawmakers gathered in Nacogdoches this week to discuss issues facing rural East Texans as the state prepares for unprecedented growth over the next several decades.

NACOGDOCHES — The aftershocks of this year’s primary season continue to reverberate through Texas.

NACOGDOCHES — A Nacogdoches County man who authorities described as a major supplier of methamphetamine was sentenced to 50 years in prison on drug and weapon charges.

NACOGDOCHES — Building trust with Stephen F. Austin State University's faculty and capitalizing on access to resources offered by the University of Texas System are top priorities for incoming university president Neal Weaver.

NACOGDOCHES — Building trust with Stephen F. Austin State University's faculty and capitalizing on access to resources offered by the University of Texas System are top priorities for incoming university president Neal Weaver.

NACOGDOCHES — Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital will have about $10 million cash on hand in April as the county hospital district continues to work through retaking control of the facility from Lion Star.

A Center man who held a Nacogdoches man captive during a 16-hour road trip to Austin and back was sentenced to six decades in prison.

NACOGDOCHES — A Lufkin man will spend at least three decades in prison after being convicted of three child sexual abuse charges in Nacogdoches County.

NACOGDOCHES — Betty Ann Taylor thinks she might be the four-leaf clover queen of Texas.

NACOGDOCHES — Congressman Pete Sessions and Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham will be the top speakers at the Lone Star Legislative Summit next month as lawmakers from the state and nation’s capitals gather in Nacogdoches.

NACOGDOCHES — The healing is already starting at Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital.

Stephen F. Austin State University’s radio station changed its call sign Friday, one of several new changes that are meant to breathe new life into the student-crewed alternative rock station.

NACOGDOCHES — Lion Star CEO Sean Fowler said this week that Nacogdoches Memorial hospital was in “imminent danger” of closing after the state’s health agency demanded a more than $7 million repayment.

NACOGDOCHES — Lion Star will transfer operations of Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital back to the Nacogdoches County Hospital District, which plans to continue a full slate of services and reverse the company’s decision to close three clinics.

NACOGDOCHES — Nearly a dozen people asked the Nacogdoches County Hospital District on Tuesday to do everything in its power to stop Lion Star from closing three clinics.

NACOGDOCHES — Nearly a dozen people asked the Nacogdoches County Hospital District on Tuesday to do everything in its power to stop Lion Star from closing three clinics.

NACOGDOCHES — Lion Star is laying off upward of 50 people while closing its obstetrics unit, a women’s care clinic in Nacogdoches and a primary care clinic in Garrison, according to multiple people familiar with the decision.

Rusk filmmaker Curtis Craven is giving audiences another peek behind the pine curtain.

We were wrong.

NACOGDOCHES — The death of an inmate at the Nacogdoches County jail will be investigated by the Texas Rangers, sheriff’s officials say.

A Lufkin man was charged with a second-degree felony Monday night after deputies discovered a "large quantity" of methamphetamine in his vehicle during a traffic stop, according to the Nacogdoches County Sheriff’s Office.

NACOGDOCHES — City of Nacogdoches officials say they are looking into allegations of $22,000 in questionable employee purchases but that the city won’t be pursuing a more extensive investigation requested by a citizen during a Jan. 23 public forum.

City of Nacogdoches officials are asking residents along Lanana and Banita creeks to consider evacuating their homes after heavy rain left creeks swollen and roads flooded Saturday.

As the old saying goes, there’s three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics.

Editor's note: Extended coverage of Monday's political rallies will be included in the Wednesday edition of The Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel.

NACOGDOCHES — With just a dish of pet food, a stray cat will seemingly become 20 overnight.

MORAL — The church that tamales built is continuing its long tradition with some new renovations in mind.

NACOGDOCHES — The kickoff event for “Unseen Suffering” began with an explanation of human trafficking, a crime in which traffickers strategically lure and defraud people by exploiting their vulnerabilities for financial or sexual gain.

“Arthur and Lilly” provides a fascinating bit of history regarding the Holocaust that cannot be found anywhere else.

NACOGDOCHES — Texas Department of Transportation officials say they are working to get a new contractor in place for a stalled bridge construction project on Texas Highway 21.

NACOGDOCHES — JoEl Taylor is thankful in spite of an infinite amount of challenges and struggles ahead.

This week, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz essentially compared school vouchers to the Civil Rights Movement, whether he meant to or not, by calling school choice “the civil rights issue of our time.”

An online lawn care referral company ranked Nacogdoches at No. 7 on its newly released list of “2024 Cities with the Biggest Yards,” based on a local average size yard of .825 acres.

Among the most expensive but common problems caused by freezing weather is burst pipes, as many local residents discovered during the winter storm in 2021.

NACOGDOCHES — A 23-year-old Nacogdoches man was killed and two others were injured in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon on Northeast Stallings Drive.

NACOGDOCHES — Actor Troy Bronson had to dig deep to portray one of Nacogdoches’ most famous but obscure scientists for a matter of seconds in the historical drama “Oppenheimer.”

NACOGDOCHES — Stories with wide-reaching impact for Nacogdoches and beyond dominated the headlines of The Daily Sentinel in 2023.