A delicate rescue operation by Lufkin Fire Department saved a trapped truck driver after a collision on U.S. 59 south, with the driver now recovering in hospital. Read More

A Louisiana truck driver was trapped in his cab for several hours after an early morning wreck on Highway 59. It took a Lufkin Fire Department Special Operations Team to lead the extraction of the dri ... Read More

A 71-year-old Lufkin man died after his SUV veered off U.S. Highway 59 and plunged into the Neches River. The cause of the crash remains under investigation. Read More

A Lufkin man died Monday after his vehicle drove off of U.S. Highway 59 into the Neches River, according to a report from the Texas Department of Public Safety. Read More

South First Street will be closed to traffic Wednesday until 3 p.m. for overlay work. The city says the closure will run from the back entrance of McDonald's to Perishing ... Read More

The City of Lufkin has closed South First Street from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday for scheduled overlay work. Read More

No one was injured in the crash. Read More

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - Lufkin pediatrician Dr. George Fidone has been arrested in connection with a wreck that killed a Pollok man on Jan. 17. Fidone, 65, is charged with one count of intoxication ... Read More

Traffic will be routed to the Denman exit while to clear road and the truck uprighted by a wrecker, police report. Read More

Two women have died and a man remains in an out-of-town hospital after a one-vehicle crash around 9 a.m. Monday on U.S. Highway 59 south of Lufkin, according to a ... Read More

: 49-year-old Tiffany Rutland of Alto was pronounced dead, according to the Lufkin Police Department, following the fatal crash on US 59 in Lufkin on Monday morning The victim of the fatal crash on US ... Read More

Two women have died and one man remains hospitalized following a one-vehicle wreck Monday morning on U.S. 59 south of Lufkin. Read More

UPDATE: The victim of the fatal crash on US 59 in Lufkin on Monday morning has been identified as 43-year-old Alishia Scott, according to the Lufkin Police Department. LUFKIN, Texas (KETK) - One ... Read More

LUFKIN, Texas (KETK) - Crews are responding to a fatal crash in Lufkin that is causing significant traffic delays Monday morning. According to the Lufkin Police Department, one northbound lane of U.S. Read More

A Grapeland woman died in a single-vehicle crash in Lufkin, leaving two others injured, according to the police. An investigation is underway. Read More

A 24-year-old FedEx driver died after his truck crashed into an 18-wheeler on U.S. Highway 59 in Lufkin. Read More

A Lufkin man driving a FedEx box truck died Monday after sustaining injuries in a wreck on U.S. Highway 59 near College Drive in Lufkin. Read More

A Corrigan man was arrested on a charge of driving while intoxicated Tuesday afternoon after a wreck on U.S. Highway 59 just south of the intersection of FM 819, according ... Read More

The family of a crash victim is suing Dr. George Fidone, accused of intoxication manslaughter, after a January crash that killed Dmarcus Hadnot and injured his wife. Read More

Night work to mill and inlay the length of U.S. Highway 59 Business (BU 59) in Lufkin will begin next week. Read More

On Jan. 17, Demarcus Hadnot, 26, of Pollok, died after a crash on College Drive at 10:15 a.m.. His passenger, Paige Turner, 24, was flown to a Tyler hospital. Read More

A Pollok man has died and two other people are injured following a wreck on College Drive in Lufkin Saturday morning. Read More

A Pollok man lost his life in a two-car head-on crash on College Drive at 10:15 a.m. today, January 17, 2026, according to the Lufkin Police Department. Read More

After searching the vehicle, police found 27-year-old Adelia Garcia Torres and her 8-year-old son, both of Lufkin, but both of them were confirmed dead. LIVINGSTON, Texas - An East Texas mother and ... Read More

The funeral arrangements have been made for the Lufkin ISD teacher who was tragically killed following a car crash on Monday. According to her obituary, Morgan Wright's funeral will be held at the ... Read More

Morgan Wright, a speech pathologist and the wife of Wells ISD superintendent Friday Wright, was killed after she was struck during a crash involving a 16-year-old evading police in a stolen truck. It ... Read More

: Leverett's Chapel ISD said in a statement on Tuesday morning that Wells ISD Superintendent Friday Wright lost his wife, Morgan, in a car accident that occurred Monday afternoon in downtown Lufkin. Read More

A Pollok woman died Monday evening in a Tyler hospital from injuries sustained in a two-vehicle wreck earlier that day in downtown Lufkin, according to a press release from Jackie ... Read More

Morgan Wright, a speech pathologist and the wife of Wells ISD superintendent Friday Wright, was killed after she was struck during a crash involving a 16-year-old evading police in a stolen truck. It ... Read More

Trinity County Sheriff Wood Wallace says Levi Simmons previously stole the same truck he crashed within the last week. Read More

The southwest segment of Loop 224 will close to southbound traffic Thursday night as contractors install bridge girders as part of an ongoing interchange reconstruction, according to the Texas Departm ... Read More

There are two dozen fewer things to like about Texas now, as a number of Dairy Queen locations ... Lufkin's last operational Dairy Queen and the one on U.S. Highway 69 south in Huntington are the only ... Read More

A 27-year-old Lufkin man has been sentenced to 175 months in federal prison for drug trafficking and firearms violations, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Abe McGlothin, Jr. Read More

The City of Lufkin said a water line broke Saturday morning near the intersection of First Street and Timberland Drive. Read More

LUFKIN, Texas - An accident involving two 18-wheelers on U.S. 59 south near Southwood Drive / FM 324 has caused significant traffic disruptions, according to Lufkin Police and Fire. The incident ... Read More

Here's a list of road conditions across East Texas: HWY 135 S of County Club Rd. (Gladewater) 100 block of Alta St.; tree across the road (Lufkin) 900 block of Leslie Ln.; tree across the road ... Read More

Officials believe the driver of the Honda was trying to use the crossover in front of Cotton Patch. The 18-wheeler t-boned the Honda. Read More

Officials believe the driver of the Honda was trying to use the crossover in front of Cotton Patch. The 18-wheeler t-boned the Honda. Read More

The Texas Department of Transportation Lufkin District has closed portions of U.S. Highway 59 throughout East Texas as it has become impassable due to flooding. Officials were not aware of any ... Read More

Richard Babb, has been reported missing since February 3, 2024, after a boating accident near Lake Amistad Dam. Read More

The Texas Department of Transportation is giving residents ... Upcoming Highway 59 Closures Near Diboll Big Traffic Pattern Changes On The Way for Highway 59 Near Lufkin Big Traffic Pattern Changes On ... Read More

LUFKIN, TX (KTRE) - Angelina County emergency crews worked to clear a six-vehicle accident that occurred on U.S. Highway 59 North just outside of Lufkin Thursday afternoon. Two people were taken ... Read More

LUFKIN, TX (KTRE) - LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - Lufkin Police arrested ... Diboll Police deployed spikes on Hwy 59 on towards Diboll, Jones tires were deflated. However, authorities say that didn ... Read More