Courtesy Photo   It’s that time of year when the June bugs are out with cleverly disguised snakes close behind. Watch where you step and look carefully when reaching things on…

Texas Museum Thwarts Obama Sequestration  Staff Editorial The 2013 Air Force is the first graduation on record that has occurred under a Sequester created by a non functioning Congress and…

Suspect Wanted In Connection With Home Invasion   By Will Johnson  Messenger Reporter  CROCKETT – A standoff between Houston County law enforcement and a suspect wanted for his alleged role in…

By Sarah Pegues Messenger Reporter ANDERSON COUNTY – Jessie Clayton Honeycutt remains behind bars following his arrest Friday, June 14 after it was discovered that he had been sexually assaulting…

By Will Johnson Messenger Reporter CROCKETT – A standoff between Houston County law enforcement and a suspect wanted for his suspected role in a home invasion has turned into a…

By Sarah Pegues Messenger Reporter CROCKETT – A Houston County woman received a sentence of 10 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on Thursday, June 13. Sharon Lee…

By Sarah Pegues Messenger Reporter CROCKETT – Officers with the Crockett Police Department are currently investigating an early-morning home invasion and assault which occurred Thursday, June 13 at a residence…

By Will Johnson Messenger Reporter PALESTINE – After several weeks of surveillance on a Palestine residence, law enforcement officers with the Palestine Police Department’s Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU), were able…

By Sarah Pegues Messenger Reporter  LOVELADY – A head-on collision just south of Lovelady claimed the lives of three individuals Wednesday, June 12. According to DPS Trooper Heith White, two…

By Sarah Pegues Messenger Reporter GRAPELAND – During a regularly scheduled meeting held Tuesday, June 11 at 6 p.m., the Grapeland ISD School Board approved the hiring of Shawn Brown…