A 15-year-old teenager was killed and a 10-year-old was injured in a shooting late Tuesday night involving two young siblings in Troup County, according to the Troup County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office said deputies responded at 10:41 p.m. Tuesday to a home in the 1600 block of Bartley Road in LaGrange to a report […]
TROUP, Texas (KETK) – Troup High School senior Cooper Reid graduated in the school’s 2024 graduation ceremony on Friday. ‘It’s been a really emotional ride’: East Texas welcomes Cooper Reid home Reid earned his diploma after being seriously injured as a junior during a homecoming football game that he was playing in with Troup Tigers. […]
The Troup County Board of Education named its favored candidate to become the district’s new superintendent. On Thursday, the Board named Dr. Rachel B. Hazel as the sole finalist to be the new Superintendent of the Troup County School System, tentatively bringing a months-long search to a close. The search for a new superintendent started […]
TROUP, Texas (KETK) – The Smith County Emergency Services District 2 has reported that an oil tank exploded at a site on County Road 4703 near Troup on Sunday afternoon. 5 injured in Longview apartment complex shooting Smith County ESD2 responded with six career firefighters, six volunteer firefighters and a battalion chief, along with with […]
Mar. 28—Troup native Sherman Clem earned the 2023 Field Enumerator of the Year award from the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture in partnership with the United States Department of Agricultural Statistics Service. “It’s a great honor,” Clem said. “I’ve always tried to do the best I can on anything I do.” Five awards […]
TROUP, Texas (KETK) — Smith County residents are breaking their silence after a dog died from ingesting poison. RECORDS: 11-year-old girl’s body found in Trinity River tied to rock, suspect charged with capital murder At the East Shore Estates in Troup, neighbors Jennifer Wilson and Carol Smith allege their dogs were fed rat poison. “I […]