Where News Happens for Huntsville, TX
Press Release 07-29-2024 AUSTIN – On Friday, July 19, around 7:45 p.m., members of the Texas Department of Public Safety’s (DPS) Radiation/Nuclear Detection Unit, along with the Upton County Sheriff’s Office, Texas Department of Transportation and other local agencies, responded to the scene of a truck tractor semi-trailer on fire along State Highway 329 northwest […]
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55588 HUGHES, WHITNEY RAYE Time Confined 12:54 AM Arresting Agency DPS DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED $2,500 Surety Bond DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED BAC>=0.15 No Bond 44928 WALKER, JIMMIE LEE, JR Time Confined 12:55 AM Arresting Agency HPD PUBLIC INTOXICATION Bond Not Set RESIST ARREST SEARCH OR TRANSPORT $3,000 Surety Bond 51334 RICHARDSON, DA’VONTA DA’QUAN Time Confined 1:51 […]
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By Lance Lowry 07-27-2024 Huntsville, Texas – Early this Morning around 12:20 AM the Huntsville Police, Fire, and EMS responded to a shooting at the Quickpick convenience store located at 1020 Martin Luther King Drive. A 34 year old male was involved in an unknown type of altercation and was shot in the abdomen. Huntsville […]
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By Staff Writer 07-27-2024 Bedias, Texas – Funeral services for a 75 year old Huntsville area rancher will be held 10 A.M. today Saturday July 27, 2024 at the First Baptist Church in Madisonville, Texas. On July 23, 2024 Bryce Harold Smith was working on his ranch in Bedias clearing trees on a bulldozer when […]
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By Lance Lowry 07-26-2024 Huntsville, Texas – In 2018 a 4 story 600 bed apartment building located near Sam Houston State University was planned to open at the start of the 2023 school year. The complex was going to feature multiple lounges, study spaces, a fitness center, and a pool house. Now the lot at […]
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55584 ODOM, MUIRNA LYNN Time Confined 02:32 AM HPD Arresting Agency PUBLIC INTOXICATION Bond Not Set 39754 SMITH, JAMES CODY Time Confined 5:02 AM Arresting Agency SO DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED/CPF Bond Not Set INSURANCE – FAIL TO PRESENT PROOF Bond Not Set FAILURE TO APPEAR Bond Not Set REGISTRATION – EXPIRED Bond Not Set DRIVERS […]
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Huntsville, Texas – The City of Huntsville is taking applicants for 4 Council member-at-large positions. The ending deadline to apply with the City Secretary’s Office is August 19, 2024 at 5 PM. Applicants need to apply in at 1220 11th Street, Huntsville, Texas. It is unknown if the current office holders will seek re-election. Here […]
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54438 HANKS, KRISTIANNA PAIGE Time Confined 1:29 AM Arresting Agency DPS POSS CS PG 2 < 1G $4000.00/Surety Bond UNL CARRYING WEAPON $3000.00/Surety Bond DRIVING W/LIC INV W/PREV CONV/SUSP/W/O FIN $4000.00/Surety Bond 27151 SYKES, AARON DEVON Time Confined 2:43 AM Arresting Agency SO CRIMINAL TRESPASS $5,000.00/Surety Bond 55579 MARTIN, JIMMY FERRELL Time Confined 3:51 AM […]
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Video of the Restoration of the Huntsville “Walls” Unit Historic Clock
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By Lance Lowry 07-22-2024 Huntsville, Texas – An updated custodial death report filed by the Texas Board of Criminal Justice Inspector General to the Texas Attorney General has ruled the death of an inmate at the Micheal Unit on November 20, 2023 at 1:04 PM as an accidental overdose. The inmate identified as John Anthony […]
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By Lance Lowry 07-21-2024 Huntsville, Texas – An updated custodial death report filed by the Texas Board of Criminal Justice Inspector General to the Texas Attorney General has ruled the death of an inmate at the Robertson Unit on October 10, 2023 at 9:13 PM as an accidental overdose. The inmate identified as Derrick McKelphin, […]
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By Lance Lowry 07-21-2024 Huntsville, Texas – A custodial death report filed by the Texas Board of Criminal Justice Inspector General to the Texas Attorney General has ruled the death of an inmate at the Holliday Unit on May 1, 2024 at 6:56 AM as a suicide. The 45 year old inmate was identified as […]
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