The second annual Alex Trawick Memorial Golf Tournament is set to take place March 10 at Crown Colony Country Club, offering the community an opportunity to honor Alex’s memory while supporting causes that mattered most to him.

Elton John’s music has touched music fans for more than half a century with his tunes that capture a wide array of emotions. An elite Elton John tribute band will bring those tunes to Lufkin in Tom’s Elton Tribute Jan. 29 at the Pines Theater.

After more than a decade and a thousand-mile journey, a long lost handmade guitar could be on its way home to Nacogdoches County soon. East Texas musician Joshua Mullin lost his rare custom Mossman guitar in 2012 after a crash that left him severely injured.

A Zavalla woman died from injuries she suffered in a two-vehicle crash Friday at the intersection of U.S. Highway 69 at FM 1818, south of Huntington, according to a report from the Texas Department of Public Safety.

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Articles. Lufkin native ready for run at Georgia governor; Discount grocer Aldi set to open store in Nacogdoches; Longtime AC president Larry Phillips dies Monday

Officers from the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office in Arkansas apprehended Jeremy Wayne Gladden, 40, of Zavalla, as a suspect in the unauthorized use of white Chevrolet S-10 belonging to Lawrence Jason Wise, 55, of Zavalla, that was taken from the area of the crime scene, according to Angelina County Sheriff Tom Selman.

Articles. Lufkin native ready for run at Georgia governor; Discount grocer Aldi set to open store in Nacogdoches; Longtime AC president Larry Phillips dies Monday

Editor’s note: Newsroom staff of The Lufkin Daily News voted this as the No. 5 local story of 2024. We are counting down the top 10 local stories, with the No. 1 story scheduled to run Dec. 31.