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FIU seeks continued success vs. UTSA in First Responder Bowl Florida International will charge into its first bowl game in six years with a chance to win five consecutive games for the first time in ...

After 42 years of investigation, law enforcement officials have identified the last perpetrator in the abduction and murder ...

A search party was organized on Saturday for James David Blount, who was last seen in Rusk over three weeks ago. “We’re all ...

A search is scheduled for Saturday in Rusk as volunteers gather to look for missing man James David Blount, who was last seen ...

RUSK, Texas (KTRE) - The Rusk Police Department is searching for a 57-year-old man whose vehicle was found Saturday near the Neches River. According to Rusk police, James David Blount was last seen ...

Texas has launched a partnership with Turning Point USA to create chapters of the right-wing organization on every high ...

Texas officials announced Monday they are partnering with Turning Point USA, the conservative organization whose co-founder Charlie Kirk was assassinated earlier this year, to put a club in every high ...

The third and final suspect in a notorious East Texas quintuple homicide has been identified 42 years after the investigation ...