

Unique and Special Needs Talent Show Saturday! Still time to register
This Saturday! Come support and celebrate our friends with unique and special needs. We want to pack the house for them! The art show...
Sandi Saulsbury
Feb 1, 2024

Emergency Management encourages Texans with property damage from recent storms to report it for possible disaster assistance
The Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) continues to urge Texans to report property damage by submitting an online damage...
Sandi Saulsbury
Jan 31, 2024


Valuable information for fire resilient landscaping from Texas A&M
Texas A&M Wildfire Education and Prevention offers some valuable information to create a fire resilient landscape this spring. 🏠 When...
Sandi Saulsbury
Jan 25, 2024

92-year-old man arrested at relatives house in Kirbyville has been charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child
As previously reported in the East Texas Banner, 92-year-old James Howard Turner was indicted in October 2023 on eight charges of...
Sandi Saulsbury
Jan 23, 2024

Heavy Rain Possible Next Week
A parade of storm systems will move into Texas next week, leading to heavy rain and potentially some flooding concerns. Stay tuned for...
Brayden Siau
Jan 18, 2024

Massive wreck on Hwy 69 from Beaumont on into Lumberton today
Earlier Monday evening around 6pm a massive pile up occurred on Hwy 69 Northbound between Beaumont and Lumberton. A now viral video shows...
Sandi Saulsbury
Jan 16, 2024

TxDOT makes travel safer with their free to use website
Before risking your life and the lives of others by getting on these icy roads, please check the TXDOT road closures and icy condition...
Sandi Saulsbury
Jan 15, 2024


Report from US National Weather Service Lake Charles
Here are the latest probabilities of freezing rain across the region Monday into Monday night. Parts of northern Tyler, Jasper and Newton...
Sandi Saulsbury
Jan 13, 2024

Severe Weather Outlook for Monday, January 8th
Beginning tomorrow morning, warm, moist air will start to move inland from the Gulf of Mexico. As the warm front pushes inland (the...
Brayden Siau
Jan 7, 2024

01/02/24 Weather Update (3 PM)
The next seven days will be quite active across East Texas. Widespread rainfall amounts of 2-4 inches will be common, with higher amounts...
Brayden Siau
Jan 2, 2024

Found safe!! 17-year-old Kirbyville girl still missing
It's aways a good day when the bad guy gets caught. Thankfully that's exactly the news the family of a missing Kirbyville girl received...
Sandi Saulsbury
Dec 2, 2023

Elvis is appearing at the Palace Theater in Kirbyville!
Jeff Rainey of Lumberton is Elvis personified! Come out to the Palace Theater to enjoy a super entertainer. He has previously appeared at...
Sandi Saulsbury
Nov 30, 2023


ETB proudly welcomes Siau as Weather Anchor!
The staff of ETB welcomes 21-year-old Brayden Siau as East Texas Banner Weather Anchor! A current resident of Norman Oklahoma, Siau...
Sandi Saulsbury
Nov 30, 2023


Weather update
The Storm Prediction Center has outlined a chance for severe weather today in East Texas. The primary threat will be isolated tornadoes....
Brayden Siau Weather Anchor OU Nightly
Nov 30, 2023

Severe weather predicted for our area tomorrow
The NOAA website is reporting that severe weather is becoming more of a concern in particular over areas of southeast Texas on Thursday,...
Sandi Saulsbury
Nov 29, 2023

Smith Wanted by Newton County Sheriff's Department
Thomas Lee Smith, Jr AKA T-Bo Smith DOB: 04/21/1980 Smith is wanted by the Newton County Sheriff’s Office for Theft of Property greater...
Sandi Saulsbury
Nov 27, 2023

Blankenship Wanted by Newton County Sheriff's Department
Rodney Allen Blankenship DOB: 03/09/1990 is wanted by the Newton County Sheriff’s Office for multiple felony warrants including...
Sandi Saulsbury
Nov 27, 2023