November 14, 2016 - The Center Fire Department and Police Department were dispatched to a potentially volatile situation on Nacogdoches Street (State Highway 7 West) Monday, November 14, 2016 when workers struck a gas line.
November 13, 2016 - The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) was dispatched to a single-vehicle rollover on FM 417 Friday, November 11, 2016 just under two miles from Shelbyville.
November 13, 2016 - The West Shelby Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to an industrial mulcher fire at 1374 CR 1286 Friday, November 11, 2016 at 6pm at the residence of Stacey McSwain.
November 13, 2016 - ACE EMS was dispatched to the scene of an incident where a man was run over by a pickup truck just under two and a half miles north of the Center city limits on U.S. 96 North.
November 10, 2016 - Hurst Street at the intersection of Nacogdoches Street in Center was the scene of a three-vehicle crash Thursday, November 10, 2016 which provided major damage to the vehicles and traffic delays during a high traffic time period.
November 8, 2016 - The driver of a vehicle involved in a crash on FM 1645 was life-flighted from the scene Saturday.
According to Texas Department of Public Safety State Trooper Taylor Buster, at 12-midnight on Saturday, November 5, 2016 a grey 2002 BMW 325 driven by Jerry Wayne Akins II, 29, of Lufkin was northbound on FM 1645 near CR 4012.
As the BMW traveled through a curve at an unsafe speed, Akins lost control and the BMW ran off the roadway to the left and overturned, ejecting Akins and coming to rest in the trees and on top of Akins.