Carrie Provinsal
Digital Content Producer
Carrie Provinsal is a native Texan. In her younger days, she danced with the Dallas Ballet, canned fish in Alaska, studied philosophy in Belgium, and worked for the Big Apple Circus in New York.
Making East Texas her home in 2003, she taught English at Boulter Middle School. Bit by the news bug, she earned her journalism degree from the University of Texas at Tyler.
Carrie’s passion for story-telling led her to join KLTV in 2019 as a digital writer and producer. She lives in Tyler with her two sons, a dog, and two cats. Fun fact: the female cat snores.
Updated: Jun. 14, 2022 at 11:33 AM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
Three volunteer firefighters from the Moffett Volunteer Fire Department were flown to Herman Memorial Hospital following a woods fire in Lufkin.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2022 at 9:08 AM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
James Tad Wheeler Jr. walked away from the jail Thursday night around 10 p.m. As of Friday morning, it’s unclear where he is.
Updated: Jun. 6, 2022 at 4:46 PM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
Rodolfo Vazquez Jr. was arrested May 24 and charged with injury to a child with serious bodily injury and child endangerment for a collective bond of $30,000.
Updated: Jun. 6, 2022 at 9:31 AM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
Christopher Cisco, 27, of Marshall was arrested Sunday for murder and is being held on a $250,000 bond.
Updated: May. 27, 2022 at 4:23 PM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
The evidence found off of Green Tree Acres Road led to the arrest of Steven Clowdus, 42, for tampering with physical evidence with a bail of $500,000.
Updated: May. 11, 2022 at 4:22 PM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
The driver, Mohamed Diopout, 20, of Little Rock, Ark. was arrested for evading in a motor vehicle and assault on a public servant, both felony offenses.
Updated: May. 10, 2022 at 1:06 PM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
The state attorney general’s office released the cause and manner of death of a Whitehouse man killed during a hostage standoff with law enforcement in April.
Updated: May. 10, 2022 at 11:35 AM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
The Tyler Police Department’s K9 Dino will receive a bullet and stab protective vest.
Updated: May. 3, 2022 at 3:48 PM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
Elliott Jeffery Caldwell Jr., 35, removed the collar from one of the tracking dogs and gagged the dog so it couldn’t bark resulting in the felony charge of assault on a public servant.
Updated: Mar. 30, 2022 at 1:26 PM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
When a woman arrived at her home Monday at about 9 p.m., she found Hilaro Rosas, 40, asleep on the floor.
Updated: Mar. 29, 2022 at 10:57 AM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
A construction worker fell an estimated 40 feet to his death during the beginning of roof work at Green Acres Baptist Church, according to Tyler police.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2022 at 12:16 PM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
Chatiryn Akerra Butler,18, from Tyler, was determined to be the driver of the suspect vehicle according to authorities.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2022 at 12:16 PM CST
|By Carrie Provinsal
Jeffery Lance Gurley, 56 currently faces 10 charges of child pornography for a collective bond of $500,000. Gurley is already facing a charge of sexual assault of a child from August 2021 with a bond of $250,000.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2022 at 10:48 AM CST
|By Carrie Provinsal
Randy Dewayne Jones Jr., 19, of Crockett is wanted for allegedly sending messages to students stating “seven carloads of people were going to come and shoot up the school”, according to police.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2022 at 3:28 PM CST
|By Erin Wides and Carrie Provinsal
Judge R. Scott McKee determined the witnesses’ depositions would be relevant and have been set for April 5 at 9 a.m.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2022 at 3:23 PM CST
|By Carrie Provinsal
She describes the low-impact high-intensity classes as a “party on a bike” that takes place in a “cycle theatre”.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2022 at 9:56 AM CST
|By Carrie Provinsal
If the bond is approved by voters, the district plans to build a new primary school for students in Head Start through 3rd grade, renovate the Elementary School into a career and technical education center focused on students earning an industry-based certification following high school.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2022 at 9:23 AM CST
|By Carrie Provinsal
Jasper police report a suspect is in custody and the victim is recovering after a shooting on Feb. 5.
Updated: Feb. 14, 2022 at 3:24 PM CST
|By Carrie Provinsal
Brendan Kyle Austin, 26, was booked back into the Gregg County Jail on Feb. 7. The bond has been raised from $350,000 to $2.5 million bond for a murder charge that occurred in June 2020.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2022 at 1:22 PM CST
|By Carrie Provinsal
Erbaugh said police are still waiting for final autopsy results but “no foul play is suspected”.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2022 at 9:49 AM CST
|By Carrie Provinsal
Manuel Mendez Prieto II, age 17, was indicted in Nov. 2021 for the murder of Michael Lee Tucker. He is being held in the Smith County Jail on $1 million bond.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2021 at 4:16 PM CST
|By Carrie Provinsal
Amanda Megrail received four years of deferred adjudication in Judge Skeen’s court.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2021 at 3:06 PM CST
|By Carrie Provinsal
Tyrek Caucasea Neal was charged with the murder of Makayla Goodson. Goodson was shot numerous times at her home in the Thunder Point community on Nov. 5.
Updated: Nov. 30, 2021 at 4:29 PM CST
|By Carrie Provinsal
The suspect, Tommy McArthur Jones III is being held in the Van Zandt County Jail on charges of burglary, evading arrest, and unlicensed carrying of weapon, for a collective bond of $75,000.
Updated: Nov. 24, 2021 at 1:44 PM CST
|By Carrie Provinsal
Fort was charged with driving while intoxicated following a witness’s report of seeing a Constable SUV swerving in and out of all lanes on Gilmer Rd.
Updated: Nov. 19, 2021 at 11:08 AM CST
|By Carrie Provinsal
Jared Hudson was reported missing by a family member. Hudson and the vehicle he was driving had not been seen for several days.
Updated: Nov. 18, 2021 at 3:49 PM CST
|By Carrie Provinsal
Christy Jean Traynham, 37, is suspected of profiting approximately $3163.60 in winnings from scratch-off Texas lottery tickets while working at a Murchison convenience store.
Updated: Nov. 16, 2021 at 2:53 PM CST
|By Carrie Provinsal
Craig Steven Harwart, 56, pleaded guilty to four first-degree felony offenses of aggravated assault against police officers.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2021 at 2:51 PM CST
|By Carrie Provinsal
Demetric Marshall, 19, and a juvenile were identified as shooters in the incident, according to Lufkin police.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2021 at 2:30 PM CST
|By Carrie Provinsal
Jose Manuel Esparza, 23, was arrested and charged with manslaughter, a second-degree felony, on Nov. 5.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2021 at 1:33 PM CST
|By Carrie Provinsal
Eddie Dewayne Wills, 52, of Tyler was arrested for promotion of child pornography a second-degree felony according to the Smith County arrest affidavit.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2021 at 11:26 AM CST
|By Carrie Provinsal
A Mineola man has pleaded guilty to charges related to a 2015 incident at Sky Ranch.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2021 at 11:19 AM CST
|By Carrie Provinsal
The Camp County Sheriff’s Office and Texas Rangers are investigating the death of a 21-year-old woman whose body was found in her home Saturday morning.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2021 at 10:18 AM CST
|By Carrie Provinsal
Austin Yandle, 26, of Henderson, was found to be in possession of suspected child pornography and in possession of suspected psilocybin, (psychedelic mushrooms) according to the sheriff’s office.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2021 at 3:17 PM CST
|By Carrie Provinsal
The arrest affidavit for Jorge Alberto Ruiz Jr., 22, of Tyler, revealed blood toxicology with a presence of multiple controlled substances in his system including alprazolam, Delta-9-THC, and Methamphetamine.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2021 at 2:16 PM CST
|By Carrie Provinsal
Former Smith County detention officer, Amanda Gayle Megrail, 26, of Lindale was indicted on Sept. 30 for violating the civil rights of a person in custody.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2021 at 3:43 PM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
A Tyler pastor, Rev. Jerome Milton, of the Open Door Baptist Church, is accused of using an elderly couple’s debit card and checks from their account for his personal expenses, according to an arrest affidavit.
Updated: Oct. 8, 2021 at 1:24 PM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
Lufkin police have released the circumstances and identities of those involved in a shooting Thursday where two people were injured, a car crash ensued and an officer fired a rifle at a suspect.
Updated: Oct. 8, 2021 at 12:11 PM CDT
|By Julian Esparza and Carrie Provinsal
The prosecution presented more witness testimony Friday in the trial of a former East Texas nurse accused of killing patients.
Updated: Oct. 8, 2021 at 10:33 AM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
On Aug. 26 a Smith County Grand Jury returned indictments for eight people accused of involvement in an alleged drug ring, and one suspect is on the run.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2021 at 2:42 PM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
Wood County Fire Marshall Tully Davidson suspected Officer Courtney Dwaine Keel of the Hainesville Fire Department according to the arrest affidavit.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2021 at 10:02 AM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
Crawford appeared in Judge Jackson’s court Monday morning accepting a three-year deferred adjudication sentence, according to Smith County DA Jacob Putman.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2021 at 3:54 PM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
Gonzales assaulted a woman, threatened her with a gun, led Trinity and Crockett police on a chase, and crashed into a Crockett police vehicle.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2021 at 3:50 PM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
Diboll ISD will require masks to be worn by students, staff, and visitors beginning Wednesday, Sept. 1.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2021 at 2:03 PM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
Sheriff Brent Dickson said she was discovered around 3 a.m. Sunday during a routine visual inspection.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2021 at 9:22 AM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
Margret Ann Sanders died early in the morning and was believed to have been pregnant, according to the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office.
Updated: Jul. 30, 2021 at 9:54 PM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
The sheriff said attack and tracking dogs were brought back to the area of Winding Creek and Lake L subdivision before he was located.
Updated: Jul. 30, 2021 at 12:12 PM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
Johnson was holding a “black-handled rusted metal claw hammer clenched tightly in his hand” and was instructed several times to put the hammer down but refused, according to the officer’s statement.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2021 at 9:13 AM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
Sunday the Nacogdoches police found the body of Carole Favro, 72, who died as a result of an assault.
Updated: Jul. 19, 2021 at 2:57 PM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
A teenager who was fishing at Lake O’ the Pines drowned Saturday.