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: Dec. 2, 2022 at 1:31 PM CST
|By Carrie Provinsal
A forensic examiner identified the shoe as a Nike Air Zoom Kobe Venonmenon 4 basketball shoe. Lufkin police said “we are releasing this information in hopes that it will jog someone’s memory as to a possible suspect."
Updated: Nov. 30, 2022 at 4:25 PM CST
|By Carrie Provinsal
A former Carlisle ISD teacher arrested on child pornography charges in 2020 has committed suicide, according to the Marion County sheriff.
Updated: Nov. 30, 2022 at 3:33 PM CST
|By Avery Gorman and Carrie Provinsal
Flournoy had accused court members of covering up their own misconduct when the commissioners fired Chuck Walker as the county’s road engineer in March 2022 and then replaced him.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2022 at 1:14 PM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
According to the affidavit, the principal of Longview Lead Academy said Crosby was sent to the school’s front office after a disagreement with a teacher.
Updated: Oct. 17, 2022 at 3:03 PM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
Eduardo Avelar, 25, of Tyler will serve ten years deferred adjudication for the first-degree aggravated sexual assault of a child.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2022 at 5:04 PM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
Dustin Taylor, 40, of Gilmer, was taken into custody for Evading Arrest with a Vehicle and Unauthorized Use of Motor Vehicle.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 8:13 PM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
Nacogdoches police have arrested the boyfriend of a woman whose death is being investigated as a homicide.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 10:00 PM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
The parents Brandy Christine Jaco, 31, and Gary Duane Phillips, 30, both of Tyler, have been charged with abandon or endangering a child, a state jail felony. Jaco’s bond is set at $200,000 and Phillips bond is $300,000.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2022 at 1:35 PM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal and Jamey Boyum
Longview police report Michael Ross, 55, of Longview was walking southbound on Neiman Marcus Parkway when a SUV traveling northbound struck him.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2022 at 9:56 AM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
The victim was transported by EMS to Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital and was later flown to another hospital due to the serious nature of his injuries, according to police.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 5:18 PM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
Robby Earle Moseley, 32, of Quitman was charged with the felony offense of abuse of corpse, and burglary and is being held on a collective bond of $35,000.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 11:31 AM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
During sentencing the jury was told of Johnson’s extensive criminal history, including six prior felony convictions, and being on parole for narcotics trafficking at the time of the robbery.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 4:20 PM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
Chassin Tausch, 17, of Colmesneil was charged with felony terroristic threat by Tyler County deputies on Wednesday.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 3:38 PM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
Nancy Kay Boyd, 56, has been charged with financial abuse of elderly by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2022 at 6:18 PM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
The man’s body was recovered by the Mt. Pleasant Fire Department dive team shortly after 11 p.m. on Friday, according to Taylor.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2022 at 5:05 PM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
A man convicted of murder in Midland who has been on death row since 2003 is now in custody for capital murder in Harrison County.
Updated: Aug. 15, 2022 at 1:05 PM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
Fighting between the victim’s aunt and the accused shooter’s sister led up to the shooting of a Longview ISD student, according to an affidavit.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2022 at 2:55 PM CDT
|By Carrie Provinsal
A Wood County jury voted not to pursue criminal charges against a man accused of a fatal shooting at a Hawkins convenience store that was captured on surveillance video.
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.