Jeff Chavez
News Content Gatherer
East Texas
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Jeff Chavez is a news content gatherer for KLTV 7.
He graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Jeff worked for news stations in Killeen and Corpus Christi before joining the KLTV 7 news team.
He is a former professional actor who grew up in Palestine, Texas.
Education
Updated: Mar. 11, 2022 at 4:33 PM CST
|By Jeff Chavez
The exhibit features 29 quilts from the 1830s to the 1950s on display throughout the home. The display includes a quilt from the 1830s and an 1880s quilt owned by the Goodman family.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2022 at 3:16 PM CST
|By Jeff Chavez
Head band director Arron Handorf spoke about the band's 21-hour road and performance on Saturday.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2022 at 11:18 PM CST
|By Jeff Chavez
We spoke with Sheryl Addamson with YOU! EMPOWER! about the community garden.
Updated: Mar. 4, 2022 at 7:00 PM CST
|By Jeff Chavez and KLTV Digital Media Staff
After being delayed by COVID, weather, and supply chain issues, the City of Jacksonville held a public welcoming ceremony for its new $10 million public safety complex Friday.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2022 at 7:50 PM CST
|By Jeff Chavez
Last year Tool Elementary in the Malakoff School district lost its library due to flooding after pipes burst during the winter storms.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2022 at 12:09 AM CST
|By Jeff Chavez
The City of Palestine recently had a massive clean-up at its Blue Lake as part of an initiative to promote tourism and fishing.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2022 at 2:41 PM CST
|By Jeff Chavez
The two-years-in-the-making program includes new playground equipment.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2022 at 10:47 AM CST
|By Jeff Chavez and KLTV Digital Media Staff
Emergency crews are on the scene of a fire in a wooded area in Tyler.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2022 at 10:42 PM CST
|By Jeff Chavez
District 3 council member Dr. Shirley McKeller moderated the event. One of the questions she asked the candidates was how they see the crisis in Ukraine.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2022 at 11:36 AM CST
|By Jeff Chavez and Christian Terry
Fire crews responded to a home that caught fire west of Tyler Wednesday.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2022 at 6:00 PM CST
|By Jeff Chavez
More than a dozen couples showed up to get married at the Smith County courthouse on Two's-day, 2-22-22, in Smith County.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2022 at 4:45 PM CST
|By Jeff Chavez
KLTV’s Jeff Chavez spoke with Tyler Mayor Don Warren about the multi-million dollar project to improve Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd in North Tyler.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2022 at 4:50 PM CST
|By Jeff Chavez
Fire Chief Russel Marshall said the partitions are installed to stop possible hazardous contamination from engine exhaust.
Updated: Feb. 18, 2022 at 3:53 PM CST
|By Jeff Chavez
The Palestine City Council accepted Dana Goolsby's resignation before setting the date for a special election to choose her successor.
Updated: Feb. 18, 2022 at 1:43 PM CST
|By Jeff Chavez
City officials said they aim to turn the club into a new civic center.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2022 at 5:56 PM CST
|By Jeff Chavez
KLTV’s Jeff Chavez spoke to Kasey Crutcher of the Palestine Information and Tourism Board and mural artist Deanna Fry about the ‘RISE’ mural.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2022 at 11:31 PM CST
|By Jeff Chavez
The student senate of Chapel Hill High School in Smith County headed a shoe drive as a community service project, and with the help of all campuses in CHISD, they have collected many shoes to be recycled by Nike. The initiative through Nike is the “Reuse a Shoe” program.
Updated: Feb. 11, 2022 at 7:54 PM CST
|By Jeff Chavez
Stacy Crossley of Canton Main Street talks about some of the projects past and present going on in Canton’s Downtown Revitalization Plan.
Updated: Feb. 8, 2022 at 5:24 PM CST
|By Jeff Chavez
If you’ve been out and about anywhere near Rose Rudman Park in Tyler the last couple of months then you’ve have probably seen a black pot-bellied pig, that has been named Piggy Smalls by the community.
Updated: Feb. 5, 2022 at 12:08 AM CST
|By KLTV Digital Media Staff and Jeff Chavez
With temperatures below freezing, pets should be brought inside for safety and comfort. That applies to the animals at Caldwell zoo in Tyler, too.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2022 at 11:33 PM CST
|By KLTV Digital Media Staff and Jeff Chavez
“You know, the playwrights and the musical writers...all those people are in place and they are working,” Gowin said.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2022 at 7:54 PM CST
|By Jeff Chavez and Christian Terry
TxDOT says they have halted today’s pretreatment of roads due to rain and will continue tomorrow.
Updated: Dec. 10, 2021 at 7:50 PM CST
|By Jeff Chavez
Employees of Trane in Tyler, pick a name from a wish list and bring a gift for a student. It is known on campus as “Trane Christmas”.
Updated: Dec. 8, 2021 at 7:54 PM CST
|By Jeff Chavez
A Tyler Junior College program helps to meet the demand for skilled truck drivers.
Updated: Dec. 6, 2021 at 10:36 PM CST
|By Jeff Chavez
Blue’s handler is Lt. Matt Kerr. He was recently promoted inside the department, so the decision was made to retire her. Kerr spoke to us about her exceptional crime-fighting career.
Updated: Dec. 3, 2021 at 9:55 PM CST
|By Jeff Chavez
Seguin said the “BB gun bandits” hit at random times after dark targeting large commercial glass windows, some vehicle windows and also damaged windows at the city library.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2021 at 8:58 PM CST
|By Jeff Chavez
The event has a new venue this year.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2021 at 11:12 AM CST
|By Jeff Chavez
25-year-old tradition
Updated: Nov. 30, 2021 at 11:28 PM CST
|By Jeff Chavez
Santa, Mrs. Claus, and Blitzen the reindeer were on hand for the ceremony. Employees with the kiddos watching the lighting tell us it was a nice treat.
Updated: Nov. 24, 2021 at 10:14 PM CST
|By Jeff Chavez
Police video captured a screenshot of what they believe is a silver Jeep Liberty and is a vehicle of interest.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2021 at 11:28 PM CST
|By Jeff Chavez
In total, over 400 Greenberg Smoked Turkeys were given out to those that showed up.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2021 at 9:49 PM CST
|By Jeff Chavez
There’s an interesting way to help raise money and learn about Jacksonville history with the release of a new calendar.
Updated: Nov. 19, 2021 at 5:04 PM CST
|By Jeff Chavez
The City of Tyler is holding a holiday adventure camp next week at the Glass Recreation Center.
Updated: Nov. 19, 2021 at 2:01 PM CST
|By Jeff Chavez
Employees at the Winona ISD were surprised today by the sound of drums, cheerleaders, and a knock on the door to let them know that there were incentives checks for them in hand.
Updated: Nov. 18, 2021 at 3:18 PM CST
|By Jeff Chavez
The Tyler Junior College Wind Ensemble will hold a free concert tonight, Thursday, at the Rodgers Palmer Performance Center on the TJC campus at 7:30 p.m. KLTV’s Jeff Chavez has the details.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2021 at 11:43 PM CST
|By Jeff Chavez
An East Texas City has made an effort to make its streets “golf cart friendly.”
Updated: Nov. 17, 2021 at 12:27 PM CST
|By Jeff Chavez
The Pollard United Methodist Church in Tyler along with help from the community raised over $7,000 to give gift cards, homemade cards, and other treats to all 175 employees of Tyler ISD’s custodial staff to say, “Well done!”
Updated: Nov. 17, 2021 at 12:00 AM CST
|By Jeff Chavez
The Texas African American Museum in Tyler let members, city officials, and staff know that the speaker for their upcoming Inaugural Museum Gala will be Dr. Khalilah Camacho-Ali, former wife of Muhammad Ali.
Updated: Nov. 16, 2021 at 3:56 PM CST
|By Jeff Chavez
The City of Tyler is offering residents the ability to get a free locator microchip for their pets for the remainder of the year. KLTV’s Jeff Chavez has more details.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2021 at 11:10 PM CST
|By Jeff Chavez and Christian Terry
The city of Gilmer is planning on using money from a federal grant as well as funds raised through a bond to fund several substantial projects.
Updated: Nov. 12, 2021 at 1:34 PM CST
|By Jeff Chavez
There is still plenty of time to head out to Bergfield Park in Tyler for a little holiday fun. The East Texas Food Bank is hosting the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Feast at 5:30 p.m. today.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2021 at 10:29 PM CST
|By Jeff Chavez and KLTV Digital Media Staff
“The reason we did it was to bring nicer restaurants to Frankston because they are not going to come here if they can’t serve alcohol.”
Updated: Nov. 5, 2021 at 2:52 PM CDT
|By Jeff Chavez
Seven East Texas families adopted 12 children in Gregg County Judge Tim Womack’s 307th district court on Friday.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2021 at 10:41 PM CDT
|By Jeff Chavez and KLTV Digital Media Staff
Sheriff Hendrix said this is a multi-county investigation as the alleged suspects also hit cars at RV parks in Wood and Hunt County that same night.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2021 at 4:54 PM CDT
|By Jeff Chavez
City officials in Athens say they have been hoping for a new police station since the 1980s and are pleased voters passed a bond Tuesday to be used for that purpose.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2021 at 12:43 PM CDT
|By Jeff Chavez
It took three tries for one East Texas School to pass a bond for school improvements and upgrades.
Updated: Nov. 1, 2021 at 11:19 PM CDT
|By Jeff Chavez
Keep Tyler Beautiful invites the community to watch the Honeybee Observation Hive removal occurring on Nov. 1 at 6 p.m. at the Tyler Municipal Rose Garden.
Updated: Nov. 1, 2021 at 5:26 PM CDT
|By Jeff Chavez
As Jacksonville was facing an aging infrastructure in 2019, the city council decided to replace all water meters with connected digital water meters.
Updated: Oct. 29, 2021 at 4:39 PM CDT
|By Jeff Chavez
A non-profit organization is giving the Caldwell Zoo a helping hand this weekend.
Updated: Oct. 22, 2021 at 6:52 PM CDT
|By Jeff Chavez and Christian Terry
With all the festivals happening all of over East Texas this weekend, one of the biggest is the East Texas Yamboree in Gilmer. After being canceled last year due to COVID-19, the 84th annual Yamboree is back in full force.
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