Michael B. Duff

Rose City Airfest will be held at Tyler Pounds Regional Airport Friday, just in time for the Independence Day weekend. Before the festivities kick off, though, there was a pilot reception on Thursday to honor veterans.

KLTV Chief Meteorologist Mark Scirto, Smith County Fire Marshal Jay Brooks, and Tyler Fire Chief David Coble received NET Health’s 2022 W.T “Doc” Ballard Award for excellence in public health on Thursday evening.

A fire has left Triumphant Life Church in Hudson a total loss after pastor Rick Hanes noticed smoke coming from the roof vents shortly after 6:15 Wednesday evening.

The Northeast Texas Public Health District now considers six of the seven counties they cover to be experiencing a moderate level of community spread when it comes to COVID-19.

“The goal is always to better reach our community, have a better source of communicating with the community,” Bethanie Mehl said. “The goal is to stay as transparent as possible in times of emergencies. This is going to be one of the best ways to communicate with the whole community.”

An 18-year-old man who accidentally shot another man in the chest and killed him agreed to 10 years of deferred adjudication Thursday.

The 51-year-old Jackson is the court’s 116th justice and she took the place Thursday of the justice she once worked for. Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement took effect at noon.

Authorities in Texas say four migrants have died and three other people were hospitalized in another fatal human smuggling attempt.

The truck went through the checkpoint on Interstate 35, 26 miles northeast of the border city of Laredo, Texas.

Union Grove High School students in the SystemGo program launched a rocket at White Sands Missile Range last weekend.

A third person has been indicted and arrested in connection with the alleged murder of a Kilgore woman.