Sarah Thomas

Hutson said canceling the Yamboree fireworks and the festival is in the best interest of public health and safety — especially since more than half the population in Gilmer is 55 and older.

The bee box is in the arboretum’s gift shop, and members of East Texas Beekeepers and the Longview Beekeeping Association were there Monday morning to install the bees.

Depending on business, they’ve got enough beef for about two more weeks.

The guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention include funerals where social distancing means the usual gestures of love and comfort are gone.

“I was one of his biggest champions, one of his biggest fans because he had such a great voice," Neal McCoy said.

“This is not a game. This is not a movie set. People die in this business," said Dr. Lane Rolling, director of the Clinical Education and Research Tropical Pathology and Infectious Disease Association.

Tommie "Tonea" Stewart's television and screen credits include "In the Heat of the Night", "A Time To Kill", "Touched By An Angel", "ER" and "Mississippi Burning."

On Tuesday, Smith County Judge Nathaniel Moran briefed commissioners about the results of a public survey and potential sites for the new building.

The ceremonial tree planting celebrates Ed Moore’s years of service as a council member.

The East Texas 100 Club board voted to make firefighters, jailers, detention officers and prison guards eligible for benevolent funds.

Can You See Me? is a includes a series of billboards depicting scenarios of the most common forms of human trafficking.

They use it to quantify the drag that happens on various objects.

The commanding officer of the U.S. aircraft carrier that shot down an Iranian military drone in the Strait of Hormuz landed in Tyler on Tuesday morning.

Seventeen contestants will compete in four categories — talent, modeling, judges’ interviews and personal philosophy.

Longview residents who qualify for food assistance through Longview Community Ministries’ Food Box program can now request a bag of dog or cat food once a month.

Some East Texas health care providers are looking back on the life of the man credited with creating the current model of health care in East Texas.

Lt. Josh Tubb with the Gregg County Sheriff’s Office said Monday there are ways to reduce your risk of falling victim to what’s commonly referred to as porch pirates.

Meantime, work at the compost site is piling up, and crews can’t pick up any of the remaining debris still littering yards and roadsides.

It sounds like an oxymoron, but what’s known as ‘ethical hacking’ is growing in popularity as more companies deal with cyber security threats.

Caitlyn Warren, 7, is now planning the trip of a lifetime thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas.

The families of three East Texas boys scouts electrocuted on Lake O’ the Pines have testified in favor of a bill that would create specific safety and inspection requirements for certain utility companies.

Mobberly Baptist Church is calling on volunteers — especially those with chainsaws — to come out and help with cleanup efforts throughout the city.

The toppled steeple created an engineering challenge Thursday morning. It’s sheer weight forced crews to bring in a second crane to help with the removal process.

The Tyler Classical Academy on East Grande Boulevard is in the middle of its third expansion.

The Judson Metro Volunteer Fire Department is an all-volunteer department that operates primarily on donations. Becoming an ESD means the department would be tax funded.

A Texas bill written to give animal cruelty laws sharper teeth is making progress in Austin. House Bill 940 was passed approvingly by the Texas House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee.

It started with a small loan and two calves. Now the Clower Meat Market in Kilgore is celebrating 50 years in business.

Texas native Gary Nicholson is one of Nashville’s most esteemed songwriters, producers and performers, with a list of credits that few others can match.

Tyler’s Southside Park will soon be stripped of all playground equipment to make room for equipment that’s accessible to more kids.The playground will be replaced with equipment that can be used by kids with mobility issues.

There were fewer crimes reported in Tyler last year, according to the Tyler Police Department’s 2018 Crime Statistics Report.