Updated: Feb. 18, 2021 at 4:51 PM CST
|By Sarah Thomas
With the power still out to many homes, some East Texans are seeing temperatures inside their homes drop into the 30s and 40s. An extreme conditions expert shares some tips to help stay warm.
Updated: Oct. 1, 2020 at 5:14 PM CDT
|By Sarah Thomas and Arthur Clayborn
The patent is for a device that supports physical and mental health exercises and weight training, particularly in older adults and the disabled.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 1:25 PM CDT
|By Jamey Boyum and Sarah Thomas
Treatment with convalescent plasma is reserved for COVID-19 patients who are critically ill.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2020 at 4:46 PM CDT
|By Arthur Clayborn and Sarah Thomas
It was a decades-old family tradition one Franklin County man was hoping to pass on to his son. But in 2007, Sgt. Paul Timothy Sanchez was killed in action while serving in Baghdad.
Updated: Jul. 17, 2020 at 1:42 PM CDT
|By Arthur Clayborn and Sarah Thomas
The Restore sells a variety of home construction items, including flooring, kitchen cabinets, bathroom vanities and lighting fixtures. The Restore also sales furniture.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2020 at 4:48 PM CDT
|By Sarah Thomas and Arthur Clayborn
The once divided cemeteries date back to the late 1800s, according to Jim Phillips of the Mineola Landmark Commission.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2020 at 5:10 PM CDT
|By Arthur Clayborn and 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.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2020 at 12:41 PM CDT
|By Arthur Clayborn and Sarah Thomas
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.
Updated: May. 12, 2020 at 5:44 AM CDT
|By Sarah Thomas and Arthur Clayborn
Depending on business, they’ve got enough beef for about two more weeks.
Updated: Mar. 30, 2020 at 4:45 PM CDT
|By Arthur Clayborn and Sarah Thomas
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.
Updated: Mar. 30, 2020 at 11:48 AM CDT
|By Jamey Boyum and Sarah Thomas
“I was one of his biggest champions, one of his biggest fans because he had such a great voice," Neal McCoy said.
Updated: Mar. 5, 2020 at 5:26 PM CST
|By Arthur Clayborn and Sarah Thomas
“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.
Updated: Feb. 25, 2020 at 6:47 PM CST
|By Arthur Clayborn and Sarah Thomas
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."
Updated: Jan. 21, 2020 at 6:02 PM CST
|By Sarah Thomas and Arthur Clayborn
On Tuesday, Smith County Judge Nathaniel Moran briefed commissioners about the results of a public survey and potential sites for the new building.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2020 at 1:55 PM CST
|By Dante Nuñez and Sarah Thomas
The ceremonial tree planting celebrates Ed Moore’s years of service as a council member.
Updated: Jan. 8, 2020 at 12:54 PM CST
|By Bob Hallmark and Sarah Thomas
The East Texas 100 Club board voted to make firefighters, jailers, detention officers and prison guards eligible for benevolent funds.
Updated: Nov. 13, 2019 at 5:31 PM CST
|By Sarah Thomas and Arthur Clayborn
Can You See Me? is a includes a series of billboards depicting scenarios of the most common forms of human trafficking.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2019 at 5:06 PM CDT
|By Sarah Thomas and Arthur Clayborn
They use it to quantify the drag that happens on various objects.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2019 at 5:40 PM CDT
|By Sarah Thomas and Arthur Clayborn
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.
Updated: Sep. 5, 2019 at 4:25 PM CDT
|By Sarah Thomas and Arthur Clayborn
Seventeen contestants will compete in four categories — talent, modeling, judges’ interviews and personal philosophy.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2019 at 11:18 AM CDT
|By Sarah Thomas and Jamey Boyum
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.
Updated: Jul. 29, 2019 at 10:19 PM CDT
|By Blake Holland and Sarah Thomas
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.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2019 at 4:25 PM CDT
|By Sarah Thomas and Jamey Boyum
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.
Updated: Jul. 10, 2019 at 3:33 PM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark and Sarah Thomas
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.
Updated: Jun. 18, 2019 at 5:13 PM CDT
|By Sarah Thomas and Arthur Clayborn
It sounds like an oxymoron, but what’s known as ‘ethical hacking’ is growing in popularity as more companies deal with cyber security threats.
Updated: May. 21, 2019 at 4:36 PM CDT
|By Sarah Thomas and Jamey Boyum
Caitlyn Warren, 7, is now planning the trip of a lifetime thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas.
Updated: May. 15, 2019 at 10:15 PM CDT
|By Sarah Thomas
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.
Updated: May. 9, 2019 at 2:10 PM CDT
|By Jamey Boyum and Sarah Thomas
Mobberly Baptist Church is calling on volunteers — especially those with chainsaws — to come out and help with cleanup efforts throughout the city.
Updated: May. 9, 2019 at 11:51 AM CDT
|By Bob Hallmark and Sarah Thomas
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.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2019 at 5:15 PM CDT
|By Sarah Thomas and Arthur Clayborn
The Tyler Classical Academy on East Grande Boulevard is in the middle of its third expansion.
Updated: Apr. 23, 2019 at 12:51 PM CDT
|By Sarah Thomas and Jamey Boyum
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.
Updated: Apr. 9, 2019 at 5:16 PM CDT
|By Sarah Thomas and Jamey Boyum
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.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2019 at 11:24 PM CDT
|By Sarah Thomas and Arthur Clayborn
It started with a small loan and two calves. Now the Clower Meat Market in Kilgore is celebrating 50 years in business.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2019 at 10:18 AM CDT
|By Sarah Thomas and Arthur Clayborn
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.
Updated: Mar. 28, 2019 at 4:40 PM CDT
|By Sarah Thomas and Arthur Clayborn
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.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2019 at 5:20 PM CDT
|By Sarah Thomas and Arthur Clayborn
There were fewer crimes reported in Tyler last year, according to the Tyler Police Department’s 2018 Crime Statistics Report.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2019 at 5:55 PM CDT
|By Sarah Thomas and Arthur Clayborn
Crews have replaced more than 30 broken poles, fixed about 50 crossarms and repaired or replaced thousands of feet of wire.
Updated: Mar. 12, 2019 at 9:42 PM CDT
|By Sarah Thomas and Arthur Clayborn
First it was drought, then army worms, then too much rain. Now, hay producers and users are dealing with another threat to hay supplies across East Texas: feral hogs.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2019 at 9:52 PM CST
|By Stephanie Frazier and Sarah Thomas
A wreck between a motorcycle and another vehicle has caused traffic congestion on westbound Loop 281.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2019 at 4:18 PM CST
|By Sarah Thomas and Arthur Clayborn
A set of murals painted in 1941 are now back in their original location at The Old Post Office in Kilgore.The New Deal Murals, painted by Xavier Gonzalez, were moved from The Old Post Office a year after the office ceased operations in 1998.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2019 at 2:18 PM CST
|By Sarah Thomas and Bob Hallmark
An East Texas lawmaker is taking aim at the opioid crisis in Texas. State Rep. Jay Dean, R-District 7, has filed multiple bills focused on three strategies: increase the availability and the visibility of drug take back locations, target criminals and empower people.
Updated: Feb. 14, 2019 at 12:21 PM CST
|By Sarah Thomas and Bob Hallmark
It’s a small device that helps firefighters do their job, and now some East Texas fire departments are reporting them stolen.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2019 at 9:53 PM CST
|By Sarah Thomas and Jamey Boyum
Everyone is always on the lookout for something different on Valentine’s Day, including retailers. Bear Creek Smokehouse thinks it’s come up with a winner: A Bacon Bouquet.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2019 at 11:11 AM CST
|By Sarah Thomas and Jamey Boyum
Hallsville police are investigating whether a home invasion and attempted home invasion are related.
Updated: Feb. 8, 2019 at 10:52 PM CST
|By Sarah Thomas and Arthur Clayborn
The Kilgore Public Library is giving residents a chance to check out seeds. The library is hosting a grand opening for its new seed library on Saturday, Feb. 16
Updated: Feb. 1, 2019 at 10:52 AM CST
|By Sarah Thomas
She’s spent the past two years sharing her musical talents at the University of Texas at Tyler. Now senior Raquelle Langlinais is sharing her music beyond campus.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2019 at 3:21 PM CST
|By Sarah Thomas
Chocolate. Pecan. Buttermilk. Pumpkin. Sweet Potato. Those are just a few of the pies Tammy Harden makes at her pie shop appropriately named Just Pies.
Updated: Jan. 28, 2019 at 4:04 PM CST
|By Blake Holland, Dorothy Sedovic and Sarah Thomas
An Athens ISD elementary school student is reportedly out of the ICU following a fatal crash involving a school bus and a train.
Updated: Jan. 28, 2019 at 2:01 PM CST
|By Sarah Thomas
A tiny house open house will be held in Longview Tuesday and Wednesday. Andrew Pleban of American Tiny House says it’s an opportunity to check out the features in a tiny home.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2019 at 11:06 AM CST
|By Sarah Thomas
Pieces of a massive canopy headed to one of the biggest and busiest airports in the world, is stuck in Longview. The 79,000 pounds of steel won't make it to Atlanta, Ga., in time for Super Bowl.