The Stephen F. Austin football team and coaches are preparing to head to Austin Sunday to attend Graylan Spring’s celebration of life services. Spring is one of the two SFA students who were killed in a car crash in Corrigan almost two weeks ago.
In the aftermath of the East Texas ice storm comes the process of cleaning up. With thousands of trees and limbs down across Tyler, it may be a back-breaking process, unless of course your East Texas neighbors decide not to let you do it alone.
He was forced to choose between teaching and making instruments. He now specializes in making double basses but also makes violins, and other stringed instruments.
The Martin House Children’s Advocacy Center is expanding with the help of a million dollars in funding from the American Rescue Plan Act.According to the Children’s Advocacy Center of Texas, over 61,000 children were served in Texas in 2020. But in 2021, that number jumped to 68,000.
Bass University is an educational program that travels around the country teaching people how to fish for bass. They held a set of events Saturday and Sunday in Athens featuring advice from professional anglers.
When the temperature drops, many homeless living outside look for a warm bed. In Longview, the Hiway 80 Rescue Mission is prepared for an influx, and they are letting in everyone to make sure those who need help will survive the next few nights.
It was a simple benefit spaghetti meal that meant an awful lot to Holly Lake Firefighter Doug Attaway: a gesture of support called “His Fight is Our Fight.”
In honor of his teachings, the Texas African American Museum unveiled a special piece of art featuring Professor George Washington Carver, valued at $6,500.
Friday afternoon, Veterans of Foreign Wars honored veterans at the Hamptons Assisted Living facility in Tyler. Today marks fifty years since the signing of the Paris Peace Accords in 1973 -- officially ending the Vietnam War and restoring peace in that country.
It’s been going on for 26 years, but even if you went every time, you’d still find something you didn’t see before. We’re talking about the East Texas Gem and Mineral Show at the Rose Garden Center in Tyler. Sometimes, the best part is the anticipation of what you’re about to see.
Filling up meal packets with nutritious food that fights hunger, students lined up at the tables filling the packets with vitamin supplements, a vegetable, a protein, and rice. Each meal packet provides up to six meals.
The lives of fallen astronauts and others killed in the pursuit of space exploration are being honored at NASA facilities around the country Thursday as part of the agency’s annual Day of Remembrance.
Buckner Children and Family Services’ exchange program began in 1993. It provides hygiene and cleaning products to clients with families in need and runs every 2 months.
Two decades after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, a museum is working to educate a new generation of kids about the legacy and importance of that mission.
Even a three year old is strong enough to pull a trigger, making the free gun locks life saving.“Children like to emulate their parents,” Skillern said. “So they may see where it’s stored get it later and not know what they’re doing. And if it’s locked it’s going to prevent it from firing.”
The Tyler Police Department raised the most money out of the Smith County first responders, about $1,800 for the Salvation Army. The funds collected in the holiday drive support the shelter and programs like The Angel Tree and community meals.
“After repeated contacts to Dr. Khalilah Camacho-Ali, the only feedback that she has given is that “she doesn’t have the funds,” the organization said in a statement.
The exhibit is focusing on more than just paintings and sculptures. With Zariyah Albro reciting some of her poetry on the opening reception on January 24. Making sure the art exhibit showcases all the ways the local African-American community embraces art to express themselves.
NASA is planning observances at several of its facilities around the country to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Columbia accident, including at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Hundreds of people gathered on the turf to honor the lives of Micah McAfoose and Graylan Spring. Coaches, friends and loved ones spoke about the students and their impact on the teams they played on and the campus of SFA.
In the 1940s, R.G. Letourneau invented a huge machine that was basically a rolling concrete house mold. Thus the name, Tournalaid Homes. It was LeTourneau’s answer to inexpensive housing after World War II.
Community leaders, church members and pastors shared the impact that Lead Pastor Doug Anderson has left on the church as he transitions to Pastor Emeritus.
Things that crawl, things that creep, things that slither, are all on display this weekend for prospective East Texas pet owners, or for people who just want to go look at the fascinating and educational exhibits vendors have set up. It's happening at 1123 Jaycee Drive, on Saturday 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Sea Scouting was a branch of the Boy Scouts which promotes mental and physical fitness through maritime skills. Jacksonville attorney John C. Box Junior set up a unit for local boys in 1936.
February 1 will mark 20 years since one of our nation’s greatest tragedies. In 2003 space shuttle Columbia broke apart over deep East Texas while re-entering earth’s atmosphere.
A giant circus tent is up in the parking lot of Broadway Square Mall in Tyler. Cirque Italia will hold their first opening performance tonight at 7:30.
The basketball teams a held a “Hoop for Coop”, free throw marathon, to help raise money for Troup High School student Cooper Reid, who suffered a head injury in a football game and is recovering in a Houston hospital.
“Each of these events that take place during the year, they will be focusing on the 150th, and so you will see possibly planes from the past and then planes like today.” says Reed.
KLTV 7′s Kristine Guevara spoke with SPCA’s Deborah Dobbs and an Andy Woods 5th grader about the fundraiser. "...they probably needed more money because it’s pretty expensive to to feed dogs and give them baths.”
Tyler Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol hosted the promotions ceremony, where congressman Nathaniel Moran made presentations to three cadets. The Civil Air Patrol is made up of young boys and girls between the ages 12 and 18. The CAP cadet program provides training and skills in discipline, leadership, character development, aerospace education, and emergency services.
Jamey Boyum talks with Rebecca Dickerson about a blood drive in honor of her son, Chris Dickerson, who was a Panola County deputy killed in the line of duty in 2019.
The facility will be located in the back portion of the city’s current community center. The center can hold between 30 to 40 people at a time and will have tables seniors can visit and play games at, a coffee bar, a kitchen and bathrooms.
KLTV's Lexi Vennetti reports on the Hoops for Coop fundraiser held at Troup ISD in support of Cooper Reid, the high school football player injured during a game last year.
Tyler city and religious leaders, along with high school marching bands and community members marched south on Broadway after gathering on the downtown square.
The Tyler Sister Cities Organization is raising funds to send more humanitarian relief for thousands of Ukrainian refugees in its sister city of Jelenia Góra, Poland.
The Texas African American Museum held a pre-holiday celebration honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and recognizing how he changed the lives of Americans all over the country.
“Martin Luther King, Jr., being an alpha is one of the reasons that I joined the organization because I wanted to be in the likeliness of other leaders such as himself,” said Jordan Brandley.
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