Health care providers are trying to use as many resources as possible to help administer the COVID-19 vaccine. One resource that health care providers in East Texas are using is pharmacy students at the University of Texas at Tyler. These students are already making an impact.
For the past 43 days, the trauma service area that includes Smith and Gregg Counties have had a COVID-19 hospitalization rate of more than 15 percent of its hospitals’ total capacity.
Tuesday’s meeting of the Smith County Commissioner’s Court saw NET Health CEO George Roberts update the commissioners on COVID-19 statistics, but also said there is a “light at the end of the tunnel.”
Nacogdoches Fire Chief Keith Kiplinger, who also handles emergency response and management for the city, provided a COVID-19 update to the Nacogdoches County Commissioners Court on Tuesday.
KLTV’s Jamey Boyum visited the Mid America Flight Museum at the Mount Pleasant Regional Airport on Tuesday and got the story behind their Bell UH-1 H Huey helicopter.
A state fund that subsidizes rural network service is bleeding money. Now the state is drastically cutting the amount of money that it typically pays out to these service providers.
Beginning this Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021, caregivers from CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Health System and CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic, alongside Gregg County and City of Longview first responders, will operate a weekend clinic to administer vaccines to those who meet the criteria for Phase 1A or Phase 1B.
The Goodman-LeGrand Museum will host a special antique quilt display from Saturday, Jan. 30 to Saturday, Feb. 27. Hours of operation are Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
For the past 37 days, the trauma service area that includes Angelina and Nacogdoches counties have had a hospitalization rate of 15 percent or more of its hospitals’ total capacity.
A Mineola man turned himself in to Smith County authorities on Jan. 22 in connection with allegations that a trash fire he started near his aunt’s house spread to her home and destroyed it on Dec.20.
The annual East Texas Auto & Cycle Show normally raises around $200,000 for services like their emergency shelter, risk assessment, and safety planning, but this year which would have been the 31st show has been canceled for the safety of the community.
Anyone who came to the Harvey Convention Center in Tyler and received their first Moderna vaccine on Tuesday, December 29th, Wednesday, December 30th, or Thursday, December 31st, is invited to receive their second Moderna vaccine this week. The scheduled days of these “Second Dose Vaccine Clinics”
Administrators with Elysian Fields Independent School District announced Monday, Jan. 25 that the school will undergo a temporary closure due to COVID-19.
The East Texas Food Bank will be hosting a produce distribution event at the George R. Henderson Expo Center in Lufkin from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 26.
Detectives investigating a shooting incident that occurred at a Tyler night club early Saturday morning are running into roadblocks because the victim is being “very uncooperative” with authorities, according to a TPD spokesman.
No arrests have been made in a shooting incident that occurred at Oxford Point Apartments Saturday night, and the ongoing investigation indicates that the shooter used a semi-automatic rifle, according to the Tyler Police Department.
Musician and Lowcountry native Darius Rucker quietly treated everyone dining at a restaurant he frequents to a free meal and also left a big tip for servers Sunday morning.
With the COVID-19 vaccine early in distribution, many East Texans are still waiting their 'turn' to get it. Particularly those in shelters, who may be elderly or have serious health problems already.
Jimmie Rodgers, singer of the 1957 hits “Honeycomb” and “Kisses Sweeter Than Wine” whose career in music and movies was disrupted by a severe head injury a decade later, has died at age 87.
For the past 36 days, the trauma service area that includes Angelina and Nacogdoches counties have had a hospitalization rate of 15 percent or more of its hospitals’ total capacity.
For the past 41 days, the trauma service area that includes Smith and Gregg counties have had a COVID-19 hospitalization rate of more than 15 percent of its hospitals’ total capacity.
A woman suffered a superficial head injury when someone shot into her apartment Saturday night, according to a press release from the Tyler Police Department.
We now know how many more doses of COVID-19 vaccines will be coming to east Texas next week. Five counties in our area are on the state’s allocation list to receive the doses.
For the past 40 days, the trauma service area that includes Smith and Gregg counties have had a COVID-19 hospitalization rate of more than 15 percent of its hospitals’ total capacity.
A 34-year-old Texas man has been arrested for allegedly taking part in the storming of the U.S. Capitol this month and posting violent threats, including a call to assassinate Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.
Jonathan Hamilton, 33, of Linden, was arrested Friday night by Hughes Springs police under suspicion for his alleged involvement with a string of a half-dozen recent church vandalism incidents in the Hughes Springs-Avinger area.
A music business in one small East Texas town has become hugely popular with heavyweights in the music industry, so much so that they get business from foreign countries. Almost hidden in the quiet Hawkins downtown, is 'Action Sound'. But it's known to lots of people in the music industry.
Before the spring semester started this month for Stephen F. Austin State University, some Dewitt School of Nursing students were already putting in the hours.
As the number of people who require hospital care for COVID-19 infection rises, CHS St. Luke’s Health Memorial Lufkin is taking proactive steps to deal with the growing influx of coronavirus patients.
For the past 39 days, the trauma service area that includes Smith and Gregg counties have had a COVID-19 hospitalization rate of more than 15 percent of its hospitals’ total capacity.
KLTV’s Jamey Boyum spoke to one of the vendors who was setting up for the upcoming Herps Reptile Expo at the exhibition building on the Longview Fairgrounds Friday.
A Smith County grand jury has indicted a man who is accused of stealing property from his elderly and disabled client and pawning it various Tyler shops.
