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Sunday June 14, 2026
TYLER – The University of Texas at Tyler is one of five institutions in the U-T System to receive funds for a campus-based project designed to enhance student success. The school will be receiving an $803,234 grant. The money will be used for a program designed to increase first-year GPA and retention of first-time, full-time freshmen.
TYLER – If you have a jury summons in Smith County on Tuesday and Wednesday, you can forget about it. Smith County Jury Coordinator Lisa Bennett says jury duty has been cancelled for all courts for both days. However, if you have been asked to return for jury duty by a specific court, you must still report.
TYLER – Dr. Julie Delello and Dr. James Newsom, at the University of Texas at Tyler, will be receiving a 2017 Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award. With the award, both will received $25,000. The awards will be presented at a ceremony in Austin August 23rd. Delello is an associate professor in the School of Education and the director of The University of Texas at Tyler Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. A University of Texas at Tyler alumnus, Newsom is a senior lecturer in history. Read the rest of this entry »
MARSHALL – Marshall police say they have identified five persons responsible for stealing from Wal-Mart. Police spokesperson Kelly Colvin says, because of their ages, they are not releasing any other information at this time. Last Friday they said the three men and two women entered the store on East End Boulevard North around 2:00am on July 21st. After filling their carts with around $2,000 in merchandise, they left through an emergency exit without paying.
KEY WEST (AP) – A companion pulled Candice Cooper, 38, of Lindale from the ocean at Smathers Beach Friday night. Key West police spokeswoman Alyson Crean said in a news release, Bill Baker told investigators he spotted Cooper floating and unresponsive in the water. He brought her to shore and called 911. The report says Baker began CPR and she was then taken to a hospital, where she died. Crean says they are looking into suspicious circumstances and the preliminary findings “indicate her death might be a homicide.” No other information was released.
LONGVIEW – An electrical malfunction caused some smoke which set of the fire alarms at the Gregg County Courthouse shortly before 4:45 Friday afternoon. The fire alarm alerted the jail staff to a problem on the 7th floor in the Gregg County South Jail Facility. Some jail inmates were relocated. As a precaution, inmates housed in two adjoining areas were moved as well. The fire alarm system worked as designed and in addition to notification, the evacuation fans removed the smoke from the building. Sheriff’s department Public Information Officer Joshua Tubb said there was no sign of flames or fire. All inmates were rehoused in their assigned areas prior to 6:00pm.
LONGVIEW – A young boy has been injured in a Longview shooting. The seven year old was hit in the arm after a couple of men fired several shots. Investigators say the boy was hit as the men fired toward a house on Douglas Street. The boy is being treated at a Longview hospital. We’ll have more information when it becomes available.
WHITEHOUSE- A three vehicle accident on Highway 110, south of Whitehouse, has killed Murray Clark, 51, of Whitehouse. Clark was killed when a car driven by Dante Roberson, 17, of Troup served into Clark’s Lane and hit the motorcyclist. The car then hit a pickup driven by David Hutton, 51, of Whitehouse. Roberson is in critical condition at a Tyler Hospital. Hutton was treated and released. The Department of Public safety says the accident, which was reported shortly after 6:15 Friday morning, remains under investigation.
LONGVIEW – LeTourneau University has named Dr. Benjamin W. Caldwell as Associate Provost for Academic Administration. His responsibilities include faculty development, support of the provost’s university-wide oversight of academics, and special projects within the provost’s office. He will also oversee the Margaret Estes Library, the Office of Sponsored Programs, and the department of Accreditation and Quality Assurance. Caldwell has served for the past five years as assistant professor in LETU’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. Prior to teaching at LETU, Caldwell taught engineering courses at Clemson University.
LONGVIEW – A Gregg County jury found Deion Frazier Reed, 21, of Longview, guilty of murder. He was sentenced him to 60 years in prison. Reed becomes the third person sentenced in the 2012 shooting death of DeAundrey Rossum, 23, at Longview’s Signal Hill Apartments. Reed’s brother and one other man have already been sentenced in the case. Rossum, who was carrying $1,700, was killed after driving three three to Shreveport and then back to Longview on a failed drug run.
TYLER – A 3rd suspect connected with East Texas marijuana fields has been sentenced to prison. Erick Cruz Olemendo, 31, a Mexican national, has been sentenced in Tyler to two years in prison. Two others have previously been sentenced in connection with the marijuana fields that were linked to the Los Zetas Cartel. A 4th suspect, Albert Rueda-Ramirez of Tyler, has a plea and sentencing hearing scheduled for August 18. The men were said to be responsible for fifteen marijuana cultivation sites around East Texas. From July 2015 to last November, around 77,000 individual marijuana plants were seized from the sites. The value of the plants have been estimated at over $101 million.
MARSHALL – Marshall police are trying to identify five persons responsible for stealing from Wal-Mart. The three men and two women entered the store on East End Boulevard North around 2:00am on July 21st. After filling their carts with around $2,000 in merchandise, they left through an emergency exit without paying. They drove off after loading the items in tan colored GMC Yukon. Marshall police believe group may be from the Shreveport area. You can go to https://www.facebook.com/MarshallHarrison-County-Crime-Stoppers-1704018289857844 the Marshall/Harrison County Crime Stoppers Facebook page, to see video of the suspects.
WASHINGTON – “Kari’s Law” – a bill that would require businesses with multi-line telephone systems to have direct access to 9-1-1, with no extra digits, has passed in the U.S. Senate. The bill is named in honor of Kari Hunt, who died four years ago in a Marshall hotel room after being stabbed by her estranged husband. Her daughter tried to call for help, but didn’t know know to dial an extra 9, before dialing 9-1-1, to reach an outside line. The legislation previously passed in the house, where it was filed by Tyler Congressman Louie Gohmert. The two measures must now go to a conference committee to reconcile the differences before going to the president’s desk for his signature.
TYLER – The new dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Texas at Tyler is Dr. Javier Kypuros. The announcement was made Friday by Dr. Amir Mirmiran, provost and vice president for academic affairs at the school. Dr. Kypuros comes to Tyler after serving as associate dean of academic affairs within the College of Engineering and Computer Science for the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. He replaces Dr. Michael McGinnis who served as interim since January of last year.
ATHENS – A LaRue teenager, stopped for a traffic violation, has been arrested on drug charges. Brady Burnett, 18, was stopped on County Road 4402 for a headlight problem. A search of the vehicle turned up suspected methamphetamine. He was booked into the Henderson County Jail for possession of a controlled substance.