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Sunday June 14, 2026
KILGORE – The Teachers of the year for the area have been announced. The Elementary Teacher of the year is Rachel George in the Marshall ISD. The Secondary Teacher of the year is Kathleen Brown of the Palestine ISD. The Announcement comes from the Region Seven Education Service Center in Kilgore. The two educators will now will represent Region 7 as semifinalists for the 2018 Texas Teacher of the Year Award. Read the rest of this entry »
LONGVIEW – The serving of a search warrant in Longview has resulted in the arrest of Cameo Cornelius Phillips, 33, of Longview. The narcotics search warrant was served by city and county officers on Faircreek Drive. They found found drugs and a handgun during the search. Phillips is charged with possession of marijuana, and the manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance. She remains in the Gregg County Jail under bonds totaling $76,000.
DALLAS – A man wanted for sexual assault in Harrison County has been arrested following a chase in Dallas. Kameron Deshon Maxfield, 22, was arrested earlier this week following a chase that reached speeds up to 100 miles an hour. He was arrested after wrecking his car and a brief foot chase. According to KETK, He is wanted in Marshall after being accused of sexually assaulting his girlfriend back in April. He is also said to have run over her after she got out of his car at a Marshall service station.
TYLER – Another Tyler traffic signal box has been decorated. Keep Tyler Beautiful has added the box at South Broadway Avenue and West Grande Boulevard to its collection. Sponsored by Texas Star Title and Loans, the box features a photograph of an East Texas sunrise over a lake. You can go to http://www.KeepTylerBeautiful.com to get more information on the program.
EAST TEXAS – Texas Senator Ted Cruz will be making stops in Tyler and Kilgore on Friday. The senator starts with a visit at Skeeter Boats in Kilgore at 10:00am. He is scheduled to visit Tyler Junior College at 11:30. The stop includes a visit to the Robert M. Rogers Nursing and Health Sciences Center. This will be followed by with a roundtable discussion with faculty, staff and students of the school. The final stop will be at the general offices of Brookshires on the West Southwest Loop at 1:30.
Two separate traffic stops have resulted in drug arrests in Henderson County. William Allen Henderson, 55, of Athens, was stoped for a traffic violation near La Rue. After finding an open alcohol beverage, the deputy searched the vehicle. A small clear plastic baggie containing crystal like substance believed to be methamphetamine and a pipe commonly used to smoke the drug were found. Henderson was arrested for possession of a controlled substance. Read the rest of this entry »
LONGVIEW – A Longview man, Breylon Drachan Fountain 23, has been arrested following a Wednesday night shooting incident on East Whaley Street. Fountain was arrested by a Longview officer who heard a gunshot. He then found Fountain standing besides a swimming pool and holding a gun. Fountain had confronted two persons in the pool when he fired into a nearby wall. Either a fragment of the bullet or wall hit someone, causing a minor injury. Fountain is in jail on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
TYLER – One man remains in the hospital following a Tuesday afternoon plane crash. The two men involved were treated at East Texas Medical Center in Tyler. They were identified by the Department of Public Safety as Joshua Daniel, 36, of Bullard and Jamie Jackson, 33, of Tomball. Jackson, a flight instructor, was treated and released. Daniel, a student pilot, remains at ETMC in serious condition. The single engine aircraft crashed near U.S. Highway 69 north of Mount Selman. An FAA spokesman told KETK that the plane had departed from Tyler Pounds Regional Airport. According to a city of Tyler spokeswoman, the plane stopped in Tyler for fuel. Read the rest of this entry »
TYLER – A Tyler church has been hit by gunfire. The shots struck the Higher Heights Baptist Church on the Van Highway around 8:30 Wednesday night. Church members inside the building say the heard the gunshots outside the church. Several bullet holes were found. No one was injured.
WASKOM – A one vehicle accident in Harrison County has killed Sharon Hyde Chaney, 55, of Karnack. The Department of Public Safety Reports her vehicle left the road and ran into a ditch before hitting several trees. The report says her car was traveling at an unsafe speed when the accident occurred. It was reported around 10:45 Tuesday evening on Farm Road 134, about 5 miles northwest of Waskom.
TYLER – A shooting on North Englewood in Tyler around 5:00 Tuesday afternoon sends a man to the hospital with a bullet wound to his thigh. A Tyler police report said the injury was not life threatening. His name has not been released. No charges have been filed and the case remains under investigation.
TYLER – Liberty Utility customers in Tyler and Smith County are in for a rate hike. An administrative law judge on Tuesday approved the interim rate increase. The company operates as Woodmark Sewer and Tall Timbers Sewer. The rate for Tall Timbers customers in Tyler will go up to $41.63 a month. Tall Timbers customers outside of city limits will see their monthly rate go to $54.93 a month. The rate for Woodmark Water and Sewer customers increases to $71.85 a month. The increases stem from a rate hike request the company filed nearly a year ago.
TYLER – Texas Spine & Joint Hospital is now part of the Baylor Scott & White and United Surgical Partners International statewide network. The joint ownership was announced and became effective on Tuesday. Texas Spine & Joint has received numerous awards since its founding in 2002. In May of last year Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics and CHRISTUS Health united to create the CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Health System. Last November, Good Shepherd Health System in Longview announced its merger with Christus Health.
TYLER – Beginning this month, the state’s campus carry law has been expanded to include community and junior colleges. Tyler Junior College has a policy in place which allows a person, with a concealed handgun permit, permission to carry the gun on the campus. Dr. Tom Johnson, Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs at TJC, says there are a few areas where the concealed handguns are not permitted, and those areas are marked by large signs. He says you can go to the TJC website and type in concealed handgun policy in the search section to view the policy.
LONGVIEW — Burglary suspects Steven Williams and Robert Blackshear, both 19 years-old of Longview, have been arrested. They were on their way to the hospital, for some unknown reason, when they had a accident at Methvin and Fifth Streets. That’s where they were arrested for breaking into a home on South Mobberly Avenue to steal items from Jaun Richardson, who police say they stabbed in back. He is in the hospital. The teens are in the Gregg County Jail, charged with burglary of a habitation. Each is under a $50,000 bond.