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Sunday June 07, 2026
MARSHALL – Harrison County authorities are looking for a suspect that is responsible for multiple vehicle burglaries. The burglaries have occurred at night in the Liberty Church Road and Underwood Road areas of southwestern Harrison County. He has been seen on other security videos over the past couple of weeks. In one case he was seen taking a pistol from a vehicle. He appears to be a black male in his early 20’s with short dreadlocks. If you can identify him, you are asked to contact the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department.
TYLER – A McKinney man is arrested in Smith County for gambling violations. Currently free on bonds totaling $150,000 is Amerier Siddique, 33. He is charged with keeping a gambling place, gambling promotion and possession of gambling equipment. His arrest is said to have stemmed from gambling activities on Highway 64 east. The investigation had resulted, back in April, in the arrest of Monica Prado, 40, of Tyler. The sheriff’s department says the incident remains under investigation and further information can not be released at this time.
TYLER – The 12th Court of Appeals in Tyler has upheld the conviction in a Henderson County murder case. The court upheld the conviction of Jeremy Robert Lane, 27, of Athens. He pleaded guilty to the August, 2016 murder of Mark Groendyk, 27, of New Jersey. The victim was stabbed multiple times at a party early that morning in Athens. Lane was arrested, in Smith County, around 17 hours later at a friends home on County Road 1100 near Flint. He was taken into custody without incident. In March of last year, Lane pleaded guilty. Four months later, State District Judge Dan Moore sentenced him to 35 years in prison.
TYLER – According to the National Weather Service, the weather in Tyler in August turned out to be warmer and drier than usual. The summer of 2018 tied with 1934 for the fourth warmest summer on record. The warmest summer on record in Tyler was in 2011. August 2018 was in sharp contrast with the previous August. August 2017 was 3.4 degrees cooler, and 10.02 inches wetter than normal. In fact, August 2017, with 11.65 inches, was the wettest August since record-keeping began in 1883. There were three daily rainfall records set during that month, and two days on which record low maximum temperatures were experienced. The summer of 2018 contrasted with that of 2017, as well. The 2018 summer saw temperatures 4.4 degrees warmer than normal, and rainfall 3.70 inches less than normal. The summer of 2018 was 3.8 degrees warmer than that of 2017, and 14.61 inches drier. Year-to-date rainfall was less than normal, and 16.42 inches less in 2018 than through August 31, 2017.
TYLER – One person has been killed and three injured in a one vehicle accident in Tyler. It happened just before 3:30 Friday afternoon on U.S. Highway 271 near the U.T. Health Science Center. The victim is identified as Manny Osorio, 4. Police spokesman Don Martin said a Jeep Wrangler was heading north when the driver lost control and drove off the shoulder and hit a pole with a cement base. It then flipped. The accident remains under investigation.
SMITH COUNTY – A Smith County man is in the Wood County Jail after being chased by the Department of Public Safety. Derrick Markeith Francis, 27, of Lindale. Reports say he would stop for officers in Wood County and headed south into Smith County on Farm Road 14. He stopped just south of Farm Road 2015 and ran away. State troopers were able to find him and arrest him.
NEW SUMMERFIELD – A Cherokee County accident has killed one person. The one vehicle crash occurred around 6:30 Friday morning on County Road 4228, about 4 miles northwest of New Summerfield. Dead at the scene was Gavin Taylor, 19, of Troup, who was not wearing his seatbelt. A passanger, Garrett Zane Massey, 17, of Jacksonville, was taken to a Jacksonville hospital for treatment. The initial report from the Department of Public Safety says Taylor’s pickup left the road on a curve, ran into a ditch, hit a fence and overturned, landing upside down.
BULLARD – Bullard police have arrested two burglary suspects and recovered guns taken in the burglary. Arrested were Malik Jamal Barb, 17, of Bullard, and Ty Jalon Taymont Crayton, 18, of Tyler. Both were booked into the Smith County Jail on charges of burglary of a habitation. The guns were in a safe that was taken from a home on Redbud Lane last weekend. The safe was found on the side of the road in eastern Smith County. Nine guns were found at various locations in the area. The investigation into the burglary is continuing and more arrests are anticipated.
WASHINGTON – Senator John Cornyn has announced Tyler Pounds Regional Airport has been awarded an $11.5 million federal grant. The funding comes through the Federal Aviation Administration’s Airport Improvement Program. Airport manager Davis Dickson says the funds will be used in conjunction with the Runway 4-22 Rehabilitation Project. The money will go toward construction of a taxiway parallel to the runway and for a new instrument landing system for the runway. Dixon says they hope to award contracts for the two projects in the next couple of months.
LONGVIEW – The Longview city council has adopted a new budget. The $169 million budget will take effect the first of October. Thursday’s vote for the new budget was unanimous. And it proposed that the tax rate remain the same, which is 50.99 center per $100 valuation. That vote on the tax rate is scheduled for September 13th. If it remains the same, that will make six straight years the tax rate has remained steady.
TYLER – Officials at Tyler Junior College have named two associate vice provosts for the college. Dr. Bryan Renfro, formerly dean of the TJC School of Professional and Technical Programs, has been named associate vice provost for academic and workforce affairs. And, Dr. Tim Drain, formerly assistant vice president for athletics and student life, has been named associate vice provost for student affairs. Renfro joined TJC in August of 2016 from Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo, Iowa. Drain is a 20-year TJC athletics administrator. He has also been the College’s athletic director since 2002.
TYLER – A former Tyler nurse, charged with the murder of a patient, is now facing additional charges. According to Smith County judicial records, William George Davis, 34, of Hallsville, has now been indicted for capital Murder. He also faces three new counts of aggravated assault. The new indictments were filed on Tuesday. He had already been indicted for murder and two counts of aggravated assault back in June. Davis was a registered nurse at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler. He is accused of causing death or harm to patients by introducing air into their arteries.
TYLER – Two more suspects have been sentenced in connection with a Smith County shooting. In state district court in Tyler Thursday, Tarrance Dashawn Reggie, 20, (pictured) and Carlos Alberto Ochoa, 18, both of Tyler, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault. Each man was sentenced to 20 years in prison. On Wednesday, a co-defendant in the case, Joel Camacho, 23, of Tyler, also received a 20 year sentence. The shooting, which wounded one person, occurred last September near the Eagle Creek Mobile Home Park off State Highway 271 North.
MARSHALL – An old scam with a new twist has surfaced in Harrison County. Someone calls and announces it is the “Harrison County Sheriff’s Office”. Then, you will be directed to the “patrol division or warrants division” and asked to leave a message if nobody answers. Sheriff’s department Lieutenant Jay Webb says, “The person who returns your call will instruct you to meet them at the front of the Harrison County Courthouse because a warrant has been issued for your arrest. The caller will ask for your name, Social Security number, and other identifying information.†They then tell you to bring cash for the warrant. The twist to this scam is that they ask you to come to the front of the courthouse with payment.” Sheriff Tom McCool reminds people to not fall for these scams and if you are contacted by them, contact the sheriff’s office. Read the rest of this entry »
The University of Texas at Tyler and Tyler Junior College have announced a partnership. The action announced Thursday afternoon will benefit East Texas nursing students. The partnership establishes a concurrent degree program, where eligible TJC nursing students will be able to enroll at UT Tyler and earn both associate and bachelor’s degrees in four years.