Today is
Monday June 08, 2026
KILGORE – Two members of the Kilgore College Board of Trustees have been sworn into office. It occurred Wednesday night at a regular board meeting. Janice Bagley, of Overton, will fill the unexpired term of Bob Heath for the South Zone, Voting Unit No. 1, Place No. 7. That term is scheduled to expire May of 2019. Jon Rowe, of Gladewater, will fill the unexpired term of James Walker for the North Zone, Voting Unit No. 2, Place No. 2. That term scheduled to expire May of 2021. The KC Board of Trustees appointed the two after an application process to fill the vacant seats. They were appointed with a 6-0 vote by the board of trustees June 18.
LONGVIEW – A Tyler man is arrested in Longview on drug violations. Arrested by the Gregg County Organized Drug Enforcement Unit was Michael Lewis Galyeon, 57. He was arrested Tuesday at a motel on North Access Road, during a narcotics investigation. The officers say they found heroin, a pistol, marijuana, and other drug paraphernalia. He has been charged with possession of a controlled substance and booked into the Gregg County Jail.
TYLER – A Troup man has been arrested for the sexual assault of a child. In the Smith County Jail under a $100,000 bond is Christopher Matthew Luna, 27. He is accused of sexually assaulting a 15 year old girl on six separate occasions over a 6 month period. The girl and her mother reported the assaults to the sheriff’s department late last week. The investigation led them to Luna. According to the sheriff’s department Face Book page, Luna confessed to the assaults to several different individuals and further stated that he knew that the victim was 14 years old at the time of the sexual assaults. He was arrested on Tuesday and booked into jail.
TYLER – A nurse accused of killing and injuring patients at a Tyler hospital has been indicted by the Smith County Grand Jury. The indictment was returned late last week against William George Davis, 34, of Hallsville. He was indicted on a charge of murder and two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He is accused of the death of Christopher Greenaway, 47, a heart patient. He is also suspected of injuring at least six other patients, one of whom later died. Davis is a former nurse at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital and the Louis and Peaches Owen Heart Hospital. Hospital officials went to police in early February over their concerns about Davis. He was fired about a week later.
TYLER – A Tyler woman was booked into the Smith County jail just before 2:00 Tuesday morning, accused of chasing her ex-boyfriend and his girlfriend and ramming their car several times. The chase started on South Broadway, south of Grande Boulevard. It headed north to the Broadway Square Mall parking lot where the chase continued. The woman wouldn’t stop for police and the chase only ended when the couple’s car stopped. It was there that officers arrested Ravin Deforest Anderson, 25. She faces two charges of assault with a deadly weapon, evading arrest and resisting arrest. Her bonds total $90,000.
TYLER – The Greater Texas Foundation has awarded the University of Texas at Tyler an $865,963 grant. The school has also partnered with other state institutions to enhance math education in rural areas. A UT Tyler associate professor of mathematics, Dr. John Lamb, has partnered with professors at the University of Texas at Austin, Stephen F Austin State University and Sam Houston State University to create the Advancing Inquiry in Middle Mathematics for Rural East Texas program. It is a two year program designed to study math courses taught in middle and high school to help students better prepare for success in post secondary classes. Read the rest of this entry »
LONGVIEW – LeTourneau University will launch a new online Bachelor of Science in cybersecurity degree this fall. The school says it is designed to meet a record demand in cybersecurity that is expected to open by next year. Students in the program will learn to protect critical information and defend against threats like industrial espionage, organized crime and terrorism. Students could also choose to take some classes in the classroom, making their fully online program a hybrid program including both online and on ground instruction.
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott has announced $5 million in Texas Talent Connection grants to 13 workforce training and job placement programs across the state. Among the grants, $500,000 goes to Kilgore College for the East Texas Workforce Partnership project. This is a collaboration with Workforce Solutions East Texas centers to provide skills-upgrade training for dislocated oil and gas workers though short-term, go-to-work training programs. Read the rest of this entry »
AUSTIN – Area unemployment has fallen slightly. The May unemployment report shows a slight drop in unemployment in Tyler and Longview. And it’s better than the state number. The Texas Workforce Commission reports Tyler’s unemployment rate for May was 3.5%. It was 3.7% in April and 3.8% a year ago. The Longview unemployment rate last month was 4%. It was 4.1% in April and 5% last year. Texas’ seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.1% in May, unchanged from April’s figure.
TYLER – A Tyler father is being accused of critically injuring his four month old daughter. In the Smith County Jail on a charge of injury to a child is Andres Guadalupe Ibarra, 19. His bond has been set at $500,000. He is also being held on an immigration detainer. He told sheriff’s department investigators that he hit the child in the ribs and abdomen with his fist. He hit her four or five times and then threw the child. He said after the Sunday night incident he went outside and smoked marijuana and then went to sleep. Ibarra said that when he woke up Monday morning, he, along with his girlfriend and child left the residence. When they noticed that the child was pale and not breathing normally, they took her to the hospital. She is currently in Children’s Hospital in Dallas where her condition is believed to be “extremely criticalâ€.
LINDALE – Lindale police are asking the public to help in identifying a man wanted for credit card abuse. He is also said to be accused of credit card abuse in the Tyler area. If you know who this man is, you are asked to contact Detective Curtis Philpot by email at [email protected] or by calling 903-882-3313.
NATCHITOCHES PARISH La. – A Harrison County man has died in a one vehicle accident in Louisiana. It happened on Interstate Highway 49, north of Highway 147, around 10:30 on Saturday morning. The name of the 72 year old Marshall man has not been released. According to a state police report, the man was driving north when he lost control of his pickup and it left the road at hit a tree. The report said he was wearing his seat belt.
TYLER – A second person accused of injury to a child, in a Smith County case, has drawn a long prison sentence. Sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison was Taylor Nicole Skinner, 25, of Tyler. She was arrested last September in connection with the injuries received by her toddler a month earlier. The 15 month old child had been admitted to a Tyler hospital with severe injuries that were consistent with abuse. The child was later transferred to a Dallas hospital for surgery. Also charged in the case was Terral Deshon Carter, 27, of Tyler, the woman’s boyfriend. Back in March, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his part in the youngster’s injuries. Read the rest of this entry »
MARSHALL – A man wanted for aggravated assault has been arrested in Marshall. Officers had been looking for Oscar Lavelle Smith, 26, of Marshall. He had been named in a warrant for aggravated assault family violence stemming from a June 18th assault on Alexander Street. The victim suffered serious, but non-life threatening injuries. Last Saturday, Smith was arrested and booked into the Harrison County Jail. His bond has been set at $100,000.
MARSHALL — More details come out in the case of Kari Hunt Dunn, stabbed to death by her estranged husband in a Marshall hotel in 2013. Her then 9-year-old daughter Brianna tried to call 911 but couldn’t get a direct line. Dunn’s family won $41.5 million Friday in a lawsuit, to be paid by the former husband, who’s serving life, and the hotel chain, OM Lodging. According to family attorney Casey Carlisle, the hotel is 20% responsible, the husband the rest. Carlisle adds that it’s vindication for Brianna. He says when she asked hotel employees to help her, but they couldn’t speak English, the hotel should have come to her aid. Carlisle says the case will be appealed but the family expects to recover some of the money. The case led to Kari’s Law, mandating phones in businesses allow for direct 911 dialing.