Today is
Monday June 08, 2026
KILGORE – Gregg County Crime Stoppers has voted to increase the reward to $2,000 for Dwight Patrick Scott. Tracy Lynn Reedy, 50, was found dead on December 31, 2017. The Kilgore woman was found shot to death at the Meadow Green Apartment Complex. Investigators believe Scott was the killer and District Court Judge David Brabham issued a murder warrant for him and set a $1-million bond. From tips they received, they know he fled Kilgore right after the shooting and went to the Chicago, illinois area. Scott also has family in the Dallas/For Worth Metroplex. If you have information on where Scott can be found, and want to collect a reward and remain anonymous, you are asked to contact Gregg County Crime Stoppers at 903-236-STOP [903-236-7867].
TYLER – A Tyler priest is safe in volcano scarred Guatemala. Father Charles Vreeland is in the country where the Volcano of Fire exploded. The latest count shows 72 persons have died following the volcano’s eruptions. According to a posting on the Bishop Thomas K. Gorman Catholic School Facebook page, Father Vreeland says, “I am safe and unharmed, Gracias a Dios. I am about 80 miles from the danger.†Father Vreeland, who is a native of Fredericksburg, Texas, came to the Diocese of Tyler in the summer of 2015.
TYLER – Tyler’s city limits could soon reach Interstate Highway 20. Tyler’s Planning and Zoning Commission voted Tuesday to annex just over 11 acres of land near U.S. Highway 69 and the interstate. It would be zoned for commercial use. It still must go before the city council. That could occur later this month.
MARSHALL – An escaped Harrison County Jail inmate is back in jail. Gary Lynn Gorman, 36, escaped Saturday night. He was with a crew that took out trash to the jail dumpster and he didn’t return. He was spotted in the Woodlawn area of Harrison County around 7:00 Tuesday morning. A DPS helicopter, with infrared radar, found him hiding in some brush and directed ground crews to his location. As he attempted to flee, he was tackled by a sheriff’s deputy who held him until other officers arrived. Gorman is now facing a felony escape charge. Read the rest of this entry »
HUNTSVILLE (AP/staff) – The state’s top criminal appeals court has blocked the execution of a man set for later this month for the slaying of a 93-year-old woman during a robbery at her Tyler home. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Tuesday sent the case of Clifton Williams, 34, back to his Smith County trial court to review whether Williams is intellectually disabled and ineligible for execution. Williams was set to die June 21 for the fatal beating and stabbing of Cecilia Schneider at her Tyler home in 2005. Evidence showed Williams entered through a back door, attacked Schneider and then set her body and bed on fire. He fled with her car and purse containing $40. Authorities say he wanted the money for drugs. Williams was within hours of execution in 2015 when the same court halted his punishment.
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott has appointed 10 student regents to their respective universities for terms set to expire on May 31, 2019. Appointed to the University of Houston System was Andrew Teoh of Tyler. He is pursuing a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting and finance from the University of Houston. Read the rest of this entry »
KILGORE – The Kilgore Chamber of Commerce has a new president and chief executive director. She is Jill McCartney from Ohio, who will be starting her new duties in Texas on Wednesday. The was selected from nearly 40 candidates for the job. She began her career in chambers of commerce in 2000. She comes to Kilgore from Marietta, Ohio where she has been the outreach and development director of the Buckeye Hills Regional Council. She succeeds Cindy Morris, who resigned in February to take a similar job in Oklahoma.
TYLER – The East Texas Food Bank’s Summer Food Program is now underway. It was kicked off Tuesday morning at Tyler Emmett J. Scott Park on North Confederate Avenue. The program, which runs into August, serves children in low-income communities who take part in free and reduced feeding programs during the school year. Since these programs end when school does, the Summer Food Service Program helps fill the gap, ensuring that children continue to receive nutritious meals during the summer. The program covers 26 East Texas Counties with 14 serving locations in Tyler. Read the rest of this entry »
TYLER – Tyler police make a discovery as they investigate the death of a woman found dead in a dumpster. Investigators say they have confirmed that Linda Tribble was an avid collector of items that are discarded into trash containers. They say she has been known to get into containers to search for discarded items on numerous occasions. According to police, after investigators removed her body from the dumpster they observed no evident signs of trauma to the body that would immediately indicate foul play. Investigators are waiting for results from the autopsy to determine the cause of death. The 65-year-old’s body was found in a dumpster behind the Family Dollar store on the North Northwest Loop. Her husband had called police Saturday afternoon to report his wife missing.
TYLER – Here’s a look at work planned in the district during the week of June 4th. Schedules are subject to change due to weather conditions, equipment failure or other unforeseen issues. Slow down and pay attention when traveling through work zones.
Districtwide seal coat operations are ongoing in the Tyler District. Motorists should expect lane closures and delays during this work to seal and protect roadways from water, and provide a longer life cycle. Because the time to complete work on each roadway is estimated, these schedules are subject to change. Read the rest of this entry »
LINDALE – Lindale police report a runaway teen they had been looking for has been found. Tabitha Tene is safe and in CPS custody. She had been last seen near Raceway around 5:00 Saturday afternoon. No information was released on where or how she was found.
MARSHALL – The Harrison County Sheriff’s Department is searching for an inmate who escaped from a work detail around 11:00 Saturday night. Gary Lynn Gorman, 36, was with a crew that took out trash to a dumpster and he didn’t return. He is said to have escaped with the help of another inmate’s girlfriend, Terry (Harness) Douglas of Longview. Gorman is believed to be making his was to Dallas County, but he also has connections in Gregg, Upshur, and Marion counties and law enforcement agencies in those counties have been alerted. Read the rest of this entry »
KILGORE – A hit and run accident in Kilgore remains under investigation. It is believed to have occurred between 9:00 and 10:00pm on Wednesday, May 23rd on Green Hills Road. A pedestrian was severely injured but is expected to make a full recovery. Detectives say they do not believe this was an intentional act. They suspect it was an accident and the driver simply panicked and fled the scene. They are asking the driver to contact them. If you have any information about the accident you are asked to contact the Kilgore Police Department.
LINDALE – Lindale police are looking for a teenage runaway. She is Tabitha Tene and she was last seen near Raceway around 5:00 Saturday afternoon. She was last seen wearing a navy blue shirt with white writing (something about Jesus), black pants, and black shoes. She has long dark hair that was pulled up. She is about 5’5†and weighs 150 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes. She also has multiple scars on her left wrist and several string bracelets on her right wrist. They believe she may be headed to Tyler, but possibly has contacts in the Rockwall area. If you know where she may be found you are asked to contact Lindale police.
TYLER – A Tyler man has been charged in the death of his father. Jody Colston, 58, had been struck by a car driven by his son, Aaron Colston, 31. The father was found in a wooded area off East Gentry Parkway after 2:15 Saturday afternoon. The father was taken to a Tyler hospital where he died. The son told officers that he was backing a vehicle and was unaware that his father was behind it when he ran over him. After investigating officers smelled alcohol at the scene, the son was placed under arrest for criminally negligent homicide and booked into the Smith County Jail.