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Sunday June 14, 2026
TYLER — A Tyler man has been arrested for DWI after a wreck Wednesday night. According to KETK, Quincy Ilya Gips, 22, was said to be traveling at a high rate of speed when he attempted to turn left on Rieck Road from Broadway. He lost control of the vehicle and struck a light pole, knocking out electricity to surrounding businesses. Gips was booked into the Smith County Jail.
LONGVIEW — Longview ISD authorities say they’ve identified the student who brought a loaded gun to Foster Middle School on Tuesday. According to KETK, school officials say no threat was made to any student or faculty member by the student. The .380 pistol was discovered in a bathroom by a staff member and reported to law enforcement immediately, according to LISD. There were no other students or staff in the bathroom when the gun was located. The student faces expulsion for up to a year for bringing a gun onto campus. The juvenile will also be facing criminal prosecution by the Gregg County District Attorney’s Office. The district said it will pursue punishment to the fullest extent.
GREGG COUNTY — A Department of Public Safety Trooper arrested Michael Lydall Grant, 37, of Overton, around 2:15 Wednesday morning. According to KETK, he’s been charged with accident involving death and intoxication manslaughter. Grant also had an outstanding parole warrant out of Austin. He was booked into the Gregg County Jail. Bond has not been set. According to DPS, around 9:20 Tuesday night, witnesses say Grant was traveling southbound on County Road 3652 when he ran a stop sign. Officials say he then struck Lechell Scott, 34, of Kilgore, who was walking in the roadway. DPS says Grant drove off, but was arrested a short time later. Scott was pronounced dead at the scene.
TYLER — Tyler Police say they have found a missing teenager. Mario Alvarado, 15, was found around 11:30 last night. He had been reported missing Tuesday night in the area of South Clayton and East Lawrence. Further details on his disappearance were not immediately available.
LONGVIEW — The City of Longview is investigating after a venomous snake bit a child at a local soccer complex. According to KETK, the Greater Longview Soccer Association said Monday, a child was bitten by a water moccasin while playing in the creek area at the Lear Soccer Complex on Pals Parkway. The City of Longview Parks and Recreation Department has been notified and staff members are searching the area for more snakes. The GLSA is asking residents to keep a close watch on their children and to restrict them from the creek and woods near the complex.
LONGVIEW — A Longview man was arrested after a short foot pursuit by Longview police on Friday afternoon. According to the Longview News-Journal, Tyrone Melvin Garner, 39, was found to be in possession of 87.5 grams of methamphetamine among other drugs. According to a probable cause warrant for arrest, Garner, 39, was stopped because of expired registration and ran from police carrying a backpack with a large quantity of narcotics. He gave officers a false name and date of birth. Because there was an outstanding warrant for his arrest, the new charges were being enhanced to fail to identify as a fugitive, unlawful possession of a firearm, which is a felony, and possession of a controlled substance between 4 and 200 grams. Garner was charged on seven counts, including unlawful possession of a firearm. He remained in the Gregg County Jail on bonds totaling $94,000.
LONGVIEW — Longview police have arrested one man on drug charges after a traffic stop over the weekend. According to KETK, around at 4:20 Saturday afternoon, they stopped Kevin Lee Mann, 47, for failing to signal. A backpack was in the car that Mann gave the officer permission to search. Inside the backpack the officer found syringes, baggies and a scale. The officer then searched the vehicle locating methamphetamines and Xanex. Further investigation led officers to believe Mann was selling the narcotics. He was arrested for Manufacture and Delivery of controlled substance, and booked into jail with a bond of $60,000.
LONGVIEW — Two corporate-owned Jack in the Box restaurants in Longview and one in Kilgore closed last week due to a decline in business. According to the Longview News-Journal and KETK, corporate headquarters in San Diego said the Longview fast-food restaurants at West Marshall Avenue and Spur 63, North Access Road off Interstate 20, and on U.S. 259 North in Kilgore were “underperforming locations.” The company closed all three Aug. 28. The Access Road Jack in the Box opened in 1999, the Kilgore store followed in 2002 and the Marshall Avenue location began in 2003.
HENDERSON COUNTY — A 28-year-old man was arrested in Coffee City Wednesday night for possession of meth. Henderson County Sheriff Deputies were investigating a game room on Highway 155 when Aaron Sean Short made a mad dash from the building. He jumped into a van of startled, screaming people and was immediately arrested. Short was found to be in possession of a large amount of meth and admitted to being a drug dealer, according to deputies. He faces numerous charges, including manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance.
LONGVIEW — A Longview teenager was arrested for his involvement in a shooting August 16. Xzayver Alexzay Carter, 19, has been charged with aggravated assault following the shooting at the American Fidelity Apartments on Morrison Street. One person suffered life-threatening injuries but has since been released from the hospital. Carter was arrested on a warrant Monday afternoon. He was booked into the Gregg County Jail with bond set at $500,000. He’s been arrested numerous times over the last two years. Those charges include evading arrest, criminal trespass and unlawful carrying of a weapon.
LONGVIEW — Longview police say a man attacked an elderly person with a chair near a busy intersection Friday evening. According to the Longview News-Journal, Aaron Matthew Porras, 21, was booked into the Gregg County Jail with bond set at $69,000. He’s charged with resisting arrest, aggravated assault, evading arrest and two counts of harassing a public servant. Police responded to East Marshall Avenue near Alpine Road shortly after 5 p.m. after someone noticed a man striking an elderly man with a chair. Porras ran from the scene when officers arrived, then scuffled with officers after he was caught, spitting at two of the officers. It was Porras’ sixth arrest in about six months, including Aug. 22 on a public intoxication charge.
TYLER — A Tyler pastor and school board president is giving back to his state in a big way. As a member of the Texas State Guard he deployed to help in the aftermath of hurricane Harvey. Rev. Fritz Hager Jr. says he will be there as long as he’s needed, and the devastation suggests that could be a while. He tells KETK this is the largest military mobilization in Texas since WWII. Hager is stationed in Beaumont. He is seeing the devastation firsthand, and working as a chaplain looking out for the spiritual and emotional well being of the soldiers and victims. Read the rest of this entry »
GREGG COUNTY — A motorist found idling his vehicle in a West Longview intersection raced from officers at speeds of more than 100 mph before stopping at a freeway interchange. According to the Longview News-Journal, Robert Odell Smith, 35, of Longview, remained in the Gregg County Jail under $23,000 bond Sunday, charged with driving while intoxicated, marijuana possession and evading arrest with a vehicle. Longview police noticed Smith’s vehicle failed to properly stop at a stop light on Enterprise Street at Southwest Loop 281 about midnight Sunday. When officers tried to stop the vehicle, Smith fled east on the loop, leading to a chase in excess of 100 mph. Read the rest of this entry »
OVERTON — One person has been arrested and charged with murder after a shooting in Overton. According to KETK, Overton police were called to a home on North Rusk Street around 11 p.m. Friday night. They found a 51-year-old man deceased inside the house. Terry Ammons, 64, was arrested and was booked into the Rusk County Jail with bond set at 1 million dollars.
TYLER — Twelve people went to local hospitals following an ammonia leak at Brookshire’s Warehouse in Tyler. The leak has since been contained. There were blockades of some of the roads in the area, but they have all been lifted. ETMC says all five patients seen there were released Friday morning; CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Hospital-Tyler says it has released all seven of its patients. Read the rest of this entry »