Police are looking for church vandal

TYLER – Law enforcement is asking for the public’s help in locating a man who vandalized a church last Friday night. According to our news partner KETK, authorities say the man rode a bicycle to the New Jerusalem Baptist Church on N. Border Ave. and put graffiti on the church. Police say the suspect is described as a white male, possibly with facial hair, wore a raincoat and had a traffic cone on his head. Tyler PD asks if you can identify the person to please call them.

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Smith County holds groundbreaking for 5-story parking garage

TYLER – Smith County Commissioners Court and former Commissioners officially broke ground Wednesday October 25 on construction of a five-story parking garage that will serve the parking needs of downtown Tyler. Smith County Judge Neal Franklin said, “Although years of work have already taken place regarding the new parking facility and courthouse, our celebration today represents the transition from envisioning and planning to the actual, tangible breaking of ground. I could not be more excited to see the dreams of many become reality.”
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Sample ballots, voting locations for Election Day Tuesday

SMITH COUNTY – Election Day is Tuesday, November 7. There are 14 Constitutional Amendments on the ballot for everyone in Smith County. The Cities of Whitehouse and Overton, and the Whitehouse and Lindale Independent School Districts are each holding special elections. Click here for a list of voting locations in Smith County. Click here to view a sample ballot.

VFW names UT Tyler student Help A Hero Scholar

TYLER – Joseph Brewer of Tyler, is a graduate student in the clinical psychology program at The University of Texas at Tyler. Brewer has also served in the U.S. Marine Corps. He is now receiving $5,000 as a 2023 “Help A Hero” Scholar. The scholarship comes from VFW Carl Webb Post 1799 in Tyler and Sports Clips. Brewer is a research assistant in the Enhancing Lives and Experiences of Veterans Affected by Traumatic Events or ELEVATE Research Lab at UT Tyler said, “I appreciate Sport Clips and the VFW for selecting me for the Help A Hero scholarship. It made a huge difference in my life. Everyone who donated money has helped keep my educational goals alive, and for that I am deeply appreciative of all who played a part in it.”
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King’s Academy girls volleyball team win state

TYLER, Texas – The Kings Academy Christian School girls volleyball team won the Texas Association of Independent Athletic Organizations state volleyball championship on Saturday in San Antonio. According to our news partner KETK, besides winning the Texas title, Ainslee, Ella, Reagan and Symie also made the Division 2 All Stars team.

Rep. Moran says Republicans need to lead

TYLER – As the search for a Speaker of The House is ongoing, Congressman Nathaniel Moran says that Republicans need to find a leader to advance their priorities in their conference. Those being border security and support for Israel. With the events in the Mideast and budget crisis Moran said, “There’s a lot of bi-partisan issues that we could get to, especially as it relates to Israel right now, that we absolutely can’t take action on until we get a speaker. As I’ve said from the beginning, it doesn’t matter if you like Speaker McCarthy or not, three weeks ago was the absolute worst time to vacate and we’ve seen exactly why,” Moran said. “We knew appropriations was time sensitive at the time, we couldn’t have predicted Israel but now that we’ve had that it’s even more so that we need leadership here that can actually help the House function. We have a job to do.”
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Boil water notice for Rusk

RUSK – A boil water notice was issued for parts of Rusk Wednesday afternoon. According to our news partner KETK, this includes those customers in the Highway 69 corridor south from McDonald’s south to Loop 343. It also includes intersecting streets east and west of Highway 69. A notice from the city of Rusk said, “If you did not lose water pressure this morning, then you do not need to boil your water.”
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Part of CR2162 still closed due to gas leak

SMITH COUNTY – Smith County Fire Marshal Chad Hogue was called out around 3 p.m. Tuesday due to an gas leak on CR 2162, near Troup. Hogue said the portion of CR 2162 closed is about one-half mile east of CR 135 between Arp and Troup. Smith County Road and Bridge crews put traffic barricades in place to divert traffic.
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