East Texas News
juggerautco,flickr East Texas Student Dies from Football Injury
Funeral services are pending for a Hawkins High School student who died Thursday after sustaining a head injury earlier this week while playing flag football at the school.
Daniel R. Blume, Flickr Paint Recycling Event Coming Up Saturday in Tyler
If you're anything like me, you've got several old cans of paint laying around the garage. You know, the stuff left over after you wife decides she doesn't like the master bathroom anymore and wants a complete makeover done to it! The City of Tyler Solid Waste Department is here to help you legally get rid of that old paint. They have a paint recycling event coming up this Saturday, May 19th!
Militari Cristian,flickr Texas Will Soon Offer Permits for Gun Silencers
Beginning Sept. 1, the state will begin offering permits for game hunters to use silencers on their guns.
YouTube 5 Famous People You Didn’t Know Have Ties to East Texas
Throughout its colorful history, East Texas has been home to a variety of celebrities, professional athletes and notable characters.
eMaringolo, Flickr $1 Helps Achieve Educational Goals With UT Tyler Hole-In-One Contest [AUDIO]
For the past 26 years, amateur golfers having been taking swings for their chance to win $1 million, and are helping to support funding for scholarship programs at the University of Texas at Tyler.
eastpole, Flickr City of Longview Warns of Water Scam
The City of Longview has released a warning to customers about a scam going on that targets water utility customers and has already impacted some Longview residents. As part of the scam, customers are told that President Obama and the federal government will provide a credit or directly pay utility bills. The scammers will then give customers a fraudulent bank routing number with which to pay the bills.
Null Value,flickr Several People Run over During a Fight in Tyler
Three people are hospitalized after they were run over by a driver who fled a large fight in Tyler early Monday morning.
charmingman, Flickr Goodwill Opens ‘Computer Works’ Store to Sell Recycled Computers
Goodwill has opened a new store called 'Computer Works' which is a store that sells recycled computers at very affordable prices. Goodwill is accepting donations of old computers, monitors and printers that they will refurbish and sell in the store. If you've got a few old computers gathering dust in your attic or storage building, this is a great time to recycle them and help out Goodwill at the same time!
crucially,flickr 3.7 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes East Texas — What Caused It?
An earthquake measuring 3.7 startled some East Texas Residents in Nacogdoches, Shelby and Panola counties around 10:15 a.m. Thursday.
Maci Drewry, Facebook East Texas Hero Of The Month: Maci Drewry
We hear stories all the time about ordinary people doing extraordinary things all over the world. But a lot of people don’t realize there are people doing amazing things right in their own backyard. We thought it would only be appropriate to start recognizing these local people who are making a difference here in East Texas as well as across the country.
Facebook/TPWD Texas Anglers Donate Huge Bass to the Toyota ShareLunker Program
2 weeks ago
Here is just one example of one of the 13-plus pound bass donated this season. Gary Wingate of Amarillo donated this 14.39-pound largemouth, which he caught from Falcon Reservoir, to Texas' ShareLunker program.
KcdsTm,flickr East Texas Student Brings Unloaded Gun to School
Tyler Independent School District officials are urging parents to carefully check their children’s belongings before sending them to school. The advisory comes after a student brought an unloaded gun onto the Orr Elementary School campus in Tyler on Monday.
