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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.

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! Rea

Tyler police are still on the hunt for a man who robbed a South Tyler bank this afternoon.

After a 3.7-magnitude earthquake hit East Texas last week, some started speculating the quake could have been caused by fracking during oil and gas exploration. One meteorologist said it could be the case, too, and after this morning's shake -- the second in as many weeks -- the question is being asked even more if fracking is to blame.

Roger Pharr, of Flint, told our news director, Dave Goldman, he was awake and felt the 4.3-magnitude earthquake that shook East Texas this morning. When the quake -- the second to hit in East Texas in as many weeks -- was over, he made a video to talk about his experience with the quake.

A second earthquake in as many weeks hit East Texas early this morning in nearly the same location.

A sign in the window states “Garden Ridge Now Hiring!”  That phrase – now hiring – is what Tyler needs to hear and that means more jobs are on the way as national retailer Garden Ridge makes a move into East Texas!

Calling all Civil War buffs! Tyler is celebrating "Heritage Days" this Saturday, May 19. The Tyler Parks and Recreation Department has brought "Heritage Days" to Tyler for the past four years. The event takes place on the beautiful  grounds of the 1859 Goodman-LeGrand House and Museum from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and admission is free.

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.

If you work out and eat right, good for you!  Not everyone in East Texas is following your lead. Overall, East Texas ranks low on a new report by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.  Which East Texas county is the healthiest?

There is a ton of stuff going on in East Texas this weekend. Unfortunately, Mother Nature doesn’t seem to care.

One person is dead and another person is jailed on an intoxicated manslaughter charge following a traffic accident Wednesday night in Tyler.