Lindale News

By KENNETH DEAN Staff Writer Smith County law enforcement agencies saw an increase in the amount of people arrested for driving while intoxicated over the July Fourth holiday weekend.

Services for Mr. Dusty Johnson, age 59, of Lindale, are scheduled for 10 a.m. on Monday, June 29, 2009, in the Lindale First Baptist Church with Rick Southerland and Chad Hidalgo officiating.

Free State Bluegrass Music Festival: Performers begin at 11:30 a.m. at the Free State Bluegrass Musical Festival inside Canton Civic Center.

City officials in Lindale look to create more retail opportunities as they round out plans for a multimillion dollar project.

The board for Smith County Emergency Services District No. 2 began work Tuesday on preparing a budget for next fiscal year, with members questioning many of the proposed expenditures of fire departments and indicating a lot of shaving will be necessary.

By BRIAN PEARSON Business Editor Tyler-area employees have higher pay, better benefits, more time with their company, more paid vacation and more paid holidays than they did three years ago, according to the 2009 Tyler Wage and Benefit Survey released Monday.

New construction in Smith County dipped 16 percent countywide in 2009 according to preliminary numbers released by the Smith County Appraisal District.

Stay tuned to Tylerpaper.com's interactive weather site to monitor the severe weather forecast for East Texas tonight.

By ADAM RUSSELL Staff Writer The Smith County Commissioners Court will discuss an inter-local agreement between Smith County and Lindale Economic Development Corporation regarding improvements to Harvey Road during its regular 9 a.m. Monday meeting.

By CASEY KNAUPP Staff Writer A 29-year-old Lindale man was sentenced to 12 years in prison Friday for sexually assaulting a teenage boy.

Senior pitcher Brett Holland of The University of Texas at Tyler baseball team was selected in the 49th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft on Thursday by the San Diego Padres.

Miranda Lambert 's recent Cause for the Paws event in Tyler, Texas, generated $120,000 for the Humane Society of East Texas.

By ADAM RUSSELL Staff Writer Property owners can expect to receive their 2009 appraisal notices from the Smith County Appraisal District next week, Chief Appraiser Mike Barnett said.

Jim Bernard has served in just about every capacity in the educational system. After 39 years of service in the state of Texas, Bernard is finally stepping away from the field he dedicated so much energy to.

Lindale High School classes through 1975 have scheduled a reunion at Lindale High School Cafetorium on July 11.

Kilgore College poised to open a center in August in Henderson. KC will occupy part of Central Elementary, which will become vacant with opening of a new school.

The battle to make Smith County wet is still brewing, or at least, percolating. Members of the Smith County Citizens for Economic Growth formally requested a recount of the May 9th election.

The political action committee responsible for initiating recent local option beverage elections filed for a recount Tuesday in one last effort to make the city of Winona "wet." Andy Osborn filed an official recount request with County Judge Joel Baker and handed over a $70 cashier's check for the recount deposit Tuesday afternoon.

A break-in at the Grand Saline Brookshire's location Saturday morning could be tied to a suspected pharmacy burglary ring that has struck several small pharmacies throughout East Texas.

Last week we discussed a fish die off in a farm pond near Lindale. Based on the rancher's observations and the weather conditions at the time, my conclusion was that the fish died due to oxygen depletion in the pond.