New Chapel Hill News

New Chapel Hill Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt was sworn in Monday night along with returning council members Laurin Easthom and Ed Harrison and newly elected council members Gene Pease and Penny Rich.

Funeral services with firefighter's honors for Bill Sparkman, 47, New Chapel Hill, will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Burks Walker Tippit Funeral Home with Neal Thurman officiating.

New Chapel Hill Baptist Church's children's choir will be the featured performers Friday during the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the Governor's Mansion in Baton Rouge.

Eleven-year-old Slade Avery is looking forward to joining 33 other members of the children's choir of New Chapel Hill Baptist Church of West Monroe in singing at Gov.

By CASEY MURPHY Staff Writer One person attended the Tyler Area Metropolitan Planning Organization's public meeting Monday on the 2009-35 Metropolitan Transportation Plan.

By Kenneth Dean and Kelly Gooch Staff Writers The search for a missing Tyler girl ended Wednesday after Fort Worth police found the girl walking with her alleged abductor, a knife carrying 18-year-old man, reportedly with mental issues.

Tyler Police Department today issued an Amber Alert for a 13-year-old girl who is believed to have been abducted by an 18-year-old man.

Some neighborhoods in the vicinity of Highway 31 East and Farm to Market Road 757 in New Chapel Hill were being evacuated at the 3:30 p.m. CDT hour today as the report of a propane gas leak was being investigated.

By DAYNA WORCHEL Staff Writer NEW CHAPEL HILL -- A 20-acre grass fire in Smith County that burned for five hours on Sunday began again on Monday after it jumped the plow line that had been dug to contain it.

The JV started off at 5:30 p.m., followed by the Varsity at 7:00 p.m. The Bulldogs are coming off their third straight playoff year but will have to revamp the offense after losing All State and TCU bound running back Matthew Tucker.

A mobile home at 13404 County Road 2241 in Smith County was damaged extensively from a fire this morning that officials say was caused by a toaster oven with a faulty switch.

A mobile home at 13404 County Road 2241 in Smith County was damaged extensively from a fire this morning that officials say was caused by a toaster oven with a faulty switch.

A mobile home at 13404 County Road 2241 in Smith County was damaged extensively from a fire this morning that officials say was caused by a toaster oven with a faulty switch.

By MALENA OGLES Staff Writer A 36-year-old Tyler man received a 20-year sentence Thursday for molesting his 4-year-old daughter during a sleepover at his house.

By MALENA OGLES Staff Writer A 6-year-old girl testified Wednesday her biological father touched her sexually two years ago during an overnight visit to his house.

A fire destroyed the Dancin' Horse Saloon on Texas Highway 110 just north of Whitehouse early this morning.

Here are just some of the stories in today's KETK News Updates: A house is destroyed after an early morning fire rekindled today.

Smith County firefighters are battling a house fire on Highway 64 East of Tyler at County Road 290 in the New Chapel Hill Community.