Tyler News

By KELLY GOOCH and ROY MAYNARD Staff Writers Republican Brian Walker is running for District 11 state representative and is challenging Democratic incumbent Chuck Hopson for the job.

The University of Texas at Tyler Alumni Association is recognizing four graduates as 2008 distinguished alumni during a luncheon today.

By CASEY KNAUPP Staff Writer An alleged Longview gang member has pleaded guilty in a Tyler federal court to drug and gun charges.

Two firefighters on the scene of a blaze in the 500 block of Contender's Way south of Tyler are on their way to area hospitals for treatment, according to a Tyler Paper reporter on the scene.

By CINDY MALLETTE Staff Writer The new fire station at the intersection of McDonald and Old Omen roads opened with fanfare and the uncoupling of a fire hose on Wednesday.

Tyler ISD has earned a "Superior Achievement" rating under the Texas' Schools FIRST program.

By KENNETH DEAN Staff Writer A storm system that threatened tornadoes Monday night and drenched the area with rainfall also caused four fires in Smith County with lightning strikes.

Members of the Civil Air Patrol in Tyler helped assess the damage from Hurricane Ike, said information from the squadron.

Tyler police have ended their search in northwest Tyler for a man believed to have stolen a purse from a vehicle while the victim was getting gasoline.

Soldiers of the 38th Iraqi Army Brigade and the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division completed their second combined tactical air insertion, Sept.

An aggravated robbery occurred at 7:05 a.m. today at the Speedy Food Mart at 2700 E. Fifth Street, according to Tyler police.

TYLER Investigations continue into several Tyler crimes The latest call in a series of crimes came in around seven o'clock, Sunday morning from the 700 block of Della Street.

A car wreck in tyler results in a DWI arrest. Tyler police tell ketk that an suv was going north on Holly Tree when the driver lost control and flipped it.

Tyler Police are investigating the report of shots being fired from one car toward another car early today in north Tyler.

The Tyler Civic Theatre will present "Arabian Nights" Oct. 10-12 and 17-19 in the Rogers Children's Theatre, officials announced.

At least 12 people were sent to a Tyler hospital with minor injuries after an 18-wheeler struck the back of a Tyler city bus, said Don Martin, Tyler police information officer.

By KENNETH DEAN Staff Writer An argument early Friday morning is thought to have sparked a shooting that left a Smith County man dead.

Tyler police said Thursday a man wanted in connection with aggravated assaults and an attempted robbery is now behind bars.

Working at the Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Kilgore are Mary Tyler, 37, Opie Hughes, 39, and Joey Johnson, 20.

A robber who had been convicted of perjury in the long-unsolved killings of five people abducted from a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant 25 years ago was convicted of murder Tuesday.