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Texas Parks and Wildlife commissioners are considering a land swap with SpaceX that would give Elon Musk’s space exploration company about 43 acres from Boca Chica State Park. In exchange for the land in Texas’ southernmost strip along the Gulf Coast, SpaceX would transfer 477 acres nearby that could be used for hiking, camping and

Applications are being accepted from Smith County citizens interested in serving on the county’s Appraisal Review Board for the Smith County Appraisal District, said District Judge Reeve Jackson, administrative judge for the state district courts in Smith County. An application should be submitted to Judge Jackson through the SCAD Taxpayer Liaison Officer no later than

Smith County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Eugenio Gonzalez-Hernandez of Tyler for allegedly sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl on Tuesday, Jan. 23 at a residence on County Road 326 in Tyler, said spokesman Larry Christian. At approximately 10:15 p.m. on Jan. 23, deputies responded to the scene and were told Gonzalez-Hernandez had allegedly perpetrated the assault. During

Lindale City Council members met for the first time in 2024 on Tuesday, Jan. 23 following the rescheduling of two previous meetings. The most recently rescheduled meeting was due to the winter storm which arrived on Jan. 14-15 in East Texas. On Jan. 23, council members: • Approved the city’s audit performed by Gollob Peddy

DOJ report on response to Uvalde shooting scathing The U.S. Justice Department issued a scathing report late last week on the May 4, 2022, mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, the Austin American-Statesman reported. Attorney General Merrick Garland said at a news conference in Uvalde that officials’ response that day and afterward “was

Smith County Commissioners addressed election issues as well as a review of the policy concerning the public participation portion of each meeting during a rescheduled session this past Friday in the commissioner’s courtroom. The meeting, originally scheduled at its regular time on Tuesday, Jan. 16, had to be rescheduled due to the icy weather which

Noe Luna, 43, of Tyler was fatally stabbed Sunday (Jan. 21) at his residence in the 400 block of County Road 34 near Tyler and a suspect has been arrested and charged with murder, said Smith County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Larry Christian. Letierus Lynn Drew, 23, was arrested in connection with the stabbing, Christian said,

It didn’t take long into the new year for winter’s fury to arrive as East Texans shivered through some serious, bone-chilling temperatures beginning early Monday (Jan. 15). Winter storm watches and warnings accompanied the icy weather with accumulations ranging to just under an inch in most places. Temperatures dropped into the lower teens late Monday