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Tyler, TX

It’s a tool that can save a life. Narcan is relatively newly available drug used to treat opioid overdoses. The CDC estimates nearly 27,000 lives have been saved. It’s no secret that college is expensive. According to the Feeding Texas Network, 29 percent of four-year college students in Texas have experienced hunger because of tuition and high food costs. But, help may be on the way because of a couple legislative bills that will make students, even those enrolled in a vocational school, eligible for SNAP benefits.

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Nacogdoches, TX

NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - A 95-year-old Nacogdoches man was honored on Monday afternoon with a plaque on Main Street. Bishop Stephen Fowler is a well-known community leader. He was born in Nacogdoches in 1927, and his family said he has progressed from “slavery to sharecropper to land owner, and still living to talk about it.”

WebXtra: Nacogdoches honors former sharecropper who rose to prominence

It’s a tool that can save a life. Narcan is relatively newly available drug used to treat opioid overdoses. The CDC estimates nearly 27,000 lives have been saved. Taking the project to space allows astronauts, “To grow fresh produce in spaceflight where astronauts are going for deep space missions and they really want fresh produce over this longer time,” UT Tyler Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Dr. Shawana Tabassum said.

East Texas area groups offer free Narcan training

Lufkin, TX

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - The Lufkin Fire Department responded to a house fire on Voyle Street on Tuesday afternoon. Neighbors reported the fire on the 1300 block of Voyle Street at around 12:45 p.m., according to the City of Lufkin communications director. The homeowner was not home when the fire began.

2 pets die in Lufkin house fire

NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - The Texas Senate Committee on Local Government considered a bill to transfer control of Central Heights Water System from the City of Nacogdoches to the Angelina River Authority. Kelly Holcomb, general manager of the Angelina River Authority, spoke as a resource witness and said the water...

Bill which would transfer Central Heights water heard in committee

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - The Family Crisis Center of East Texas (FCCET) is a non-profit organization in Lufkin and Nacogdoches that strives to empower survivors of domestic violence. According to the organization’s website, they provide crisis intervention and advocacy services to those who have experienced domestic violence or sexual assault.

Local non-profit aids domestic violence survivors, recognized with award

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - One person is in custody Sunday morning following a shooting at an East Texas roller rink. The shooting happened around 6 p.m. Saturday inside Skate Ranch, according to a post from the Lufkin Police Department. Derrick Jamar Smith, 36, of Lufkin, is accused of firing a...

Authorities release name of suspect in Lufkin skating rink shooting

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - The university has received a $100,000 grant from NASA to advance the fundamental understanding of plants in space. The Crop-FIT for space farming is comparable to a fitness watch, but for plants. “They can detect this hormonal radiations in real time so by looking at this...

UT Tyler one step closer to sending plants to space

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - The UT Tyler School of Medicine is recruiting community members to role-play as patients for the upcoming class of medical students. It is called the Simulated Patient Program. “They’re going to be portraying the demographics that we see here in East Texas and we want our...

UT Tyler School of Medicine introduces Simulated Patient Program

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Tyler Rose Garden Center hosts 26th gem and mineral show

Family of slain Lufkin teen speaks about sentencing of JaccBoyWorld gang member. Trina Jackson speaks about the sentences given to D'Corian Haywood, who plead guilty on...

Tyler Rose Garden Center hosts 26th gem and mineral show

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