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TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - One of the biggest changes to the foster care system in East Texas is underway: privatization. “This transition does create challenges, and there’s lots of need in our community,” said Smith County 321st District Court Judge Robert Wilson during the 4Kids4Families kickoff event at South Spring Baptist Church in Tyler.

Foster care system in 23 East Texas counties soon to be run by private entity

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KTRE’s Avery Gorman reports from the Angelina County District Health meeting where they named a new health administrator, Kristina Childress. Childress worked as the county’s emergency preparedness planner, but left that position in 2021 to work for the State of Texas as a stockpile planner.

Lufkin police high-speed pursuit video shows passenger being ejected

NACOGDOCHES COUNTY, Texas (KLTV) - A Lufkin man has been indicted on three charges as he faces accusations of recording women without their consent. According to the indictment, Felipe Hernandez, 51, used a recording device to capture images of at least three different women inside of a bathroom. The location of the alleged recording was not revealed in the indictment.

Lufkin man accused of recording 3 women in bathroom

Nacogdoches, TX

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

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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Lufkin police high-speed pursuit video shows passenger being ejected. A Lufkin teen was arrested by Lufkin police on Tuesday morning following a high-speed pursuit which resulted in a crash. Updated: 9 hours ago. KTRE’s Avery Gorman reports from the Angelina County District Health meeting where they named a new health...

ETX Powerlifting Champ

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Latosha Cleaver was 33 years old when she was laid off from her job. One day, she took her two sons to the YMCA to play. That’s when she says she became curious about powerlifting and met a personal trainer who encouraged her to start training.

East Texas powerlifting champion honors her late daughter through her sport

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - Lufkin police say that two medical offices have been broken into after business hours in recent weeks. A safe was reported stolen from a medical office in the 300 block of Medical Park Drive. The office was broken into overnight on Monday; office staff arrived Tuesday morning to find the front door pried open. The safe contained a small amount of petty cash.

Lufkin police report 2 medical office burglaries

Alto, TX

ALTO, Texas (KTRE) - It’s a tool that can save a life. Narcan is a relatively newly available drug used to treat opioid overdoses. The CDC estimates nearly 27,000 lives have been saved by is to far. The North East Texas Healthcare Taskforce and the Anderson Cherokee Opioid Response...

East Texas area groups offer free Narcan training

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

Gilmer, TX

UPSHUR COUNTY, Texas (KLTV) - Roofers reporting for work at a house on Airstrip Road in Gilmer found a body on Monday. According to the Upshur County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to the site at around 9:30 a.m. where the workers say they had shown up to do a roofing job and found a body outside the house.

Gilmer man arrested after workers find father’s body in yard

Smith County, TX

Animal advocate demands accountability to help with stray animal problem in Smith County. “We have an overabundance of animals,” said Coyle. “It keeps getting worse. And if we all don’t work together, we’re never going to get a result.”. Updated: 8 minutes ago. |. Watch KLTV...

Virtual Spanish Speaking Church

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - The motive behind the Lufkin skating rink shooting on Saturday has been revealed in an arrest affidavit. Derrick Jamar Smith, 36, of Houston showed up towards the end of his daughter’s birthday party at Skate Ranch in Lufkin, according to the affidavit. The party was thrown by the stepfather of Smith’s daughter, who was not named in the document, and the two men were reported to have gotten into an argument.

Affidavit: Man shot daughter’s stepfather at Lufkin skating rink birthday party

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) - It has happened to me so many times; I take home a picture frame or another glass or ceramic item from whatever store I bought it from, only to find when I get it there the stickers on the glass don’t peel off easily. I love it when companies use the easy-peel stickers, but most do not, and you ruin your fingernails trying to scrape the paper and adhesive off the glass, and then you’re left with a mess to scrub off afterward, too.

ETX Kitchen Care: Hack for removing annoying stickers from glassware, ceramics

A 95-year-old Nacogdoches man was honored on Monday afternoon with a plaque on Main Street. Bill which would transfer Central Heights water heard in committee. 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.

Fighting College Hunger

DEEP EAST TEXAS, Texas (KTRE) - On National Vietnam War Veterans Day, Deep East Texas seeks to mend the scars of the unfair welcome received by Vietnam veterans. The Vietnam war was once the longest war in American history, stretching from 1955 to 1975. This war bitterly divided the U.S., and service members unfairly caught flak once they got home.

East Texans who served honored with Vietnam War Veterans Day events

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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Update from scene of pedestrian struck by train in Lufkin

Longview health manager gives tips about how long unrefrigerated food will last during power outage. KLTV's Jamey Boyum talks with Longview Environmental Health Manager Leisha Kidd-Brooks...

Update from scene of pedestrian struck by train in Lufkin

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