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First Rose City Christmas Parade since 2022 calls for entries
TYLER, Texas (KETK) – The Rotary Clubs of Tyler are calling for entries to participate in the 2024 Rose City Christmas Parade after 2023’s parade was cancelled due to severe weather. This year’s parade is scheduled to start in downtown Tyler at 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 5. “The Christmas Parade will officially welcome the holiday […]
Tourist bicycling across the US killed by semi truck hit-and-run in East Texas
GUN BARREL CITY, Texas (KETK) – A German tourist bicycling across the country was killed in a hit-and-run wreck in Gun Barrel City on Monday. A witness called 911 around 4:09 p.m. to report seeing a man on a bicycle hit by a semi-truck on US 175 at the SH 334 overpass. “The 911 caller […]
Tourist bicycling across the US killed by semi truck hit-and-run in East Texas
GUN BARREL CITY, Texas (KETK) – A German tourist bicycling across the country was killed in a hit-and-run wreck in Gun Barrel City on Monday. A witness called 911 around 4:09 p.m. to report seeing a man on a bicycle hit by a semi-truck on US 175 at the SH 334 overpass. “The 911 caller […]
2 wanted for forgery against elderly at Gilmer Walmart, AutoZone
GILMER, Texas (KETK) — The Gilmer Police Department is seeking the public’s help to identify two individuals suspected of forgery against the elderly. The police department said the two individuals are suspected to be involved in three counts of forgery against the elderly at a Walmart and AutoZone. Anyone with information is asked to contact […]
Boil water notice issued for Arp rescinded
UPDATE: The City of Arp shared on Wednesday that the boil water notice was rescinded. ARP, Texas (KETK) – A boil water notice has been issued for the City of Arp following a water line break. According to city officials, customers of the public water system are being asked to boil their water before consumption. […]
2 motorcyclists dead after crash on Henderson County bridge crossing
NOTE: This article has been updated to correct an earlier statement by Texas Parks and Wildlife about the number of fatalities in the wreck. HENDERSON COUNTY, Texas (KETK) — A body has been recovered from the Henderson County reservoir by a game warden after a Sunday night crash that also left one other dead, the […]
East Texas’ Biggest Labor Disputes: The Lone Star Steel strikes of 1957-1968
DAINGERFIELD, Texas (KETK) – The now-defunct Lone Star Steel plant near Daingerfield was the focus of over 10 years worth of East Texas’s most violent labor struggles in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Those strikes and the other labor disputes in KETK’s series East Texas’ Biggest Labor Disputes, represent a long history of working people from […]
LIST: Experience art with the East Texas Symphony Orchestra in 2024-2025
TYLER, Texas (KETK) — The East Texas Symphony Orchestra’s 2024-2025 season opener is just a few weeks away and people can now purchase a subscriptions for all concerts. The ETSO’s concerts are performed in the Vaughn Auditorium of the University of Texas at Tyler R. Don Cowan Fine & Performing Arts Center. KETK has compiled […]
World’s largest steam engine to visit East Texas during national tour
TEXARKANA, Ark. (KTAL/KSHV) – The world’s largest operating steam locomotive, ‘Big Boy’, will make its way through East Texas as part of the upcoming Heartland of America Tour. Big Boy No. 4014 was delivered to Union Pacific back in Dec. 1941. The company reacquired it in 2013 and began a multi-year process to restore the steam […]
Monday Midday Forecast: Hot for Monday, less humid by midweek
THIS AFTERNOON: Partly cloudy with a 20% chance of showers and storms in our eastern areas closer to the Louisiana state line. Highs in the upper-90s to low-100s with the heat index topping out between 104 and 111 degrees. Wind: W 5-10 mph. TONIGHT: Partly cloudy with lows in the mid-to-upper-70s. Wind: E 5-10 mph. […]
Sunday Night Forecast: Hot & Dry
TONIGHT: Mostly Clear. Low 78. Wind S 5.MONDAY: Mostly Sunny & Hot. High 102. Heat Index 111. Wind W 5.MONDAY NIGHT: Mostly Clear. Low 77. Wind E 5.TUESDAY: Mostly Sunny & Hot. High 96. Heat Index 105. Wind E 5.WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY: Sunny & Hot. Lows 70-74. Highs 94-97.
Tyler named one of top 25 places to live in Southwest by Livability.com
TYLER, Texas (KETK) – Tyler has been ranked as the eleventh best place to live in the Southwest by Livability.com. Their rankings are created by taking into account economic variables, quality of life indicators and affordability data taken from more than 2,000 cities from across the country. “In today’s landscape, where affordability is increasingly challenging, […]
First ever Piney Woods Comic Con held in Lufkin
LUFKIN, Texas (KETK) – The first ever Piney Woods Comic Con was held at the Pitser Garrison Convention Center in Lufkin this weekend. Guests of the convention included Peter Kelamis, who has voiced Goku in ‘Dragon Ball Z’, Kevin Sorbo, who starred in ‘Hercules’ and ‘God’s Not Dead’ and Carla Perez, who played the villainous […]
Bishop Gorman Catholic School hosting blood drive for teacher’s children
TYLER, Texas (KETK) – The Bishop Gorman Catholic School in Tyler is hosting a blood drive on Monday, Aug. 19 in support of two children with a rare blood disorder. Christine Martin, choir director at Bishop Gorman, has two children with hereditary spherocytosis, 2-year-old Charlotte and 6-month-old John Paul. The incurable rare blood disorder means […]
Donate blood for chance to win Dallas Cowboys tickets
TYLER, Texas (KETK) – Fans of the Dallas Cowboys are in luck because from now until Oct. 17 Carter BloodCare is entering all of their blood donors into weekly drawings for tickets to Arlington. Donors chosen from their weekly drawings will get four tickets to that week’s home game and a parking pass for AT&T Stadium […]
Man injured after diving into Cedar Creek Lake, flown to trauma center
PAYNE SPRINGS, Texas (KETK) – Payne Springs Fire Rescue said that a man had to be flown out to a trauma center on Saturday night after diving into Cedar Creek Lake. PSFR said that they were dispatched to a boating accident at 5:32 p.m. in the Southwood Shores subdivision. When they arrived on the scene […]
Louisiana chase ends in White Oak crash, man arrested
WHITE OAK, Texas (KETK) – The Harrison County Sheriff’s Office said that a man was arrested on Saturday following a pursuit that started in Louisiana. A white Dodge Charger was originally being pursued by the Louisiana State Police before it crossed into Texas. The Harrison County Sheriff’s Office was called to assist Waskom PD with […]
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