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FEMA to close Disaster Recovery Center in Tyler
TYLER – If you still need help from FEMA for damages suffered by severe weather in Smith County from April 26 through June 5, you can talk to them in person at the Disaster Recover Center in Tyler until Monday. FEMA will close its Disaster Recovery Center on July 29. Until then, it will be open 8 a.m. To 6 p.m. through Saturday at The Hub, 304 E. Ferguson St. in Tyler. As of Monday, July 22, FEMA had approved 3,261 Smith County residents for individual assistance, for a total of $12,098,877, Smith County Emergency Management Coordinator Brandon Moore reported.
Chapel Hill ISD to host job fair
Chapel Hill ISD is set to host a paraprofessional and auxiliary job fair from 9 to 10:30 a.m. on July 30 at the Central Administration Office, located at 11134 County Road 2249 in Tyler. Candidates interested in paraprofessional, custodial, maintenance or food service positions are welcome to attend. Department representatives...
GRAPHIC: Dashcam video shows Smith County firefighter struck by vehicle while responding to crash
SMITH COUNTY, Texas — **EDITOR'S NOTE: The video above contains graphic language and content. Officials are searching for the driver who hit a Smith County ESD 2 firefighter on Sunday night. According to SCESD2, around 8:30 p.m., a firefighter who was responding to a crash on FM 850 was...
BYOB: Can You Name The Last Four Dry Counties in Texas?
In most Texas counties you can now legally buy alcohol in most Texas counties, but there are indeed a few holdouts. Four dry counties, in fact, are the last remaining vestiges of prohibition in The Lone Star State. I've lived in a dry county, and it was just a pain...
Smith County home destroyed in fire
SMITH COUNTY, Texas — A Smith County-area home was destroyed after a vehicle fire led to a house fire on Sunday. According to Smith County Emergency Services District 2, officials received a call regarding a vehicle fire. Before crews arrived on scene, the fire had spread to the nearby house.
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