Most of Smith County’s offices opened back up to the public on Friday, May 1, after the local and state “Stay at Home” Orders expired April 30. Most county offices that had limited in-person contact with the public will reopen in a manner consistent with the guidelines and directives of the Governor Gregg Abbott’s

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today said state sales tax revenue totaled $2.58 billion in April, 9.3 percent less than in April 2019, the steepest decline since January 2010. The majority of April sales tax revenue is based on sales made in March and remitted to the agency in April. Widespread social distancing requirements were not

  Rodney Davis’ bout with COVID-19 was so bad that he wants to make sure he can do anything he can to help others suffering from the virus. Davis, 44, of Grand Saline, plans to participate in the convalescent plasma research being conducted by physicians with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler

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Review the plan: https://drive.google.com/open?id=116LuU_egN_lfvaK-wNrzX0bpX1kr4wX7   AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott today announced the first phase of the State of Texas’ ongoing plan to safely and strategically open Texas while minimizing the spread of COVID-19. Under Phase I, certain services and activities are allowed to open with limited occupancy, and the Texas Department of State Health

  Four additional Smith County Jail inmates were tested yesterday after having exhibited some signs of the Covid 19 virus. Today at approximately 3:00 pm, the Smith County Sheriff’s Office was notified that two additional inmates have tested positive for Covid 19. This brings the total number of Covid 19 positive inmates to four. All

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TYLER – At 9 PM last night, Troopers responded to a two vehicle fatal crash on SH-110 N near CR-411 in Smith County.  Preliminary crash investigation revealed that the driver of a 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee, Andrew Wayne Slemp, 37, of Mineola was traveling south on SH-110 and failed to yield the right of way

  Here are the current power outage maps: https://stormcenter.oncor.com http://outagemap.wcec.org/#viewer-menu-parent https://ebill.urecc.coop/mapviewer/mapviewer.html… http://outagemap.swepco.com.s3.amazonaws.com/e…/default.html More than 70,000 without power after storms moved through East Texas Sunday. ONCOR Tyler – 1,143 customers affected Whitehouse – 40 customers affected Lindale – 551 customers affected Hideaway – 183 customers affected Van – 24 customers affected Palestine – 33 customers affected