In the past three to four months the Smith County Sheriff’s Office and Tyler Police Department have received an excessive amount of mail theft reports.  During these criminal episodes, the suspect(s) are indiscriminately fishing large amounts of envelopes from the blue mail receptacles typically found in the parking lots of local businesses.  The intended

July 30-August 15 – LISD registration for all new 1st-3rd grade students will take place at College Street Elementary; Aug. 9 @ 4 p.m.: PK-6 grade Class assignments will be available; Aug. 12 @ 9 a.m.: 7-8 grade Class assignments will be available; Aug. 15 @ 3 p.m.: all LHS schedules will be available in

Lindale Rotary Club President Marla Pittman presents a book that is donated to the Lindale Library in honor of Lindale High School Coach Chris Cochran. He discussed the upcoming football season in a very competitive district. The first home game will be moved to Tyler due to the completion of the stadium renovation date. Coach

  “Today, August 2, 2019, the Smith County Criminal District Attorney’s Office filed a motion to dismiss the pending murder charge against Christopher Hardy, 241-0181-18. The decision to dismiss this case was not made lightly. After I was sworn in as District Attorney, my office began an extensive review of the evidence in the case.

  The summer months are really hard on the local East Texas blood supply and this summer is no exception. The blood supply is currently below preferred levels and ETX patients need your help. Join the community of Mineola and Lindale at a blood drive in honor of Martha Crump on August 7th.  Carter BloodCare will

AUSTIN – Deputy Secretary of State Joe Esparza today drew the ballot order for ten proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution that will appear on the November 5th ballot. In order to appear on the ballot, the proposed amendments must be approved by at least two-thirds of the members of both the Texas Senate and the

At approximately 1:00 p.m., Troopers responded to a report of a single engine airplane emergency landing on Hwy 31 and Hwy 259 in Gregg County.  During a preliminary investigation into the incident, the pilot advised that he began experiencing engine issues over Interstate 20 and had to land on Highway 259 in Kilgore. He was

The Smith County Sheriff’s Office is proud of its Designated Immigration Officers (DIO) for receiving an award from the U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office in Dallas. This award was presented to these outstanding professionals as a result of receiving no deficiencies during the biennial Office of Professional Responsibility inspection. These SCSO Detention

A Lindale man who was initially charged with arson after setting a hospital bed on fire has pleaded guilty to a separate charge of criminal mischief after the arson charge against him was dropped. According to Smith County District Attorney Jacob Putman, Mason Reid Wyatt, 21, pleaded guilty to a criminal mischief charge in Judge

Jay Brooks was appointed Tuesday to serve as the Smith County Fire Marshal. Brooks served as assistant fire marshal from 2008 until 2015, and briefly served as the county’s fire marshal before leaving to work in the private sector. On Tuesday, the Smith County Commissioners Court voted to appoint Brooks as the Smith County Fire