Texas Bank and Trust officials joined city and business leaders Thursday morning with a ribbon cutting to officially celebrate the grand opening of the bank, located at Highway 16 and U.S. 69 in downtown Lindale.

The Texas House voted Wednesday to advance legislation that would make the Teacher Retirement System pension fund financially healthy and give one-time checks to retired teachers. By a voice vote, House members gave preliminary approval to Senate Bill 12, endorsing a more costly revised version of the teacher pension fixes that was originally proposed in

AUSTIN – World class bass fishing, shopping, live music and a variety of outdoor activities are coming to Texas’ most iconic bass fishing lake for the third annual Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest (TBTF) benefitting Texas Parks and Wildlife Department May 2-6. Lake Fork near Emory, Texas, is hosting the Bassmaster Elite Series tournament, where the top

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced today he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts $705.3 million in local sales tax allocations for April, 8.4 percent more than in April 2018.  These allocations are based on sales made in February by businesses that report tax monthly. Lindale’s sales tax revenue jumped 14.32-percent

All non-emergency Smith County offices will be closed for business on Friday, April 19, 2019, for Good Friday. Offices will reopen for normal business hours on Monday, April 22, 2019. No new jury panels are being called for Smith County this week because of the holiday.

Tyler Junior College has announced New Student Orientation sessions for students entering TJC in the fall 2019 semester. “New Student Orientation is a great introduction to life at TJC and offers our new Apaches an opportunity to register early for their fall semester classes,” said Murphy Turner, coordinator of TJC new student and family programs.