East Texas’ unemployment rate improved from October, 2023 to November 2023, which mirrored the rest of the state, according to figures released by the Texas Workforce Commission this past week. Employment estimates released by TWC are produced in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics and according to the TWC, East

The holidays have come and gone for another year but the staff at Lillie Russell Memorial Library is anxious for the new year with some familiar activities. Regular activities include Adult Game Day each Tuesday when patrons 18 and older can enjoy board games, card games, dominoes and other entertaining ways to spend a morning.

Lindale High School volleyball standout Kayli Vickery, who helped lead the Lady Eagles to the Regional Semifinals of the 2023 playoffs, was recently selected to the Blue Bell/Texas Sports Writers’ All State Volleyball team, officials announced. Vickery, a middle blocker, was selected to the Class 4A third team. She also earned Blocker of the Year

Widening and realignment of FM 16 west of downtown Lindale will continue this week with lane closures and traffic shift detours in place, said Texas Department of Transportation spokesman Jeff Williford. The project is four miles west of FM 849 and will continue to U.S. 69 in downtown Lindale, Williford said. Highway 19 Construction, LLC

Officials with the Smith County Sheriff’s Office reported that jail inmate Susan Taylor, 58, had died after being taken to a UT Health emergency room after being found unconscious in the day room of the jail just after 12 noon on Wednesday, Dec. 27. Emergency personnel began implementing life-saving measures but Taylor remained unresponsive. She

AUSTIN— As the year ends, so does Texas State Parks’ Centennial Celebration, but the fun doesn’t stop when the clock strikes midnight. Kick off your resolution to explore the outdoors in 2024 with a First Day Hike at a state park, which will host ranger-guided and self-guided walks, bike rides, paddling trips and polar plunges

In a few years, an East Texan will be able to hop on passenger rail here and go West to DFW and beyond to the coast, East to Meridian, Mississippi, and beyond to Atlanta, Georgia. It’s been a long time coming – almost 20 years of negotiations, advocacy and some arm twisting – but a

When we look back on the year 2023, there was one overriding factor that will remain in our memory banks: the extremes Mother Nature inflicted upon us just to show everyone she was still in charge. As the new year dawned, January’s temperatures and conditions were close to normal. Then came February. The first week

The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will be hosting the East Region AgriLife Conference and Expo on January 5, 2024, at the W.T. Brookshire Conference Center located at 2000 West Front St. Tyler, Texas 75702. This educational event is geared towards professionals working for city parks departments, athletic fields, golf courses, school districts, pest control

‘Twas days before Christmas, and all through the town, the kids were all waiting for that Christmas sundown when the Jolly Ol’ Elf would come in the night with presents for all for their wintry delight. The children had sent letters for the holiday’s chimes, you can read them today in Lindale News & Times…