Melissa Kiser
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SMITH COUNTY – Two weeks after the Smith County Burn Ban was issued, there have been 95 outdoor burning reports countywide. During the first week, there were 58 outdoor fire incidents, and 37 incidents during the second week. Smith County Fire Marshal Chad Hogue gave an update to Commissioners Court on Tuesday, September 1. Hogue said the Smith County Fire Marshal’s Office has written 13 citations for both weeks, but he did not know how many were issued by other agencies in the county. Hogue sai
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CHEROKEE COUNTY — A Rusk man has been arrested for online solicitation of a minor after he showed up for a meeting with the online vigilante group Predator Poachers on Sunday. According to the Rusk Police Department and our news partner KETK, the Predator Poachers had identified a man in Rusk and started communicating with him online while pretending to be a 13-year-old minor. The police department said the Poachers and the man set up a meeting with the intent that the man would engage in “sexua
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TYLER – Dozens of municipal water systems across the United States have faced cyber-attacks recently and Texas lawmakers are assuring Texans that security officials are working to stop the threat. According to our news partner KETK, recent cyber-attacks across the United States have put those in charge of the nation’s infrastructure security on high alert, including Texas Cyber Command Chief TJ White. “The Iranian Republican Guard Core Electronic Workfare Force has been active in over thirty mun
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SMITH COUNTY — The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles online system is down statewide, so the Smith County Tax Office cannot process auto registration renewals or title work at this time, according to the county’s Facebook page. Smith County Tax-Assessor Collector Gary Barber said the system went down Thursday afternoon and it was still down when they came to work Friday morning. He is not sure when it will be back up but we will alert the public when that happens.
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FLINT — A multi-vehicle crash on Highway 155 has left four dead and one transported with major injuries early Thursday morning, according to Smith County ESD 2 and our news partner KETK. The Texas Department of Public Safety said a Toyota Highlander was driving in the wrong lane, which caused a head-on collision with a Cadillac. DPS said three people in the Cadillac died and were not wearing a seat-belt at the time of the crash. The toddler was allegedly not in a child’s car seat. The toddler wa
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