TYLER, Texas (KETK) – Optimum said they presented a $5,000 check to the Mentoring Alliance of Tyler on Thursday. Family Crisis Center of East Texas hosting food drive for abuse survivors Holly Thedford, manager of enterprise sales at Optimum, Genesis Borens, mid-level gift officer at Mentoring Alliance of Tyler and Curt Allison, area marketing director […]
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Junior League of Tyler wants grant applications from local nonprofits
TYLER, Texas (KETK) – The Junior League of Tyler is asking for local nonprofits to submit applications so they can get grant funds out into the community. Junior League of Tyler gives back with their Touch a Truck event The league has awarded over $7.5 million to community organizations since it was started in 1960 […]
Keep Tyler Beautiful buzzing with activities for National Pollinator Week
TYLER, Texas (KETK) – This week is National Pollinator Week and Keep Tyler Beautiful is highlighting the importance of bees, butterflies and other pollinators with several themed events. LIST: East Texas Juneteenth celebrations 2024 On Thursday, June 20, they’re having a Pollinator Trivia Night at the ETX Brewing Company from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. […]
At Home With Tyler and Lauren Thomas … creating a new vision for a home with a past
A home is built. A home is lived in. A home is sold. Sellers leave with old memories. Buyers bring hopes of new memories. The cycle repeats. This is what happened to a classic white home on McDaniel Avenue, built in 1936. After having different owners over the years, Tyler and Lauren Thomas purchased the home in […]
Courteney Cox, 59, and Liv Tyler, 46, love this $19 skin-smoothing treatment
Exfoliating is an essential skin care step all year round, but it’s especially crucial during the summer months when you’ll likely spend more time outside in the sun. Slathering on sunscreen, plus added exposure to smog and pollution in the air means your skin is susceptible to build-up. Exfoliation is a key way to keep […]
71st annual Parade of Homes kicks off in Tyler
TYLER, Texas (KETK) – The Tyler Area Builders Association kicked off their 71st Parade of Homes on Sunday. Volunteers help children with special needs fish at Lake Gladewater “We’re showing the local trends that are going on this year and design aspects for everybody to get inspired and creative,” founder and principal designer of Little […]
American Tyler Wenrich sentenced to time served and $9K fine after arrest on illegal ammunition charge in Turks and Caicos
American Tyler Wenrich was sentenced to three weeks in jail and fined Tuesday after he had pleaded guilty earlier this month to possession of ammunition while traveling to Turks and Caicos. The Virginia resident was fined $9,000, Kimo Tynes, the director of communications for the Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands, said in a […]
UT Tyler student to serve on Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
TYLER, Texas (KETK) – Gov. Greg Abbott appointed a University of Texas at Tyler student to serve on the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) as a student representative on Thursday. ETBU gets $475,000 for Marshall economic revitalization Photo of Luke Schwartz Luke Schwartz, a Tyler Junior College and Texas A&M University graduate, is pursuing […]
Tyler ISD holds ribbon cutting for new Hubbard Middle School
TYLER, Texas (KETK) – Tyler Independent School District celebrated the opening of the new Hubbard Middle School on Tuesday. Greater Longview United Way celebrates 16th book vending machine The new building is part of a nearly $90 million bond that passed in 2022. The new three-story campus sits right next to the old building that […]
Putin ‘had his face to his feet’ during Kremlin performance, says Bonnie Tyler
Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler has said Russian president Vladimir Putin had his “face down to his feet” when she performed in the Kremlin. The Total Eclipse Of The Heart singer said she had visited Russia “many times” before and revealed that Mr Putin was in the front row during one of her performances. The 72-year-old […]
Veterans receive free fishing poles during event at Lake Tyler
WHITEHOUSE, Texas (KETK) — The Boulders at Lake Tyler held an event on Tuesday offering free food for veterans and discounted their day-use fee for all Watkins-Logan Texas State Veterans Home residents. East Texas Women: NaTusha Howard providing food, faith to those in need According to a release, the Land Commissioner and Veterans Land Board […]
Kokomo Mayor Tyler Moore endorses Crouch for governor
Apr. 28—Kokomo Mayor Tyler Moore is throwing his weight behind Suzanne Crouch for governor. In a statement, the Republican said he was “excited” to endorse Crouch because of her history in working with local officials as the state’s lieutenant governor. “Through her long history of public service at all levels of local and state government, […]