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2 months ago | 
kfyrtv.com | Mack Shaw |Amanda Alvarado
KILGORE, Texas (KLTV/Gray News) - A former instructional aide was arrested for allegedly having a relationship with a student. Kayla Nicole O’Dell, 34, is accused of being in a relationship with a Kilgore Independent School District student. She was employed at the school from August 2023 until January 2025, when an investigation started into possible educator misconduct involving her. After the investigation, the district said that the results were given to law enforcement officials.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Mack Shaw
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JACKSONVILLE, Texas (KLTV) - The Jacksonville Police Chief has been fired after what the city manager calls five years of “poor judgement.” According to the Friday release from the city, Joe Williams has been relieved of his duty after five years in the role. In 2022, Williams was put on paid leave for about a month as the department conducted an investigation.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
msn.com | Stephanie Frazier |Mack Shaw
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
kltv.com | Mack Shaw
GUN BARREL CITY, Texas (KLTV) - Police are seeking a driver who killed a German tourist and fled the scene Monday in Gun Barrel City. According to the release, the incident happened around 4:09 p.m. Monday on US 175 at the SH 334 overpass. The caller reported a medium sized semi-truck had struck a bicyclist and failed to stop, continuing east towards Eustace. The bicyclist has been identified as Rick Mueller, 30, a German citizen who had been touring the country’s historical sites.
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
kltv.com | Mack Shaw
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - A Dallas man pleaded guilty Monday to a charge related to a high-speed pursuit through East Texas last October. Christopher Powell, 19, was arrested in Smith County on Oct. 16, 2023, after a stolen Camaro fled from Louisiana through East Texas. On Monday, Powell pleaded guilty to unlawful use of a criminal instrument in Judge Kerry L. Russell’s Court. Along with Powell, two other suspects were arrested after the pursuit.
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
kltv.com | Mack Shaw
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - A Tyler man is in jail after causing a crash while fleeing a scene Sunday, police say. Sergio Molina, 29, is accused of intoxication assault with a vehicle causing serious bodily injury after a Sunday arrest. According to Tyler PD PIO Andy Erbaugh, the incident happened while Molina was fleeing police. Erbaugh said police were called to the 1700 block of South Beckham Avenue around 5:45 a.m. Sunday for a report of shots fired.
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
kltv.com | Mack Shaw
UPSHUR COUNTY, Texas (KLTV) - A man living in East Texas survived a major train derailment in Arizona as a young boy. Now, decades later, he’s reconnected with his guardian on the deadly journey. Solo traveler Patrick Healy was about 12 years old when he boarded an Amtrak train bound for Los Angeles in October of 1995. When the train derailed southwest of Phoenix in what is now believed to be an act of domestic terrorism, Healy’s only guardian in the midst of the wreckage was an older passenger.
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Aug 14, 2024 | 
kltv.com | Mack Shaw
ATHENS, Texas (KLTV) - A former police officer for the city of Payne Springs is going to prison for selling drugs after a Wednesday sentencing. Jonathon Paul Hutchison, 41, of Mabank, was arrested in March of 2023, after he and former Payne Springs Police Chief April Meadows were accused of selling drugs previously seized by the department. On Thursday, Hutchison was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a visiting judge.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
kltv.com | Mack Shaw
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - A Tyler man accused of having child porn was arrested Monday after reportedly deleting thousands of digital files. Austin Wayne Odell, 38, is charged with possession of child pornography and sexual assault of a child. According to his arrest affidavit, he was found by Texas DPS investigators to have downloaded child pornography to personal devices and admitted to the offenses.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
kltv.com | Mack Shaw
HOLLYWOOD (KLTV) - A film adaptation of a book written by an East Texas native is sitting comfortably among the top box office performers. “It Ends With Us,” the newest film adaptation credited to Sulphur Springs’ Colleen Hoover, boasted a $50 million opening weekend in the domestic box office. The Sony Pictures film sits just below the reigning “Deadpool & Wolverine,” and far outpaced the third-place “Twisters,” which took in $15 million.
