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Chandler Sullivan works in tech, just like his father. But the similarities end there. At 28, Sullivan has his own computer consulting firm. But he doesn’t have an office. He doesn’t wear a tie. When he’s on an important call with a client, it’s likely to be at Starbucks. “My dad works in Silicon…

Texas girl, Kinley Wolfford, becomes fastest 12-year-old drag racer in U.S.

The Oklahoma heat radiated off the eighth-mile track as Mauriceville drag racer Kinley Wolfford stared at the starting lights. Her nervous hands gripped the steering wheel in the rumbling cockpit of the 14-foot Half Scale Jr. Dragster about to tear through the dry air at 72 mph. This was what she wanted. This feeling.

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Retired Garland firefighter David Hall spent the early years of his career listening to elder co-workers discuss taxes, politics and headaches of Texas cattle ranching. Eventually, tough talk about mud, flies, coyotes and difficult deliveries sparked a buried desire in the young firefighter to someday swap a soot-smelling fire helmet

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Recent News

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Bertrand resigns as Patriots baseball coach

After leading the UT Tyler baseball program to three conference championship in four years, Patriots head coach Chris Bertrand announced he was ready for a new challenge. Bertrand said on Monday he has resigned to pursue new opportunities in his…

11 July 2016 [09:13 PM]
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Cooking with lavender - yes, cooking

Certain herbs seem to belong in certain dishes: Sage defines poultry stuffing. Tarragon dazzles in sauce béarnaise and, as it happens, lavender is killer in pork fried rice. Oh, wait. You don't put it in your fried rice? Well, you're…

11 July 2016 [07:17 PM]
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Tyler ISD names principals for Ramey, Bonner and Austin elementary schools

BETTY WATERS, blw@tylerpaper.com Tyler ISD trustees unanimously appointed new principals Monday for Ramey, Bonner and Austin elementary schools, effective for the upcoming school year. The school board named Tremayna Thomas principal of Ramey Elementary, Brady Holland principal of Austin Elementary…

11 July 2016 [05:09 PM]
Death and Funeral Notices for July 12

DEATHS FRANCES MARIE ARPS, 93, Winona, died July 9. Com­munity Funeral Home of Tyler. CHARLES BELL, 61, Tyler, died July 7. John R. Harmon Un­dertaking Co., Tyler. WILLIAM EARL BROWN, 63, Henderson, died July 9. Gar­mon Funeral…

11 July 2016 [04:37 PM]
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Bank of America closing downtown Tyler location

ROY MAYNARD, rmaynard@tylerpaper.com Bank of America will close its downtown Tyler location in October, officials with the bank confirm. The bank has been in the Plaza Tower building at 110 N. College Ave. since it merged with NationsBank in…

11 July 2016 [02:26 PM]
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Alex’s Lemonade Stand, Tyler Northwestern unite for putt-putt fundraiser

Northwestern Mutual took a stand against childhood cancer on Saturday with a Putt Putt Golf tournament. Northwestern partnered with Alex’s Lemonade Stand Against Cancer for a nationwide fundraiser during the months of June and July, according to organizer Laura Doyle.…

11 July 2016 [11:07 AM]
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Missing girl dies after being found in car in Temple

TEMPLE, Texas (AP) - A 2-year-old girl who had been reported missing has died a day after being found in a car in Central Texas. Police in Temple say officers were responding to a call of a missing girl on…

11 July 2016 [07:33 AM]
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B.B. King estate, Universal sued over blues legend's photos

NEW YORK (AP) - A New York photographer is suing B.B. King's estate and Universal Music Group for copyright infringement after he says his pictures of the blues legend have been used on King's albums for more than 40 years…

11 July 2016 [07:30 AM]
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Chewbacca Mom responds to violence with Michael Jackson song

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (AP) - Chewbacca Mom Candace Payne has channeled Michael Jackson in response to last week's fatal shootings of police officers in Dallas. Payne posted a video on Facebook during the weekend of her cover of Michael Jackson's…

11 July 2016 [06:35 AM]
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Chaka Khan and sister enter rehab over prescription drugs

NEW YORK (AP) - Chaka Khan and her sister have entered a drug rehabilitation program to battle their addictions to prescription drugs, and Khan says the death of her good friend Prince helped hasten her decision to get help. In…

11 July 2016 [06:06 AM]
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Friend or foe? Open-carry law poses challenge to police

PARIS, Texas (AP) - Gun-rights activists, some of them wearing camouflage and military-style gear and openly toting rifles and handguns, marched alongside the hundreds of people who flocked to downtown Dallas last week to protest police shootings of blacks. Their…

11 July 2016 [06:03 AM]
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In Dallas remarks, Obama will aim to make sense of shootings

WASHINGTON (AP) - For President Barack Obama, the decision to return early from an overseas trip after a series of shocking shootings will prove to be easy compared to his next challenge: Comforting an America that has witnessed a rash…

11 July 2016 [05:58 AM]
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Police: Third victim dies in attacks on San Diego homeless

SAN DIEGO (AP) - A man injured during a series of attacks on homeless men in San Diego died at a hospital - bringing the death toll to three, police said. Dionicio Derek Vahidy, 23, died Sunday four days after…

11 July 2016 [05:55 AM]
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Protests over police killings aim at occupying interstates

Officers in riot gear arrest dozens in Louisiana's capital near the close of a long hot weekend of protests over the killings of black people by police, with demonstrations around the country punctuated by activist attempts to block some key…

11 July 2016 [05:43 AM]
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Fighting enters 5th day in South Sudan capital

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) - Heavy explosions are shaking South Sudan's capital Juba Monday morning as clashes between government and opposition forces entered their fifth day, witnesses say, pushing the country back toward civil war. An Associated Press reporter in…

11 July 2016 [05:40 AM]
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Trump's focuses on changes in programs for military veterans

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) - Republican Donald Trump will deliver a speech on veterans' issues Monday, his latest in a series of prepared remarks aimed at articulating his policy agenda and convincing still-reticent Republicans that he has the discipline and…

11 July 2016 [05:26 AM]
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Nude models become artists' canvases on NYC Bodypainting Day

NEW YORK (AP) - About 100 naked people gathered on Saturday to paint the town red - and blue, green, orange, magenta and neon yellow. Dozens of artists used the naked bodies as canvases on the third annual NYC Bodypainting…

11 July 2016 [05:22 AM]