Yantis News

Watching the 'Biggest Small-Town Fourth of July Parade' can be just as hot as walking the parade route.

Cory Ward of Yantis and Scott Landers of Cooper, Project STEEM mentors at Texas A&M University-Commerce, are headed to Massachusetts Institute of Technology this fall.

By KENNETH DEAN Staff Writer YANTIS - Authorities say a woman shot her ex-husband at his place of employment in front of a witness Friday morning before returning home.

An East Texas woman, authorities believe responsible for shooting her ex-husband, is dead tonight.

An East Texas man is shot, and the suspect is believed to be his ex-wife. The shooting happened around 9:30 a.m. at Mike's Garage near Yantis in Hopkins County.

A woman authorities were seeking after the earlier shooting of a man was killed by authorities in North Texas.

A Wood County grand jury returned 20 indictments May 14 and then 15 on June 4. They were released this past week.

Business Breakfast Tyler Area Chamber of Commerce's Small Business Breakfast is set for 7:30 a.m. at Traditions restaurant in Tyler.

For Rex Meade, the real thrills came in just trying to get to the roller coaster.

Ohio's Kings Island amusement park has collected $102,000 in an online charity auction for the first rides on its newest roller coaster.

When Kings Island opens Saturday, April 18, Allan Hague of Yantis, Texas, will sit in the front row when the amusement park's new roller coaster, Diamondback, takes it maiden voyage.

A Yantis man is banking on a big bet $5,000. That's how much Allan Hague is willing to pay for the ride of his life.

Big bass fishing heated up last weekend. On March 14, Carl Ames of Helotes caught a Choke Canyon Reservoir Budweiser ShareLunker that tipped the scales at 15.27 pounds.

Bill Sweeten of Yantis caught ShareLunker No. 468 from Lake Fork March 16. The fish weighed 14.

MASON - The long, winding and newest ride Kings Island is calling its own has passed its first test.

A Texas man has bid nearly $4,500 for himself and two family members to be among the first to ride a new roller coaster in Ohio.

Saying two words, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Ben Johnson snipped a ribbon to dedicate the new Goizueta Foundation Center for Research and Doctoral Education building.

Former Steve Miller band mate and Bluegrass recording artist Bob Haydon will bring a brand new show to the Wills Point Community Center on Saturday, January 17.

A 14-month-old toddler died early this morning after the vehicle she was riding in Monday night ran off a bridge and into Lake Fork in Wood County.