Former addicts warn of heroin comeback

Heroin and synthetic opioids like K-2 are taking an alarming number of lives each year in this country, and a recent raid revealed heroin trafficking here in East Texas. A task force raid on Kilgore and Gilmer locations net guns, cash, assorted drugs, and the disturbing find of heroin.

First babies of 2017 born in Tyler and Longview

As many of us were celebrating the New Year Saturday night, some East Texas families were in the hospital preparing to welcome a new family member. Tahidi and Jose Juan Perez were planning on having a quiet night at home before they rushed to East Texas Medical Center, not expecting their son to be born until later on in the week.