Tyler Mayor, Don Warren, proclaimed it Sexual Assault Awareness Month on Monday. Author: Payton Weidman Updated: 7:40 PM CDT April 5, 2021
TYLER, Texas Every April, the
East Texas Crisis Center (ETCC) hosts its biannual Hope Awards to increase awareness about sexual violence.
Two in five women and one in five men in Texas have been sexually assaulted at least once in their lifetime, according to ETCC.
Tyler Mayor, Don Warren, proclaimed it Sexual Assault Awareness Month during Monday s ceremony.
The East Texas Crisis Center’s Hope Awards ceremony is underway this morning. Mayor Don Warren is reading a proclamation declaring April Sexual Assault Awareness Month. @kytxcbs19pic.twitter.com/y7wHVvDwOp Payton Weidman (@PaytonWeidman) April 5, 2021
Tyler Fire Department receives highest Public Protection Classification rating
Every 10 years, the Tyler Fire Department is evaluated by the Insurance Services Offices and rated from 1-10 for the Public Protection Classification. Author: Payton Weidman Updated: 7:49 AM CST February 5, 2021
TYLER, Texas The City of Tyler announced Thursday the fire department received the highest rating out of 1-10 from the Insurance Services Office (ISO) for the Public Protection Classification (PPC). The rating happens every ten years using data about the city s fire department operations, water system and communications.
Over the last 30 years, the city has gone from a three to a two, and now the score of one joining the top 2% of rated fire departments in the State of Texas.
The City of Tyler will retime traffic signal lights at 18 intersections. Author: Payton Weidman Updated: 7:24 PM CST January 27, 2021
TYLER, Texas The City of Tyler completed its Intelligent Transportation System Master Plan Study to address traffic issues in the fall of 2020 and is now moving on to Phase 1 for traffic signal retiming.
The plan study identified more than $12 million in improvement projects over a 10-year period.
Here’s a look at which traffic lights have been retimed so far. @kytxcbs19pic.twitter.com/oOJkfYKpq4 Payton Weidman (@PaytonWeidman) January 27, 2021
During the Tyler City Council meeting Wednesday, a contract was approved for $108,000 with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. to retime lights at 18 intersections.
A donation to the Caldwell Zoo will be used to expand the cheetah breeding facility. Author: Payton Weidman Updated: 8:47 PM CST December 22, 2020
TYLER, Texas Cheetahs are one of the fastest animals on land, but one of the species biggest threat is genetics. The big cats have a low rate of reproductive success and are not always able to reproduce.
As cheetahs face extinction, zoos like the Caldwell Zoo in Tyler, are working to ensure that won t happen.
The Caldwell Zoo is one of 11 breeding facilities in the United States for African cheetahs. Executive Director, Hayes Caldwell, says they had hoped to expand their facility in 2020 to help the population.
DeJai Mitchell, 23, was born with cerebral palsy. Author: Payton Weidman Updated: 7:26 AM CST December 11, 2020
TYLER, Texas One step at a time. That was Team DeJai s original motto for 23-year-old DeJai Mitchell when he first started to learn to walk with the help of his exoskeleton Faith.
His mom, Onissa, says he s been confined to a wheelchair most of his life, until last November. DeJai was born with cerebral palsy, he was born at one pound, 11.9 ounces, he was a 25 week baby, she said. Actually, they [doctors] said that he wouldn t live past 5-years-old and here he is, he ll be 24 on January 10.”