May 16, 2013 RSS feed / Front Page

Board picks new president, VP; honors ‘Red’ Brown

It was a night of honor and change for the Lindale ISD board members Tuesday night at the administration building, as trustees paid tribute to the outgoing president, reorganized following last Saturday’s election and adopted a new school calen More...

Top 10 LHS graduates honored with banquet

The top 10 graduating seniors of Lindale High School and some of Lindale ISD’s top teachers will be honored during the Lindale ISD Education Foundation’s fifth annual Academic Excellence Recognition Banquet at 6 p.m., Thursday, May 23 at More...

Local American Legion to raise funds for memorial

As one might expect, the American Legion Post 15 of Lindale is ready, able and willing to do anything it can to support the country’s troops – past and present. More...

Special Sections

News

More HD on way for Suddenlink customers

Suddenlink customers in Lindale will now be able to receive more than 20 new high definition channels the cable company announced recently. More...

LHS grad earns honors for speech at Samford University contest

Lindale High School graduate Kelsey Wells, now a freshman at Samford University in Birmingham, Ala., won first place in the school’s Communication Arts Speech Contest held recently, officials announced. More...

Food pantry open house set May 19

An open house for the expansion of the David Powell Food Pantry, which helps families living within the Lindale Independent School District, is scheduled for 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 19 officials announced. More...

Sports

TUG O’ WAR

Lindale High School athletes competed in the tug of war event at the Lone Star Lineman Challenge recently in Mineola. More...

Season tickets now available for renewal

Season ticket holders wishing to renew their seats for Lindale High School football games for the 2013 season can do so beginning Wednesday, May 15 through Tuesday, May 28 said LISD Athletic Director Mike Meador. More...

STATE TRACK

Lindale High School’s Travicia Acy won third place in the high jump at the Class 4A State Track meet in Austin this past weekend with a leap of 5 feet, 6 inches. More...

Lindale sales tax receipts rise again

Texas Comptroller Susan Combs has sent the city of Lindale $191,117 in sales tax revenue for the recent reporting period, which represents a 6.49 percent increase over the same time last year, Combs’ office reported.April state sales tax revenue and More...

LJHS selected by Bush Institute

Lindale Junior High School has been selected by the George W. Bush Institute to participate in the Middle School Matters Institute, which is designed to improve school outcomes in grades 6-8, officials announced on Monday, May 7. More...

Voters approve Misenheimer by landslide

Lindale voters returned incumbent Jay Misenheimer to his seat on the Lindale ISD Board of Trustees this past weekend as he overwhelmed challenger Jim Roden Sr., 360 votes to 24. Misenheimer garnered 93 percent of the votes. More...

Memorial Day deadlines for paper

Due to the Memorial Day holiday, the Lindale News and Times will have an early deadline schedule for the May 30 edition. The classified advertising deadline will be 3 p.m. Thursday, May 23, while the retail advertising deadline is 5 p.m. More...

Columns

Life & Times

Kids nowadays don’t know what they’re missin’

Kids now-a-days have got it made. Man, they’ve got everything. They’ve got lap-top computers, computer games, cell phones, and all sorts of gadgets. Heck, they’ve got more stuff hangin’ off their belts than Batman. More...

Perryman Report

Barriers impede use of natural gas in vehicles

During the past several years, the U.S. supply of natural gas has grown dramatically as improved methods of recovery have allowed for the development of “unconventional” resources such as shale plays. From 2008 to 2010, U.S. More...

Obituaries

"Junior'' Perryman

Services for Mr. Merrell Amos " Junior" Perryman, 83, of Lindale are scheduled for 1 p.m. Thursday, May 16 in the Caudle-Rutledge Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Ronnie Stribble officiating. Interment will follow in the Red Springs Cemetery. More...

Claude Jordan

Services for Mr. Claude B. Jordan, Sr., 83, of Lindale are scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Central Baptist Church in Lindale with Rev. Mark Thompson, Rev. Byron Howard and Rev. David “Took” Martin officiating. More...

Police Report

Smith County Sheriff’s Report

Crimestoppers offers reward in recent diesel fuel thefts

The Smith County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the public’s help in the recent theft of almost $10,000 worth of diesel fuel and other items from three locations in south Tyler and southern Smith County. More...