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[ January 30, 2026 ] Men’s Basketball Makes History With First Win Over West Texas A&M News
[ January 27, 2026 ] Who Will Win The 2026 Grammy Awards? Life & Arts
[ January 27, 2026 ] Patriot Women Knock off No. 15 LCU to Headline Hawaiian Night Sports
[ January 24, 2026 ] Thawing Out Your Mind: Ice Storm Survival You May Have Forgotten Statements
[ January 20, 2026 ] Hawaiian night at the HPC: Free food, shirts and great LSC hoops Sports

January 31, 2026

City/State

Texas Primary Elections: What Voters Need to Know

By VICTORIA OLIVARES/Staff Writer Texas primary elections are coming up. Voting in the primaries will narrow which candidates get to make it on the November general election. The voter registration deadline is Feb. 2. A student [Read More...]
News

Men’s Basketball Makes History With First Win Over West Texas A&M

By CHASE UPTON/Sports Editor CANYON, Texas — The University of Texas at Tyler men’s basketball team opened its three-game Lone Star Conference road trip with a historic 91-85 victory over West Texas A&M University on Thursday [Read More...]
Life & Arts

Who Will Win The 2026 Grammy Awards?

By EVAN FERNANDEZ/Staff Writer Grammy voting officially closed earlier this month, and anticipation is already building as music’s biggest night approaches. With the 67th Annual Grammy Awards just weeks away, we’re here to break down our [Read More...]
Sports

Patriot Women Knock off No. 15 LCU to Headline Hawaiian Night

By CHASE UPTON/Sports Editor TYLER, Texas — The University of Texas at Tyler women’s basketball team delivered one of its most complete performances of the season Thursday evening on Hawaiian Night in the Herrington Patriot Center. [Read More...]
Statements

Thawing Out Your Mind: Ice Storm Survival You May Have Forgotten

By VICTORIA OLIVARES/Staff Writer Smith County has been issued a Disaster Declaration by Judge Neal Franklin on Friday, Jan. 23. According to an article on the Smith County Website, Judge Franklin said, “Doing this now allows [Read More...]

Music Awards
Who Will Win The 2026 Grammy Awards?

January 27, 2026

By EVAN FERNANDEZ/Staff Writer Grammy voting officially closed earlier this month, and anticipation is already building as music’s biggest night approaches. With the 67th Annual Grammy Awards just weeks away, we’re here to break down our [Read More...]
We’re Off to See Wicked for Good

December 14, 2025
LIGHTS, CAMERA, COMMUNITY: How One Man Went Looking for Friends and Found a Place to Belong

December 11, 2025

BREAKING: UT Tyler All Clear After Bomb Hoax

December 18, 2025

By KARLEIGH YANCY/Editor-in-Chief On the evening of December 18th, UT Tyler’s main campus received a bomb threat. The threat was quickly determined to be a false claim. According to a mass email sent out by university assistant chief of police, Bradley Standerfer, “authorities determined that the threat was a hoax [Read More...]

Sports
Men’s Basketball Makes History With First Win Over West Texas A&M

January 30, 2026

By CHASE UPTON/Sports Editor CANYON, Texas — The University of Texas at Tyler men’s basketball team opened its three-game Lone Star Conference road trip with a historic 91-85 victory over West Texas A&M University on Thursday [Read More...]
Patriot Women Knock off No. 15 LCU to Headline Hawaiian Night

January 27, 2026
Hawaiian night at the HPC: Free food, shirts and great LSC hoops

January 20, 2026

LIGHTS, CAMERA, COMMUNITY: How One Man Went Looking for Friends and Found a Place to Belong

December 11, 2025

By KARLEIGH YANCY/Editor-in-Chief On March 10, 2025. Trevor Hicks had lived in Tyler for one year and one week. Besides his girlfriend, Molly Barlow, Trevor had no friends here. Trevor wanted to change that. So, on [Read More…]

ROLLING THE DICE: With Game Play, You Can Vanquish a War Lord, Make a Friend at Same Time

December 9, 2025

By JIM RASBERRY/Staff Writer Editor’s Note: Jim Rasberry is an avid D&D player. You enter the lord’s chamber of Waterdeep, a massive room of painted stone that once was the seat of the great city’s [Read More…]

Mother Nature Provides Calm Refuge for Neighbors

November 8, 2025

Multimedia journalist ORION BAKER talks with residents in one neighborhood about the get from spending time outdoors. Click the link below. ob – audio story

Caldwell Zoo Scares up Fun With Halloween Festivities

October 26, 2025

Tyler’s Caldwell Zoo adds decorations, special event to celebrate the Halloween season. Audio story by LEIGH MEYERS

¡Arriba! The Rose City Fiesta

October 23, 2025

By VICTORIA OLIVARES/Staff Writer The community of Tyler came together during Hispanic Heritage month to celebrate the Rose City Fiesta. The fiesta took place on Oct. 11 at Bergfeld Park. Hosted by the Tyler Hispanic [Read More…]

Patriot Pulse

The Patriot Pulse is a student life magazine produced by the Talon. The purpose behind the magazine is to familiarize students with activities, organizations and notable place on campus and in the local area. Each [Read More...]
Inspired Minds

Inspired Minds is a literary and arts feature magazine developed by the Talon in collaboration with the Creative Writing Club. The purpose behind the magazine is to highlight notable creativity thriving in our local community. [Read More...]

Story Included Fabricated Quote Attributed to Gage Henson

May 21, 2025

From the Editorial Board The Patriot Talon has learned that a story published on this website contained a fabricated quote. The story was then immediately removed. The story dealt with [Read More...]

Letter from the Editor-in-Chief: New Beginnings

May 1, 2025

Dear students, staff and alumni of UT Tyler, When I first joined Talon Student Media in 2023, I was not the person I am today. I was nervous, I was [Read More...]

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