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[ February 17, 2026 ] Long Road Trips Part of Being a UT Tyler Athlete Sports
[ February 16, 2026 ] Patriot Hoops Welcomes Pair of Ranked Foes to the HPC News
[ February 14, 2026 ] UT Tyler Dance Team Brings the Heat at UDA Nationals Sports
[ February 6, 2026 ] What To Know Before Super Bowl LX Sports
[ February 4, 2026 ] UT Tyler Classic: Defending National Champs Open Home Slate With Four-Day Tournament Sports

February 17, 2026

City/State

Ongoing Project Aims to Improve Downtown Square

By LYDIA DOYLE/Contributor The City of Tyler is moving forward with a downtown improvement project that will focus on updating infrastructure, enhancing pedestrian accessibility and refreshing public spaces. What’s Happening According to the City of [Read More...]
Sports

Long Road Trips Part of Being a UT Tyler Athlete

By BROCK BEARDEN/Contributor Editor’s note: Brock Bearden is a member of the baseball team. For UT Tyler baseball, road trips aren’t quick overnights. Some weekends mean four days away for a four-game series. It’s a lot [Read More...]
News

Patriot Hoops Welcomes Pair of Ranked Foes to the HPC

By CHASE UPTON/Sports Editor TYLER, Texas — The University of Texas at Tyler men’s and women’s basketball teams will host two major Lone Star Conference matchups inside the Herrington Patriot Center on Tuesday night. The women [Read More...]
Sports

UT Tyler Dance Team Brings the Heat at UDA Nationals

By DEBI OKEKE/Staff Writer The University of Texas at Tyler’s Dance Team started off the year strong with a number seven finish at UDA College Nationals in Orlando, Florida. Known as the Super Bowl of collegiate [Read More...]
Sports

What To Know Before Super Bowl LX

By CHASE UPTON/ Sports Editor SANTA CLARA, Calif. — You don’t need to understand blitz packages or coverages to enjoy Super Bowl LX. What you do need is a little context, who’s playing, why it [Read More...]

Music Review
Duke Reviews: “Don’t Be Dumb” by A$AP Rocky

February 4, 2026

By ORION BAKER/Multimedia Editor Assistant It’s been almost eight years since A$AP Rocky released a new album. After multiple delays caused by leaks and sample-clearance issues, he’s finally returned with his fourth studio project “Don’t [Read More...]
Who Will Win The 2026 Grammy Awards?

January 27, 2026
We’re Off to See Wicked for Good

December 14, 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
Long Road Trips Part of Being a UT Tyler Athlete

February 17, 2026

By BROCK BEARDEN/Contributor Editor’s note: Brock Bearden is a member of the baseball team. For UT Tyler baseball, road trips aren’t quick overnights. Some weekends mean four days away for a four-game series. It’s a lot [Read More...]
Patriot Hoops Welcomes Pair of Ranked Foes to the HPC

February 16, 2026
UT Tyler Dance Team Brings the Heat at UDA Nationals

February 14, 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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