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[ January 30, 2026 ] Texas Primary Elections: What Voters Need to Know City/State
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[ January 27, 2026 ] Who Will Win The 2026 Grammy Awards? Life & Arts

February 4, 2026

Sports

UT Tyler Classic: Defending National Champs Open Home Slate With Four-Day Tournament

By CHASE UPTON/Sports Editor Tyler, TEXAS — UT Tyler softball will open its home schedule this weekend with the UT Tyler Classic, a four-day tournament at Irwin Ballpark. The event marks the first home games of [Read More...]
Life & Arts

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

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...]
News

No. 3 Patriots Open Season With Sweep of Lubbock Christian

By CHASE UPTON/Sports Editor TYLER, Texas— The University of Texas at Tyler’s No. 3–ranked baseball team opened the 2026 season in dominant fashion, sweeping Lubbock Christian University in a three-game Lone Star Conference series at Irwin [Read More...]
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...]

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...]

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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