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Ongoing Project Aims to Improve Downtown Square

February 17, 2026 The Patriot Talon

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…]

Patriot Hoops Welcomes Pair of Ranked Foes to the HPC

February 16, 2026 Chase Upton

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…]

Texas Primary Elections: What Voters Need to Know

January 30, 2026 The Patriot Talon

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…]

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

January 30, 2026 Chase Upton

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…]

Presencia de ICE Crece en Tyler

January 14, 2026 The Patriot Talon

By VICTORIA OLIVARES/Staff Writer En “La Tiendita” han aparecido varias publicaciones en Facebook alertando a la comunidad de Tyler sobre la presencia de U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, tambien conocido como ICE, en Tyler. La Tiendita [Read More…]

The Next Step: Reed Shifts From Dugout to Department Leadership After 21 Seasons

January 12, 2026 Chase Upton

By CHASE UPTON/Sports Editor TYLER, Texas — After more than two decades leading the UT Tyler softball program, Mike Reed is stepping away from coaching and into a full-time administrative role within the athletic department. Reed, [Read More…]

Firsts and Lasts

December 23, 2025 The Patriot Talon

By KARLEIGH YANCY/Editor in Chief I am a nervous person. I think that would shock some of my friends, because I’ll do things like fling myself off of a 20-foot dock in Samoa, or tell the [Read More…]

BREAKING: UT Tyler All Clear After Bomb Hoax

December 18, 2025 The Patriot Talon

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 [Read More…]

Students for Life Host Speaker from a Religious Pro-life Group.

December 15, 2025 Mateus Ferreira

By MATEUS FERREIRA/Head Writer The newly registered chapter of Students for Life at UT Tyler, invited a guest speaker from Christ Centered Abortion Recovery & Education (CARE), on Nov. 7 to discuss the effects of abortion. [Read More…]

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

December 11, 2025 The Patriot Talon

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…]