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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…]

UT Tyler Student Killed in Dog Attack

December 2, 2025 The Patriot Talon

Editor’s note: Photos of Madison were used with permission from her mother Jennifer Hubbell. A GoFundMe has been created for funeral expenses, which can be found here. A UT Tyler student was killed in what [Read More…]

BREAKING: UT Tyler Dismisses Three Top Administrators

September 17, 2025 The Patriot Talon

By KARLEIGH YANCY/Editor in chief On Tuesday, Sept. 16, Dr. Julie Philley, president of the University of Texas at Tyler, sent out an email stating that effective immediately, three members of the Division of Student [Read More…]

Loose Utility Pole Causes Power Shutdown to IT building, Police Station, University Pines, the Foundry

March 4, 2025 The Patriot Talon

A loose utility pole caused a power shutdown to the IT building, Police Station, University Pines, and the Foundry at 2:52 p.m. today. The heavy wind and rainfall from Tuesday’s morning storm knocked an electric [Read More…]

BREAKING NEWS: UT Tyler Breezeway Collapses During Planned Demolition, Injures 3 Workers, Hospitalizes 1

November 25, 2024 Larry Bonilla

By LARRY BONILLA/Copy Editor The breezeway between the Hudnall-Pirtle-Roosth Building and Stewart Hall collapsed this Monday afternoon. Three ambulances and two fire engines arrived at the scene after a call at about 12:30 p.m. The [Read More…]

Julie Philley Named Next President of UT Tyler

May 15, 2024 Paulina Mata

By PAULINA MATA/Social Media Editor The UT Board of Regents unanimously voted Julie Philley as the next president of UT Tyler on May 9. “Dr. Philley is a highly respected health, academic, and community leader in [Read More…]

BREAKING NEWS: UC experiences “Blip” of power outage

April 4, 2024 Brynna Williamson

By BRYNNA WILLIAMSON/Vice Editor-in-Chief At approximately 3:50 p.m. on Thursday, the lights in the UC suddenly went dark. They flickered, came back on, then all was dark again. After a moment, everything was settled back in [Read More…]

BREAKING NEWS: CAR CATCHES FIRE AT UT TYLER

August 31, 2023 Brynna Williamson

By BRYNNA WILLIAMSON/Vice Editor-in-Chief At approximately 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 31, police responded to reports of a car collision/vehicle fire at the corner of Old Omen and University Boulevard. The head-on collision, which occurred [Read More…]

BREAKING NEWS: Integration Causing Patriots Email Issues; 40,000 Locked Out

March 29, 2023 Brynna Williamson

By BRYNNA WILLIAMSON/ Managing Editor If you tried to log into your email in the last three days and received an error message that you were locked out of your account, you’re not the only [Read More…]

BREAKING NEWS: $308 Million Building Coming to UT Tyler

November 18, 2022 Noah Tew

By NOAH TEW/ Editor-in-Chief and BRYNNA WILLIAMSON/ Managing Editor After waiting anxiously for several months for the final verdict, UT Tyler has received good news. The University of Texas System has approved $308 million for building a new [Read More…]