A Plano pilot survived an early morning plane crash Thursday in Wood County. The plane went down sometime around 4:30 a.m. just north of the runway at the Wood County Airport, between Quitman and Mineola.
It appeared the plane may have clipped the top of nearby trees before crashing in a clearing at the end of the runway. The pilot was reportedly unconscious for some time, although it is not yet known exactly how long he was out. However, he eventually regained consciousness and dialed 9-1-1 himself.
The pilot was taken from the scene by helicopter to a Tyler hospital. He reportedly suffered broken bones and several cuts but none of his injuries appeared life threatening.
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A Canton man died Saturday afternoon, after his vehicle ran off the road.
The man, 33-year-old Burke Warren Lewis, was driving west on FM-1255 when his Jeep ran off the road and hit an embankment and was thrown threw the air. Department of Public Safety troopers say Lewis was ejected from the vehicle and then trapped under it. He died at the scene.
Lewis is the son of prominent Canton business man Henry Lewis.
The latest "Covered Employment and Wage" (CEW) analysis graph shows some local industries are facing a mixed outlook. These analyses are based on data provided by the Texas Workforce Commission for the State and Counties.
The latest data published is for the Second Quarter, 2009 and can be found on the Labor Market Information (LMI) site. The LMI Department administers the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program through a cooperative agreement with the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). This provides Texas employers with information that may be vitally important business planning.
A man and woman were injured Saturday night when the motorcycle they were riding struck a deer. The accident happened on Loop 564, south of Mineola around 9:30 Saturday evening.
The motorcycle was driving around the loop when the deer apparently ran into the roadway. Both riders were taken from the scene to local hospitals by ambulance.
Hundreds of people stood, hands over their hearts, as the National Anthem was sung Thursday afternoon at the Mineola Civic Center. A few dozen yards behind the singer, the stark black silhouette of the Vietnam Memorial Wall stretched 360 feet across the grass. Many cried. Some stared. All stood in reverent awe.
The wall is a replica of the original wall which stands in Washington D.C. The same names are engraved on its surface. The same emotions are stirred when mothers and sons, nieces and brothers, grandchildren and surviving fellow soldiers walk to the wall and gently reach out to a name.
The wall arrived in Mineola on Wednesday. It opened for visitors Thursday afternoon and will remain open each day, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., through Sunday. The Mineola Detachment of the U.S. Marine Corp League organized the wall's visit. Thousands are expected to visit the memorial before it packs up and moves on.
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East Texans are waiting Tuesday evening for election results. In addition to 11 constitutional amendments, several communities have local elections on the ballot.
In Lindale, where the Lindale Independent School District has a $42 million bond package on the ballot, voting was reportedly extremely heavy, with people still waiting in line to vote 45 minutes after the polls officially closed.
In Precinct 1 in Van Zandt County, voters are deciding three local option elections which could allow alcohol sales.
KMOO will post election results as soon as they become available.
A car accident north of Grand Saline has left several people injured. The accident happened just before 5 p.m. Monday, around three miles north of the city on FM-17.
At least one person injured in the accident was taken from the scene by helicopter.
Grand Saline fire fighters responded to the scene.
Grand Saline police officers and FBI investigators are searching for a man who held up a bank in Grand Saline this morning.
Grand Saline Chief of Police Larry Compton said the man walked in to Mineola Community Bank around 10:45 this morning, showed the teller a semi-automatic hand gun and asked for cash.
Compton said the man took the money and left the bank on foot. Bank employees reported seeing the man go through the trees near the bank. Officers used dogs to rack the suspect, but lost the scent near Houston Street. Compton said that leads them to believe the man may have gotten into a car and left the area.
Thursday, members of the Trinity Mother Frances Heart Institute and invited cardiac patients celebrated three years of the Code STEMI program at Mother Frances Hospital.
Mother Frances was the first heart program in Tyler to implement Code STEMI (ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction), which is designed to minimize the time between emergency transport of an acute heart attack patient and a life-saving heart catheterization with balloon angioplasty. STEMI refers to the method for using an EKG device to diagnose an acute heart attack.
To best utilize the vital minutes during transport, Code STEMI was implemented at Mother Frances in February of 2006. Since that time, heart attack patients transported to Mother Frances Hospital have benefited from significant reductions in time between the onset of the cardiac event and the administration of lifesaving balloon angioplasty therapy.
A Plano pilot survived an early morning plane crash Thursday in Wood County. The plane went down sometime around 4:30 a.m. just north of the runway at the Wood County Airport, between Quitman and Mineola.
