By the Numbers
You’re not imagining it: Tyler is getting younger
"Tyler is changing." It's a conversation starter I've heard over and over the last few years. From going wet, to South Broadway's construction boom, to the...
Your Smith Co. COVID-19 vaccination guide
Note: This is rapidly changing information. The Tyler Loop will publish monthly updates as needed.
COVID-19 vaccinations are still in...
A hole in the wall food tour
As we travelled through Oklahoma over spring break vacation with our family, we made the unpopular decision to head home early. Rumors...
How will the COVID Christmas surge affect Tyler in the weeks ahead?
In 2020 and into the new year, holiday gatherings bring ill tidings in Tyler, where the virus is expected to show a...
How People Who Love People worked to unmake segregation in Tyler 50 years ago
Editor's note: Phil Latham's story, below, is paired with untitled photos by Judy Bankhead's My Town, which documents Tyler in silver gelatin...
Will a summer of global climate extremes turn more East Texans into believers?
July was brutal for much of the planet. Europe's ongoing drought is so severe you can see the dryness from space. Japan's heatwave has killed more...
Tyler’s unemployment rate has never been lower. So, we’re all getting raises, right?
You may have noticed an increase in the number of hiring signs showing up around Tyler. It's not a trick of the eyes: the...
Think Tyler is changing because of a big spike in migration? Not quite.
There’s a theory I often hear in coffeeshop conversations about the future of Tyler. It goes like this: many of the changes happening in...
Behind the churn in Tyler’s restaurant scene
No one felt like cooking the other night, so we decided to eat out. Feeling bored of our usual haunts, our son suggested the...
In Tyler, as in America, the wealth gap between blacks and whites is all about housing
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the median wealth for African-American households across the country in 2013 was $9,000. That means when you add up the...