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NETRMA awards safe driving scholarships to 10 East Texas students

TYLER, Texas (KETK) — The North East Texas Regional Mobility Authority (NETRMA) has awarded their fifth annual Linda Thomas Safe Driving Scholarships to ten local high school seniors. Tyler Police Department deploys extra officers for Memorial Day weekend The $2,000 Linda Thomas Safe Driving Scholarships were awarded to the following students based upon their safe-driving themed essays and their extracurricular achievements: Gregg County Carolyn Purdum – Longview High School Omika Patel – Longview High School Joe Ray – Sabine High School Smith County Sydney Hines – Lindale High School Parker Pierce – Bullard High School Wood County Daniel Kernes – Quitman High School Emilee Reed – Winnsboro High School Cass County Vincent Wong – Queen City High School Kaufman County MaKennah Duncan – Forney High School Bowie County Tristan Carter – Pleasant Grove High School 'The Linda Thomas Safe Driving Scholarship Program showcases the very best Northeast Texas has to offer,' NETRMA community relations chair Andrea Williams McCoy said. 'We are honored to play a small part in these exceptional students' educational journeys and look forward to following their successes through college, trade school and beyond.' The scholarship helps students understand and practice safe driving. Sydney Hines from Lindale even produced a short documentary called 'Just Five Beers' about the dangers of drunk driving and a woman named Cindy, whose daughter and mother died in a drunk driving crash in 1970. 'Winning this scholarship allows more people to see the film and to hear Cindy's story,' Hines said. 'Hopefully it encourages more people to make the right choices and to understand that drinking and driving is not ok, it will never be ok, and there are people out there who are affected by it every single day.' To learn more or to read all of the winners' essays, visit NETRMA online. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.