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Yahoo
29-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Sen. John Cornyn visited Tyler to discuss new bill to improve veteran's quality of care
TYLER, Texas (KETK) — Senator John Cornyn visited Tyler on Wednesday to push a new bill that would provide more support for veterans once they return back home. 'I've lost more friends after combat due to PTSD than during combat,' Sen. Cornyn said. Sen. Cornyn hosted a round table at 'Camp V', a local nonprofit in Tyler that helps veterans and their families. The 'Veterans' Mental Health and Addiction Therapy Quality of Care' Act will analyze the current treatments at the VA to find out what's working and what's not working. The bill will require an independent assessment of the quality of care for veterans in the VA. The Executive Director of Camp V Travis Gladhill spoke about the bill and emphasized how it has been need for awhile in order to support veterans in Texas. 'I've read your bill, and I appreciate your initiative to go forward with this because it's a long overdue need to have that investigative look into how that care is being given how the timeliness of that care is being given,' Gladhill said. The goal of the bill will be to help improve treatments in East Texas, which has one of the highest veteran suicide rates in the state. 'Make that transition, make the community better, and to fulfill that sacred obligation which I believe we have to our veterans, once they have served our nation to protect us and our way of life. We owe it to them to do what we can to help them make that transition back into civilian life,' Sen. Cornyn said. The legislation is still in a Senate committee with hopes to move to the Senate Floor for more deliberation. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Rose City Airfest adds second day after record attendance in 2024
TYLER, Texas (KETK) — CampV is flying high after last year's Rose City Airfest saw more than seven thousand people. Leading them to add a second day to the event for 2025. 'We heard a lot from the community, of you know, they missed it on Saturday, they still wanted to attend,' CampV executive director Travis Gladhill said. The airshow also received attention from the International Council of Air Shows, an organization in charge of some of the biggest airshow acts in the country. ICAS also recommended CampV extend the show to attract more performers. 'We can start receiving demo teams such as the Blue Angels and the Thunderbirds,' Gladhill said. After much feedback, CampV decided to add an additional day to the 2025 show, allowing more people to witness magic in the sky. This year will see 16 performers fly out of Tyler Pounds Regional Airport on Oct. 4 and Oct. 5. 'We have an opportunity to really put Tyler on the airshow map,' Gladhill said. 'We have an aircraft that is going to be making its first-ever airshow debut here at Rose City Air Fest. It is a very specialized aircraft.' CampV will provide new seating so you can witness all the action up close with a new 1 p.m. takeoff time. 'Starting the show a little bit earlier this year as well to take advantage of, to make sure that no one's getting sun glare in their eyes while they're watching the airshow,' Gladhill said. Tickets for the Rose City Airfest go on sale July 1 and CampV expects to sell out both days. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
