Victoria Lara
Anchor/Reporter
East Texas
Victoria Lara co-anchors Good Morning East Texas each weekday on KLTV & KTRE.
A DFW native, Victoria graduated from the University of North Texas with a degree in Converged Broadcast Media and Political Science. She gained media experience at her college TV station North Texas Television. There, she served in a number of roles, including news director. She interned with CBS11 news in Dallas and is a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. Victoria has also earned a Telly and multiple Lone Star EMMY student production awards.
Outside of work, Victoria is an avid cook. She likes to try new recipes in her kitchen for her family and friends to enjoy. She also enjoys spending time with her German Shepherd, Bane, and her Orange Tabby cat, Basil.
Victoria has a passion for telling stories and she's excited to tell the stories of the people of East Texas. Feel free to send her an email and connect on social media.
After 50 years an East Texas veterinarian, Dr. Michael Maris, is saying goodbye to the practice he helped create and the people who’ve become like family.
A woman is hospitalized after teenagers and first responders pulled her from a car submerged in a pond near Bullard.
The people of Hughes Springs woke up to destroyed buildings, downed trees and the sound of chainsaws Saturday morning as they crept outside their homes to assess the damage.
KLTV’s Victoria Lara surveyed the damage Saturday morning following Friday night storms in the town of Hughes Springs in Cass County.
Several agencies responded early Sunday morning to a multi-vehicle wreck along Highway 110 North and County Road 428 in Smith County.
Several first responders responded to a structure fire around 3:00 in the morning on Sunday in Tyler off east Gentry parkway and Normandy avenue.
Firefighters still battling massive blaze that is visible from miles away
A multi-vehicle crash shut down a highway in Smith County shortly after midnight Friday. It happened along the northbound lanes of Frankston Highway, about a mile south of West Grande Boulevard.
After a head-on collision occurred Saturday morning, the left-turn lane of Frankston Highway (State Highway 155) is blocked at the S. Southwest Loop 323 intersection.
The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has publicly released a list of hundreds of former pastors and other personnel accused of sexual abuse.
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is investigating a fatal two-vehicle crash in Smith County, leaving two dead and one other injured.
Our crews were there as firefighters arrived at the house which had large flames and embers shooting multiple stories high.
Overnight several emergency fire units responded to a structure fire call just south of downtown Tyler.
Tyler firefighters and police officers responded to a fire in the front yard of the Walker House just before 3 a.m. Saturday.
Emergency units responded to a car that struck a tree in north Tyler early Sunday morning before bursting into flames.
Tyler police report Devonte Crawford-Milton, 25, of Tyler was driving erratically around 12:30 a.m., near the Green Acres Shopping Village on Troup Highway. Crawford-Milton is being charged with aggravated assault.
Police are investigating reports of an aggravated assault early Thursday in north Tyler.
Law enforcement have reopened a portion of State Highway 31, east of Tyler, that was closed after a fatal multi-vehicle wreck late Wednesday.
Cherokee County sheriff's officials are asking the public for help in finding an 83-year-old man who’s been missing since Saturday afternoon.
A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper arrested a man who fled on foot after he drove the wrong way on Interstate 20 and crashed his car into an 18-wheeler early Sunday morning, according to Van Zandt County Sheriff Steve Hendrix.
Police in Nacogdoches are investigating a drive-by shooting that’s left at least one person dead and two others injured.
Today community officials, first responders, veterans, service members, and families, gathered in the Downtown Tyler Square to commemorate those who died that day and the decades following in the war in Afghanistan.
Smith County investigators are looking into what led up to a woman being stabbed to death.
Police in Nacogdoches are investigating a homicide that took place overnight.
Law enforcement are looking for possible suspects involved in the theft of an ATM in Tyler early Thursday.
Tyler Street Team creates new program to help in the months leading to the homeless encampment ban taking effect in Texas on September 1st.
Today marks the beginning of a special legislative session for Texas lawmakers that will last up to 30 days. Republicans and Democrats will meet at 10 this morning to begin work on the priority items outlined by Governor Gregg Abbott.
“The Quarantine 15,” “Pandemic Pounds” -- whatever you’re calling it, the fact of the matter the COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on a majority of peoples’ weight. We spoke with a nutrition expert on tips for those hitting the gym to drop their pandemic pounds and for those looking to put some weight back on.
Whether you’re building, buying or selling a house, it’s a competitive market across the state right now -- and that’s no different here in East Texas.
The white gallery walls of UT Tyler’s Fine Arts Complex are painted with masterpieces from students, but these artists aren’t in college -- they’re in elementary school.
As of this morning Texans as young as 12 years old can get Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine.
UT Health East Texas is celebrating their healthcare providers and staff with a serene atmosphere that offers everyone a second to relieve some stress -- it’s called the Recharge Room.
While many Americans are hesitant to get vaccinated, some East Texans are working to get vaccine demand up in rural areas.
East Texas law firm Roberts & Roberts says it is seeing more people suing their insurance companies for delays on property damage claims that originated from the winter storm and other recent severe weather as well.
One year ago this week a deadly EF-3 tornado swept through Polk county.
The study in the Lancet Psychiatric Journal reports a possible link between COVID-19 infections and the following diagnosis of mental health and neurological disorders.
This morning Longview High School is getting prepared for its second day providing free COVID-19 vaccines for anyone 16 years or older.
Friday is the debut for the Carden International Circus in Tyler. For many of the performers, this is their first week back working the circus stage in over a year.
A global shortage of semiconductors or, computer chips has been worsening over the past year. These chips are considered the brain of almost every modern device you have in your home.
Food banks are still in high demand and families are still struggling with food shortage. Around this time is when we’d be seeing the fruits of the labor of many farmers, but over a month after the winter freeze, there’s much less production.
Officials said two people were taken into custody following a brief pursuit on Loop 323 in Tyler early Wednesday morning.
Texas Senate Bill 8 bans a majority of abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected by a physician. An OB-GYN gives her insight on the medical side of the legislation.
The Van Zandt County Justice Center is wrapping up one month of their revived jail ministry program. The goal is to keep inmates from returning to jail and help better themselves for during and after their time is served.
An East Texas family owned tractor-trailer business is making some big progress on rebuilding their facilities months after the Cokers watched their business of over 45 years burn not once, but twice.
An East Texas non-profit organization says they want to help women dealing with every level of hardship in their lives.
Authorities are searching for a suspect in a shooting that sent a Smith County woman to the hospital early Friday.
There hasn’t been an official estimate on the toll last week’s winter storm had on our state’s economy, but some experts are saying last week’s winter storm could be the most expensive disaster to hit the Lone Star state.
February is American Heart Month and this week is Congenital Heart Defects Awareness week. Congenital heart defects or CHD’s is when heart problems happen as a baby is developing during pregnancy. One East Texas family is raising CHD awareness for their son
