Texas

Texas 09/01/19, 04:15

An 18-wheeler collided with an Amtrak passenger train bound for New Orleans around 4 p.m. on Friday, injuring 19 people in Liberty County, according to authorities. The injured include the driver of the semi and 18 passengers. As a consequence, an engine of the train “partially” came off the track. Some of ...

Texas 08/31/19, 17:50

At least five people were killed and up to 20 others were injured in a series of shootings that included a stolen USPS mail truck in West Texas on Saturday, Aug. 31. #UPDATE: 5 confirmed dead, 20+ shot in the #Odessa mass shooting, according to @FOX4. The suspect is dead. Multiple ...

Texas 08/31/19, 16:25

A crash that occurred in Fannin County, Texas, late Friday night, Aug. 30, caused the death of a pregnant mother and her 2-year-old child. Texas Highway Patrol Trooper Mark Tackett said 20-year-old Keagan Cannaday was driving east in his truck at a high speed then drove into the westbound lanes, crashing ...

Texas 08/31/19, 14:48

Two people suffered minor injuries after the plane they were flying in crashed into a pond near Farrell Road in Willis, Montgomery County, Saturday morning. According to officials, an emergency declaration from the pilot was sent to the tower at the Conroe airport. They thought the pilot might attempt to land on ...

Texas 08/30/19, 17:09

Harris County deputies are investigating after three people, including a child, were killed in an apparent murder-suicide, officials said.  The incident was reported around 1 p.m. at an apartment complex in the 20000 block of Inverness Forest Boulevard.  According to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, two adults in their 30s along with their ...

Texas 08/30/19, 05:08

With children returning to classes and school buses once again tasked with taking students safely to and from school one mother in Houston, Texas, is sharing a video of her little girl nearly being hit by a car whose driver ignored a red school bus stop sign. Josephine Kirk-Taylor was standing ...

Texas 08/30/19, 04:56

Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Trooper Moises Sanchez died on Saturday, Aug. 24, nearly five months after suffering head injuries sustained from being shot in the line of duty in April. “Today is an extremely difficult day for Texas, as we have lost one of our finest, Trooper Moises Sanchez,” ...

Texas 08/29/19, 18:48

A 31-year-old suspect who is wanted for the sexual assault of a child under the age of 14, along with aggravated assault has come been captured, according to the U.S. Marshal's Service. The Gulf Coast Task Force took Daniel Baquer into custody around 2 p.m. Thursday, aug. 29, after being on ...

Texas 08/29/19, 16:16

A 65-year-old man with dementia went missing Wednesday in southwest Houston and police are asking the community to help. David Gossner was last seen at his home around 2 p.m. in the 8400 block of Quail View Drive. He is described as being 6 feet, 2 inches tall, approximately 190 pounds, and ...

Texas 08/29/19, 15:08

Lila Cockrell, first female mayor of San Antonio, died at the age of 97 on Thursday, Aug. 29. "If there were a Mount Rushmore for our city, Lila Cockrell would be on it. She was a great San Antonian," the city's current mayor, Ron Nirenberg wrote. Cockrell was first elected in 1975 ...

Texas 08/29/19, 13:46

Mexican national Gustavo Zavala-Garcia, 27, pleaded guilty on Aug. 22 to capital murder in the death of a 10-year-old Kayla Gomez-Orozco who was his cousin. Zavala-Garcia has been sentenced to life without parole by the judge in the state district court of Tyler, Texas. Kayla went missing on Nov. 1, 2016, after ...

Texas 08/27/19, 10:37

A pregnant teen was shot at a car wash in southwest Houston Monday evening, Aug. 26, and is recovering in the hospital. The drive-by shooting happened at about 7:08 p.m. in the 6500 block of Willowbend Boulevard at Maranatha. Police said the 19-year-old, who is 12 to 13 weeks pregnant, was walking ...

Texas 08/26/19, 14:03

A young newlywed couple was killed in a tragic car accident on Friday, Aug. 23, in Orange County, Texas, just moments after leaving the courthouse following their wedding. According to the Orange Police Department, 19-year-old Harley Morgan and 20-year-old Rhiannon Boudreaux were pulling onto a highway when their car collided with ...

Texas 08/24/19, 15:26

A man was shot and killed at his north Harris County home Friday, Aug. 23, by a fired employee, sheriff's deputies said. Deputies arrested Jatraveous Williams, 22, in connection with the death of his boss, 56-year-old Leonard John Ruffer. Friday afternoon, Precinct 4 deputies responded to Ruffer’s home in reference to a ...

Texas 08/24/19, 12:54

Students at one Dallas middle school started the school year with no air conditioning. The Dallas Independent School District acknowledged that it has “experienced a challenge with the cooling system” at Francisco “Pancho” Medrano Middle School. They said they've been working on it since the summer to get it fixed. Some teachers ...

Texas 08/23/19, 17:48

Texas Department of Public Safety has confirmed that Trooper Moises Sanchez returned to the operating room and is in critical condition after being readmitted for surgery Thursday night, Aug. 22. Sanchez, 48, was shot once in the head and once in the shoulder in April while attempting to apprehend a suspect ...

Texas 08/23/19, 16:02

Formerly conjoined twins who were separated at Texas Children's Hospital in 2014 have now started Pre-K. Knatalye Hope and Adeline Faith Mata turned five on April 11. They have marked another milestone in their journey when started attending pre-kindergarten in Littlefield, Texas. They were born joined at the abdomen and shared multiple ...

Texas 08/23/19, 10:55

 KIII 3 News reported on Aug. 16 that a good Samaritan, Hazeal Cain, and one of her friends were helping to feed members of the homeless community in Corpus Christi, Texas, when she started running low on plates of food after just two minutes. Not wanting anyone to be turned ...

Texas 08/23/19, 06:49

Responding to the family and community members' outraged reaction to the death of 18-year-old Amari Malone, a Texas police department released bodycam from an officer-involved shooting on Wednesday showing Malone was pointing a handgun at officers when he was fatally shot. On Wednesday, Aug. 21, officers of Fort Worth Police, Texas, ...

Texas 08/23/19, 06:17

A Texas man who drowned his girlfriend’s 3-year-old nephew in a pond years earlier will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Bobby Woods Jr., 21, was convicted Friday, Aug. 16, of capital murder in the death of little Mason Cuttler, who he left to die in a pond near ...