A retired police chief turned professor in Texas, is weighing-in on the video released Tuesday by Killeen Police of the officer involved shooting that ended in the death of Patrick Warren, Sr.
More than $3,000 has been raised to help 10 members of an extended local family, almost all of them battling COVID-19, who escaped with their lives but little else from their burning house thanks to the one adult resident who didn’t have the virus and could smell the smoke.
The certification by Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger officially seals Warnock and Ossoff’s victories over their Republican opponents in the Jan. 5 runoffs. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, both incumbents, conceded days after the election.
A Central Texas police officer who shot and killed a man with mental health issues as the man ignored his repeated commands and continued to advance toward him can be heard on video from his body camera telling another officer after the shooting, “I had no choice man, damn it.”
The pandemic pulled back the curtain on the problems people have getting online. Some rural areas struggled to access the basics, once the world went virtual last March. However, the state legislature is considering some solutions.
Officers spread out early Tuesday in search of three men who robbed a local car dealership and some of the dealership’s customers at gunpoint and then fled in a pickup that was later found crashed and abandoned.
The online COVID-19 vaccination appointment system in one Central Texas county left some residents frustrated Monday while officials in another were forced to reschedule hundreds of vaccination appointments because of a shipment delay.
Delivery delays forced health officials in one local county to shuffle vaccination schedules Monday as COVID-19 claimed 32 more lives in Central Texas and more than 630 lives statewide since Friday.
The Austin-based group founded by anti-vaccine activist Del Bigtree regularly posts information questioning the safety of the coronavirus vaccines. Doctors and scientists say both the Moderna and the Pfizer vaccines are safe and effective.
An effort is underway to help the 10 members of an extended local family, almost all of them battling COVID-19, who escaped with their lives but little else from their burning house thanks to the one adult resident who didn’t have the virus and could smell the smoke.
Maddox Tobias, with the help of his family and Copperas Cove Five Hills Royalty, refurbished and painted free little libraries that can be found at Copperas Cove ISD elementary schools on Sunday.
Friends and neighbors of Patrick Warren Sr. gathered to grieve and protest his death at Killeen police headquarters Saturday afternoon. Warren was shot and killed by Officer Reynaldo Contreras during a mental health call on Jan. 9.
The Waco-McLennan County Public Health District is holding a free vaccination clinic, by appointment only, for people who are eligible under Phases 1A and 1B Wednesday and Thursday next week.
Three people who lost their sense of smell to COVID-19 may owe their lives to a fourth family member, a 20-year-old woman who doesn’t have the virus and smelled the smoke from an early-morning fire.
Frisco realtor Jenna Ryan, who was seen in photos and video at the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot, has been taken into custody, the FBI confirmed Friday afternoon.
The Texas Center for the Missing has issued a Houston Regional Amber Alert on behalf of the Houston Police Department for Anyla Benjamin, a 3-month-old girl.
