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Hurricane Beryl death toll in SE Texas rises to at least 18 as Harris Co. confirms 6 heat fatalities
A glimpse into the deaths caused by Hurricane Beryl shows the medical examiner attributed at least six in Harris County to the heat.As of Tuesday, 18 people's lives were lost in southeast Texas due to the Category 1 storm's impact, ranging from drowning to heat-related illness amid power outages. That number should climb in the coming days after families across our area continue to tell ABC13 about their loved ones' deaths.In Matagorda County, officials confirmed a man died from the heat during the power outages following the storm. Charles Yañez's family spoke to ABC13 for the first time on Tuesday."I...
Supreme Court grants Texas man a stay of execution just before his scheduled lethal injection
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for a Texas man 20 minutes before he was to receive a lethal injection Tuesday evening. The inmate has long maintained DNA testing would help prove he wasn’t responsible for the fatal stabbing of an 85-year-old woman during a home robbery decades ago. The nation’s high court issued the indefinite stay shortly before inmate Ruben Gutierrez was to have been taken to the death chamber of a Huntsville prison. Gutierrez was condemned for the 1998 killing of Escolastica Harrison at her home in Brownsville in Texas’ southern tip. Prosecutors said the killing of the mobile home park manager and retired teacher was part of an attempt to steal more than $600,000 she had hidden in her home because of her mistrust of banks. Gutierrez has sought DNA testing that he claims would help prove he had no role in her death. His attorneys have said there’s no physical or forensic evidence connecting him to the killing. Two others also were charged in the case.
Be Aware: In Texas It’s Not The Heat…
It's sweaty weather in Texas. Bundle up in your lightest weight, white t-shirt and be prepared to sweat anyway. If you are in Texas this time of year without air conditioning, it is comparable to being in Antarctica without a heater. We perspire so we don't expire, but when is enough enough?
Comeback Kids: Midway 10-year-old All-Stars clinch little league state title
WACO, Texas (KWTX) - A Central Texas Little League team clinched a state title Monday after winning twice over Laredo while playing out of the loser’s bracket at the Little League 8–10-year-old baseball Texas West State Championship in Abilene. Midway Little League’s 10-year-old All-Stars baseball team became the...
Search for missing 12-year-old girl expands to multiple states, including Texas
TEXAS, USA — The search for a missing girl now involves Texas and several other states. According to the Hall County Sheriff's Office in Georgia, 12-year-old Maria Gomez-Perez was last seen May 30 in her driveway, wearing a bright blue shirt. The sheriff's office, FBI, Department of Homeland Security...
Texas power grid leaves some assisted living communities without power for days, raising questions for the future
Texas’ power grid struggled to get homes and business back online after Hurricane Beryl made landfall as a Category 1 storm last week, leaving some assisted living communities and nursing homes grappling to keep residents cool during a heat wave. Ella Springs Senior Living, an assisted living and memory...
Club walks on waterway twice a week for fun and fellowship at Cedar Creek
A little more than 25 people came out to the trailhead for the Cedar Creek Waterway Tuesday evening. It was the inaugural meeting of a walking/running club at this natural park in the 100 block of E.S. 11th St. Josh Rader, a personal trainer with Firehouse Fitness and the organizer,...
Citylink cuts Paratransit services amid driver shortage
ABILENE, Texas — Many people with and without disabilities rely on CityLink for transportation. In 2023, CityLink provided over 300 thousand rides. But recently CityLink has had to reduce services provided by the Paratransit vans due to staffing issues. “It’s a fact,” Lauren Stevens said. “We’re having a very...
Snyder man convicted after trying to meet undercover cop posing as 13-year-old
SNYDER, Texas (KCBD) - A 38-year-old Snyder man who attempted to meet a “kid” for sex at a local park was convicted at trial, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton. Jose Luis Espinoza, Jr., 38, was indicted in February. In May, he pleaded...
TOP GAMES OF 2024: Abilene High vs. San Angelo Central and Lubbock Cooper vs. Wylie
ABILENE, Texas (BCH Sports) – One of the oldest Texas high school football rivalries is set to be renewed in the 2024 season. The Abilene High Eagles and the San Angelo Central Bobcats meet for the 98th time. This is the first game between the two since 2021. The series started in 1910 when they […]
PLAYER TO WATCH: Hawley quarterback Keagan Ables
ABILENE, Texas (BCH Sports) – Keagan Ables threw 44 TD’s and over 3,400 yards in his first season as Hawley’s quarterback. Now entering his senior year, every snap and every down requires more dedication. Keagan Ables said, “I would say it’s pretty surreal, cause I mean, knowing that I only have one year left. I can’t […]
‘Gray death’ creeping into border city
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Cocaine was everywhere when Mindy Portillo hit the club scene in El Paso 20 years ago. “It was straightforward (to get). I would meet people, and it would just happen – just like that,” the former drug user said. Two decades later, Mindy Portillo, once a drug user in […]
Dust dives into Houston this weekend
HOUSTON – As we get through mid-July, not only are we actively tracking the tropics, but we are also tracking the Saharan Dust plumes that come across the pond from Africa. This dust has traveled thousands of miles across the globe to our Texas skies and is forecast to impact the Texas region as early as this weekend and sticking with us through next week.
States pledged hundreds of troops and spent millions to help Texas at the border so far this year
More than a dozen Republican governors gathered in Eagle Pass in February, heeding a call from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to confront what he labeled “President Joe Biden’s border crisis.” Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, other GOP governors, along with other GOP state leaders, vowed to send another round of National Guard troops from their states […] The post States pledged hundreds of troops and spent millions to help Texas at the border so far this year appeared first on Georgia Recorder.
Search for Georgia girl expands to Texas, 6 other states. Have you seen Maria Gomez-Perez?
The search for a missing Georgia girl has now expanded to several states, including Texas. Here's what we know. Maria Gomez-Perez, 12, was reported missing from Gainesville, Georgia on May 30. She had been last seen in the driveway of her home the previous day. Maria stands at 5'3" and...
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