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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?
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...
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.
Mattress Mack Stands Up for Houston – Slams “Centerpointless”[VIDEO]
As always Mattress Mack steps up for Houston! The same morning Hurricane Beryl made landfall last week, he opened up his Gallery Furniture Showroom floor as a shelter. Gallery Furniture has been functioning as a cooling center and has been providing breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Mack estimates about 15,000 people came to his shelter during the past week! He says, it's the right thing to do!
Deputies deploy drones in search for masked gunman after Spring murder
A manhunt is underway in a Spring neighborhood where deputies say one person was shot and killed by a man in a ski mask.Montgomery County sheriff's deputies told neighbors to lock their doors and stay inside in the area of the 300 block of Raypine Drive near the I-45 North Freeway and Rayford Road.According to authorities, multiple gunshots were fired in the area around 6:40 p.m. Tuesday. The victim was found dead in the middle of the road.Deputies said there were many kids around during the shooting, though they didn't mention if anyone else was hurt.Residents were already dealing with...
Caught on Camera: North Houston man runover by pickup truck after breaking up a fight
David McKinney, 32, was hit killed by a man in a Chevy pickup after trying to break up a fight in North Houston. According to the Houston Police Department, the crime happened around 5 a.m. in a gas station parking lot on Veterans Memorial drive and Gulf Bank Road. At...
Man sues Missouri City after becoming paralyzed while in police car during crash that killed 2
One month after a Missouri City police officer slammed into a teen and his mother, killing them, the department is now facing a lawsuit.According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, 27-year-old Officer Blademir Viveros did not have his emergency lights at the time of the deadly crash.The victims, identified as 53-year-old Angela Stewart, a Houston ISD counselor, and her 16-year-old son Mason Stewart, were hit by the Missouri City police car on June 20 after an officer received a call of a robbery in progress.RELATED: 16-year-old 'died on his birthday' when Missouri City police car hit him and his...
'It makes me sad she was up here in the heat like that' | Woman found dead inside hot condo hours before power was restored
HOUSTON — Debris from Hurricane Beryl lined the street Tuesday outside a 1960s-era condo complex off Bissonnet where power was knocked out more than a week earlier. "It's dangerous, needless to say," resident Chesley Krohn said. As KHOU 11 reporter Jason Miles interviewed Krohn just before noon, the Houston...
San Benito considering legal action against Houston firm
Jul. 16—SAN BENITO — City officials are considering taking legal action against an investigative firm accusing Mayor Rick Guerra and Commissioner Deborah Morales of nepotism while claiming City Manager Fred Sandoval is violating the City Charter requiring he live in town. On Tuesday, Sandoval said officials are mulling a lawsuit against Dolcefino Consulting, accusing the Houston-based firm of ...
Residents in Porter subdivision shocked to find CenterPoint didn't know they had no power
PORTER, Texas - What's more frustrating than going a week without power. Finding out as far as CenterPoint is concerned, you don't even exist. "We've been without power since Monday when the storm hit," said Woodridge Forest resident Jessica Burke. Why?. We didn't see any fallen trees in the Porter...
Tony Buzbee files lawsuit against CenterPoint Energy on behalf of restaurants affected by Hurricane Beryl
The class action lawsuit claims that CenterPoint failed to properly invest in infrastructure, maintain equipment and prepare for Hurricane Beryl. A lawsuit against CenterPoint Energy aims to relieve Houston-region restaurants of the revenue lost during Hurricane Beryl. Houston attorney Tony Buzbee filed the class action lawsuit on Monday, claiming CenterPoint...
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.
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