AUSTIN — An Austin, Texas man is in police custody after he was arrested for running over and killing his mother with his car. EMS responders were transporting 72-year-old Virginia Samuelson from her car to an ambulance to treat injuries she suffered from a fight with her son Shaun Samuelson, 45, when he intentionally ran her […]
SAN ANTONIO — A longtime adviser to Gov. Rick Perry, upset over his abrupt firing at a Texas university, admitted Thursday he told staff he would surrender his office keys only if “anyone is man enough to take them” – all while brandishing a pocketknife in what police called a “nonthreatening” way. Huh? Perry Connects […]
MCKINNEY, Texas — A 14-year-old named Nicholas Cobb has created a non-profit group providing food and other essentials to the city’s homeless. The Grio reports: It started small with toiletries for the homeless, cleaning supplies for their shelters. Then two years ago, at age 12, he set up Comfort and Joy, a small non-profit with […]
Cleveland, Texas– The alleged gang rape of an 11-year old Hispanic girl by almost 20 African-American men has re-ignited racial tensions the small Texas town, locals say. In the same town that a black man was killed by the police over the theft of a pen in 1988, and has recently had complaints of corruption […]
Cleveland, Texas– Over a dozen people, ranging from 16 to 27 have been arrested in alleged connection to the horrific gang rape of an 11-year-old girl. The girl told authorities that at least 20 people assaulted her, and the attack was also captured on video. A 19-year-old, Timothy Ellis, lured her into a abandoned trailer […]
TEXAS-Texas State is offering a scholarship that is for people of European descent only. The Statesman reports: So Bohannan, a mass communication major and Iraq war veteran, and others formed the Former Majority Association for Equality — a San Marcos-based nonprofit group that is offering five $500 scholarships exclusively to white male students. Bohannan, the […]
Houston, Texas– A Texas man who was exonerated after serving 18 years in prison has been denied compensation because of a legal glitch. Exonerated Death Row inmate Anthony Graves will be denied compensation because the word “Innocence,” was not used in the document ordering his release, his attorney Katherine Scardino said. RELATED: 25 reasons we […]
Dallas, Texas– The Dallas police officer who headed Crime Stoppers for seven years is accused of stealing money from the program. According to NBC Dallas, Senior Cpl. Theodora Ross was arrested Wednesday afternoon and taken to a Dallas federal court. Investigators say she stole more than $250,000 from the program over a five-year span with […]
GALVESTON, Texas — After surrendering to Philadelphia police, a man accused of killing his infant son confessed to the first officer he saw, testimony revealed Tuesday. In pretrial hearings that began Tuesday, attorneys for Travis Mullis, 24, seek to suppress their client’s statements ahead of a jury trial scheduled March 7. Mullis is charged with […]
EDNA, Texas — Authorities on Monday heralded the capture of a suspected serial rapist who they believe may have attacked a dozen elderly women in Texas in the past two years, saying he is among the most wanted men in the state.
