Suspect in Smithville double-homicide facing 18 indictments The man suspected in the March double homicide of a Smithville mother and daughter is now facing 18 indictment charges from the Lee County Superior Court.Marcus Dontavious Butts, 28, was arrested and ... 06/5/2024 - 12:50 pm | View Link
Man sentenced in 2022 double homicide shooting AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man was sentenced May 14 in connection with a double homicide that occurred in January 2022. According to Travis County court documents, 22-year-old Edgar Barahona was found guilty ... 06/2/2024 - 4:48 am | View Link
Man who pleaded guilty to New Mexico double homicide is recaptured after brief escape A man awaiting sentencing in a double-homicide case was back in custody Sunday after escaping from a juvenile jail in Albuquerque. Bernalillo County Sheriff’s officials said 19-year-old Josef Toney ... 05/26/2024 - 5:31 am | View Link
Arrest made in Rapid City homicide RAPID CITY, S.D. (KELO) — Authorities in Rapid City are investigating a homicide that happened on Sunday, May 12. Rapid City Police say they were dispatched to 1313 N. Lacrosse Street around 11 ... 05/13/2024 - 10:26 am | View Link
Middle school assistant principal arrested in connection to triple homicide case from 2013 An assistant principal at an Alabama middle school was arrested in connection to a triple homicide case out of Georgia. Keante Harris was arrested on May 8. The 45-year-old was booked on a ... 05/13/2024 - 9:30 am | View Link
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Happy Birthday for Thursday, June 6, 2024:
Others look to you to make things happen because you’re energetic, imaginative and a great communicator. You have far-reaching dreams and ideals. You’re never boring. This year it’s time to rejuvenate yourself.
Five Points gets jazzed
Saturday. The free, wonderfully sprawling Five Points Jazz Festival returns this weekend with diverse live music on Saturday, June 8 — all taking place along Welton Street between 25th and 29th streets.
The beloved event in the Five Points neighborhood is expecting more than 10,000 attendees for its 20 local and national acts, along with food, drinks, shopping and ceremonies honoring local jazz legends.
The grandson of a founding member of the Black Panther Party said his grandfather does not support former President Donald Trump, asserting that a viral video interview of the activist supposedly endorsing Trump was misleading.
On Tuesday, Eric Jones responded to the viral video that was posted on Sunday, sharing on X that he was working to get it removed because it misrepresented his grandfather, David Hilliard, the former chief of staff of the Black Panther Party.
Washington — Senate Republicans have blocked legislation designed to protect women’s access to contraception, arguing that the bill was just a political stunt as Democrats mount an election-year effort to put GOP senators on the record on reproductive rights issues,
The test vote won a 51-39 majority, but that was well short of the 60 votes to move ahead on the legislation.
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It came as the Senate has abandoned hopes of doing serious bipartisan legislation before the election.
Vigo Park, Texas — Storm trackers in the Texas Panhandle recovered a massive hail stone that researchers say is likely to be a new state record.
Val and Amy Castor, veteran storm chasers with Oklahoma City television station KWTV, discovered a piece of hail more than 7 inches (17.78 centimeters) long Sunday along the side of the road near Vigo Park while they were chasing a major thunderstorm system.
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Val Castor said the stone was about the size of a pineapple.
“That’s the biggest hail I’ve ever seen, and I’ve been chasing storms for more than 30 years,” Castor said.
Castor said several baseball-sized hail stones fell while he was driving, including one that cracked his windshield, before he spotted the big piece in a ditch on the side of the road.
“I could see it from probably 100 yards away,” he said.
The massive hail stone is believed to be a new state record, topping a 6.4-inch (16.25-centimeter) hail stone found in Hondo in 2021.