West, Texas copes after lives lost in plant explosion
WEST, Texas (CNN) -- Since they were little boys growing up West, Texas, brothers Doug and Robert Snokhous did everything together.
Texas man witnesses Boston bombings, Texas blast
AUSTIN, TX (WITI) -- A Texas runner who was in Boston for the marathon narrowly avoided injury in the bombings on Monday, April 15th.
Report: As many as 35 killed in Texas plant explosion
(CNN) -- Some 35 people -- including 10 first responders -- died in an massive explosion Wednesday night at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, Mayor Tommy Muska said, according to USA Today.The number included five volunteer fire fighters, four emergency responders and an off-duty fire fighter from Dallas who lived in West, the mayor told the newspaper.Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings identified the off-duty fire fighter as Kenny Harris, a captain in his city's fire department.
Explosion hits fertilizer plant north of Waco, Texas
(CNN) -- An explosion ripped through a fertilizer plant Wednesday night in the town of West, Texas, sending a massive fireball into the sky and causing dozens of injuries, officials said.A hospital in nearby Waco, Texas, has been told to anticipate 100 injured people coming in from the fertilizer plant area, an official at the medical facility said.Glenn Robinson, CEO of Hillcrest Hospital, said a field triage station was being set up on a football field near the plant some 18 miles north of Waco after the Wednesday night explosion."We have had a steady flow of patients coming in by ambulance as well as by private vehicles," Robinson told CNN's Anderson Cooper.
Wife of former official charged with murder in Texas DA killing
(CNN) -- The wife of former justice of the peace Eric Williams is being held on a capital murder charge in connection with the killings of a Kaufman County District Attorney, his wife, and a top prosecutor, the Dallas Morning News reported Wednesday.CNN could not immediately confirm the report.
Driver in Texas bus crash was involved in fatal 1998 accident
(CNN) -- The driver in Thursday's bus crash in Texas was investigated but not indicted in a fatal accident 15 years ago, according to court documents.Two people were killed and dozens rushed to hospitals after a charter bus bound for Oklahoma overturned on a Dallas-area turnpike Thursday morning.The driver is 65-year-old Loyd Rieve, the Texas Department of Public Safety said.
Two dead, dozens sent to hospitals after Dallas-area bus crash
(CNN) -- Two people were dead and dozens of others were taken to hospitals after a charter bus bound for Oklahoma casinos overturned on a Dallas-area turnpike Thursday morning, officials said.At least 44 people were transported to hospitals after the crash on President George Bush Turnpike in Irving, Texas, Department of Public Safety Sgt.
Who's killing Texas prosecutors? Chilling mystery leaves county on edge
KAUFMAN, Texas (CNN) -- Kaufman County is on edge.
Texas DA killed two months after his deputy is gunned down
(CNN) -- "We are taking precautions to protect elected officials in the county," Kaufman County, Texas, Sheriff David Byrnes said at a news conference Sunday after District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia, were found dead Saturday in their home.Two months ago, a Texas district attorney vowed to put away the "scum" who had killed one of his top deputies.Now, the district attorney and his wife are dead.
Prosecutor gunned down outside Texas courthouse
(CNN) -- A Texas district attorney vowed Thursday to catch the "scum" who gunned down one of his assistant prosecutors outside his office near Dallas on Thursday morning.
Three wounded in shooting at Lone Star College in Houston
(CNN) -- Students ducked under desks and ran for cover during a shooting at a community college in Texas on Tuesday.
No charges in Midland, Texas, train wreck that killed 4 veterans
(CNN) -- The driver of a parade float involved in a deadly crash with a train in Midland, Texas, will not face charges, a city official said Friday.
Security guard opens fire, kills replacement at Houston shopping center
HOUSTON, Texas (CNN) -- Texas deputies say a security guard who recently lost his job opened fire and killed his replacement Saturday at a shopping center in Houston.
Fog suspected in 100-vehicle Texas wrecks
(CNN) -- At least two people were killed and as many as 120 injured in Thanksgiving pileups involving an estimated 100 cars on a foggy stretch of highway in southeast Texas, authorities said.
Fog suspected in 100-vehicle Texas wrecks that claim at least two lives
(CNN) -- At least two people were killed and as many as 120 injured in Thanksgiving pileups involving an estimated 100 cars on a foggy stretch of highway in southeast Texas, authorities said.
Organizers of Texas parade hit by crash did not apply for permit
(CNN) -- Organizers of a "Hunt for Heroes" parade that culminated in a deadly locomotive-and-parade-float collision last week did not apply for a parade permit, officials in Midland, Texas, said Tuesday, raising questions about whether the railroad had been notified of the parade and why city police were serving as escorts.
Father, his 2 adult children arrested in Texas bank robberies
(CNN) -- The family that robs banks together, stays together.
Father, two adult children arrested in Texas bank robberies
(CNN) -- The family that robs banks together, stays together.
4 dead after train hits truck during parade saluting troops
(CNN) -- A train rammed into a flatbed truck carrying participants in a West Texas parade saluting U.S. troops, killing four people and injuring several others, a police spokesman said.
Four dead, 17 hurt when train hits Texas vets parade
(CNN) -- A train rammed into a flatbed truck carrying participants in a West Texas parade saluting U.S. troops on Thursday, November 15th -- killing four people and leaving at least 17 hospitalized, a police spokesman said.