Jakadrien Turner, a 15-year-old teen girl who ran away from home was mistakenly deported to Bogota, Colombia after she gave a fake name to police after a shoplifting arrest in Houston. The name belonged to a 22-year-old illegal immigrant from Colombia so immigration officials so she was deported there and lived there for a year […]
Rapper, Kid Cudi is mourning the death of a fan of his, Ben Breedlove, an 18-year-old who died of a heart attack. Breedlove recorded several videos before he died, talking about his near death experiences, that quickly went viral after his death. Kid Cudi wrote a blog about Breedlove,who had a heart condition called hypertrophic […]
Ramie Grimmer, the daughter of Rachelle Grimmer the woman who killed herself and shot her two children after being denied welfare at a benefits office in Laredo, Texas has died from her wounds. Before she died Ramie Grimmer posted “May Die 3day on her Facebook page. The New York Daily News reports: Her 10-year-old brother, […]
LAREDO, Texas — A mother who had been denied welfare benefits killed herself and shot her two children after a seven-hour standoff at a government social services office, police said. The children, a 10-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl, were in critical condition Tuesday, Laredo police investigator Joe Baeza said. The standoff began around 5 […]
A Texas man is claiming that his former girlfriend of six months stole sperm from him in order to collect child support.
The connection between race and capital punishment has been a hot topic this year, and it’s likely to remain one after a new study found a shocking pattern in the way one Texas county sentences people to die. Of the last 13 men that have been sentenced to death in Harris County, 12 of them […]
HOUSTON — In order to save money, some prisons in Texas have stopped serving lunch on Saturday and Sunday. The Texas prison system hopes to save over $2.8 million by cutting meals. County Considers Using Inmates As Firefighters Due To Budget Say What?! Jailers Serve Inmates Rotted Meat? The New York Times reports: Thousands of […]
A 79-year-old Texas woman and her mentally disabled son have been missing for almost a month, according to Texas police. Lettie Fisher and her son, 31-year-old John Fisher Jr., were last seen leaving Lufkin Memorial Medical Center, where Lettie was treated for breast cancer. After leaving the medical center, detectives believe the Fishers went home […]
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 […]
A Texas teen who was on trial for shooting an officer at a juvenile facility in 2010 raised eyebrows when he urinated in a courtroom trash can last Wednesday. Corey Webb, 17, was seen in court footage continuously mumbling as attorneys and judges spoke throughout the trial. At one point, Webb requested to fire his […]
Community leaders from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and local businesses in Fort Worth, Texas are unhappy with the name of a local food-mart titled “Da Hood Food Mart.” “The name is insulting to our African-American heritage and the over-saturation of these types of establishments within the economically disadvantaged communities is simply a continuation of […]
