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This new law will help health care workers save lives in ambulances that cover wide-open West Texas
Read full article: This new law will help health care workers save lives in ambulances that cover wide-open West TexasThe emerging technology, paid for by a grant established during the 2023 legislative session, will help emergency health care workers talk with doctors in emergency rooms to better care for critical patients.
In rural counties, Texas law puts low-income defendants at a disadvantage
Read full article: In rural counties, Texas law puts low-income defendants at a disadvantageA two-tiered system gives less populated counties more time to provide court-appointed lawyers, requiring creative responses to a long-standing problem.
Celebration of life, funeral for 10-year-old Robb Elementary student will be held Saturday
Read full article: Celebration of life, funeral for 10-year-old Robb Elementary student will be held SaturdayFamily and friends will gather Saturday morning to honor the life of 10-year-old Uziyah Garcia, who is remembered for having a “contagious laugh, shaggy hair and silly jokes.”
The last hearse travels the final mile: Layla Salazar’s burial ends Uvalde funerals for shooting victims
Read full article: The last hearse travels the final mile: Layla Salazar’s burial ends Uvalde funerals for shooting victimsThe unremitting pace of ritualized mourning ended Thursday as the town buried an 11-year-old victim of the Robb Elementary shooting. Survivors now face less structured grief, starting each day knowing they will live it out differently than they should have.
Families mourn, worry in wake of elementary school shooting
Read full article: Families mourn, worry in wake of elementary school shootingFamilies turned to social media in a desperate attempt to find their missing children as the death toll in a gruesome school shooting at a Texas elementary school rose to at least 19 students and one teacher.
Texas man who worked against COVID measures dies from virus
Read full article: Texas man who worked against COVID measures dies from virusA man who led efforts in his Central Texas community against mask wearing and other preventative measures during the coronavirus pandemic has died from COVID-19, one month after being admitted to the emergency room.
Man fatally shot Texas deputies because they were in his yard for dog complaint, witness says
Read full article: Man fatally shot Texas deputies because they were in his yard for dog complaint, witness saysA witness says a West Texas man accused of fatally shooting two sheriff’s deputies was angry they were in his yard trying to catch a dog that had bitten someone.
“Crisis upon crisis”: Industrial pollutants leave San Angelo residents without water as winter storm bears down
Read full article: “Crisis upon crisis”: Industrial pollutants leave San Angelo residents without water as winter storm bears downAmber Campos moves a pallet of bottled water from a semi-trailer truck at the loading dock of the H-E-B grocery store at in San Angelo on Tuesday. Residents of San Angelo, a West Texas city in the Concho Valley, have gone days without safe drinking water after city officials discovered industrial chemicals contaminated the water system. She’s a mother of two young children and resident of San Angelo. But, according to city and state officials, the source is likely an industrial company connected to the water system. In San Angelo, tips from oil and gas workers paid his bills.
Police: Texas officers shoot man who approached with knife
Read full article: Police: Texas officers shoot man who approached with knifeSAN ANGELO, Texas – Police in the West Texas community of San Angelo fatally shot a man early Sunday after he approached officers with a knife during a domestic violence call, a police spokesman said. Around 12:30 a.m., officers were dispatched to a home in the city 260 miles (418 kilometers) southwest of Dallas after getting a call about a man who was punching a woman inside. They arrived to find the woman and 38-year-old Adam Lee Mendez, police spokesman Josh Schultz said in a news release. The officers were not injured and have been placed on paid leave pending the outcome of an investigation into the shooting by the Texas Rangers, Schultz said. Schultz did not immediately respond to emailed questions on Sunday, including about the heath of the woman and names of the officers involved.
Texas baby with injection marks, positive heroin test, dies
Read full article: Texas baby with injection marks, positive heroin test, diesSAN ANGELO, Texas – A 2-month-old girl who tested positive for heroin after being found unresponsive with injection marks at a West Texas home over the weekend has died, police said Thursday. San Angelo police said Brixlee Marie Lee died Tuesday at Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth. Police said Thursday that officers rushed Brixlee to a San Angelo hospital Saturday after responding to a report of an unconscious infant. Hospital staff found injection marks on her extremities and head, and her urine tested positive for heroin, police said. Harbor and Smock remained in Tom Green County Jail on Thursday.
Texas man killed pregnant girlfriend, hid her in freezer before multi-county manhunt, officials say
Read full article: Texas man killed pregnant girlfriend, hid her in freezer before multi-county manhunt, officials sayA Texas man has been arrested after authorities said he killed his pregnant girlfriend and hid her body in a freezer before evading police. According to media reports, Bradley, who was pregnant with her third child, was wrapped in a blue tarp and placed in a freezer inside a home. Police and the Tom Green County Sheriff’s Office on Monday executed two search warrants at a commercial building and Hernandez’s home, where the body was found. Following a multi-agency search including Texas Game Wardens, he was arrested while walking by a Hamlin police officer, SAPD said. According to jail records with the Tom Green County Sheriff’s Office, he was booked on Tuesday on a murder charge.
AMBER Alert discontinued for missing 2-year-old from San Angelo
Read full article: AMBER Alert discontinued for missing 2-year-old from San AngeloUPDATE: An AMBER Alert for a missing two-year-old from San Angelo was discontinued early Friday morning. Harding is 2 feet tall and is 35 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. She is 5 feet 6 inches tall, roughly 200 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. They were last heard from in San Angelo, Texas. Anyone with information is asked to contact the San Angelo Police Department at (325) 657-4315.
Mayor returns $6K in campaign contributions as radio contract scandal gains steam
Read full article: Mayor returns $6K in campaign contributions as radio contract scandal gains steamThey are also co-owners of Dailey and Wells Communications, which San Angelo LIVE! identified as the company referred to in a federal indictment for the former San Angelo police chief, Timothy Ray Vasquez, 49. identified “Vendor 1” as Dailey and Wells Communications, based off of its previous reporting on the contracts and the dates they were awarded. The company was tapped to install a radio system and provide maintenance and support for 15 years. “The only thing illegal about (the Wells') contributions to date is the $1,000 in over-limit contributions they contributed to former councilman Greg Brockhouse’s mayoral campaign,” Morgan said.