Monthly Archives: December 17, 2017

SWAT team responds to suicidal male report

A Houston Police Department SWAT team is at the scene of a Spring Branch-area address after reports of a suicidal man.

Three-car crash shuts down Southwest Freeway

A three-car wreck tied up Sunday afternoon traffic on Southwest Freeway.

A. Bethea and Achebe P.C. Opens Two New Law Offices In Toronto

We are very happy to announce that we have opened two new Toronto offices.   The offices are located at 2338 Hurontario Street #100A, Mississauga ON, Canada L5B 1N1 and; 231 Oak Park Blvd. #310, Oakville, ON, Canada L6H 7S8

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Homeless woman charged with spitting on Houston police chief

A Houston woman was arrested Saturday night for allegedly spitting on the Houston police chief, after he chased her down to arrest her for stealing.

Prison deaths up, experts offer recommendations in new study

Deaths behind bars are on the rise, and a recently released RAND study offered dozens of recommendations to combat everything from suicide to illness.

1 dead after overnight crash in Fort Bend County

One person is dead after an overnight wreck in Fort Bend County, according to authorities.

Hurricane Harvey costs to Texas prison system now over $8 million

The cost of Hurricane Harvey's wrath to the Texas prison system has crossed the $8 million mark, with damage more widespread than initially reported.

At Day for Night, don't expect anything that courts the middle

On a gray day with rain in the forecast, the third annual Day for Night festival opened with defiant flamboyance. The event's aptly tagged Red Stage boasted Of Montreal early Saturday afternoon for a set that made no concessions to the weather. Ringleader Kevin Barnes showed up in a...

Two pit bulls maul their owner to death

Bethany Lynn Stephens had been gone for about a day since she left to walk her dogs. So her father went to look for her at the area she frequented. There, authorities say, he found her two dogs, guarding what he first thought was an animal carcass. "Much to his horror, discovered that it w...

Residents flee as flames approach wealthy California enclave

MONTECITO, Calif. - Residents piled into cars and fled on Saturday, turning downtown Santa Barbara into "a ghost town" as surging winds drove one of the biggest fires in California's history toward the city and the nearby wealthy enclave of Montecito. The mandatory evacuations around Monte...