Military family bids farewell to soldier
Fri, Aug 3, 2012
KVUE-TV Austin 2:18 | 2,138 views
ROUND ROCK, Texas -- Every soldier at Hendrickson High School had a story Friday -- a loved one they're leaving behind. KVUE's Melissa Mahadeo spent time with one family in which both parents are in the Texas Army National Guard; their grandparents, uncles and cousins are all in the military as well. Patricia Crawson isn't used to sitting in the crowd. She's been in the military for more than 22 years, but two years ago, she married Major John Crawson. "It is different for me because I am usually the one w
VIDEO Hood County Sheriff confirms six tornado deaths
Thu, May 16, 2013
8:56 | 1,706 views
GRANBURY - At a midnight news conference, Hood County Sheriff Roger Deeds confirmed six people were killed in at least three tornadoes that hit his county near Granbury on Wednesday night. "That could climb higher as the night goes on," he said, adding that the hardest-hit area is the Rancho Brazos subdivision, with the damage concentrated along Davis Road between Acton Highway and Rhea Road. He said 14 people were unaccounted for. "Pray for Granbury," Sheriff Deeds told reporters. E-mail mdiaz@wfaa.com
Higley Unified School District athletic director found dead
Thu, May 16, 2013
KTVK 3TV Phoenix 2:44 | 326 views
GILBERT, Ariz. -- The Higley Unified School District athletic director was found dead Wednesday morning from what Gilbert police believe was a self-inflicted gunshot wound. An employee found Art Wagner, 42, just off the Higley High School campus near Pecos and Recker roads between the baseball field and railroad tracks at approximately 8:45 a.m. The incident was reported to police as a suicide, however, it is still under investigation, according to Sgt. Jesse Sanger. In a statement, school district official
VIDEO North TX home has roof ripped off by storm
Thu, May 16, 2013
4:23 | 187 views
CLEBURNE - A residence near Cleburne had its roof ripped off as a violent tornado touched down around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. Darrin Vasquez said it was "loud and very violent" as the storm created a "vacuum" that appeared to be lifting everything up. "Thank God we're all right. We all said our prayers," Vasquez said. He used a mattress to shield his family from debris in a bathroom of their home. Parts of Cleburne southwest of downtown saw trees toppled, power lines down and street flooding. Gerard Elementary
VIDEO First report from Granbury tornado epicenter
Thu, May 16, 2013
2:50 | 112 views
GRANBURY - It's a scene of complete devastation in this neighborhood off Acton Highway near Granbury. Emergency personnel are going door-to-door trying to determine if anyone is trapped in damaged homes. Dozens of ambulances were staging nearby at a triage center to deal with as many as 100 injuries. Two fatalities have been confirmed. E-mail twoodard@wfaa.com
OJ Simpson testifies in bid to win freedom
Wed, May 15, 2013
KMOV 4 St. Louis 0:44 | 159 views
LAS VEGAS -- More than four years after the world last heard from O.J. Simpson in court, one of the nation's most famous prisoners spoke again Wednesday in a bid to win freedom from a sentence that could keep him behind bars until he dies. Simpson took the stand to testify about his legal representation by attorney Yale Galanter in the case involving a strange hotel room confrontation with sports memorabilia dealers that led to a conviction for armed robbery and kidnapping. Under questioning by his co-couns
NOPD believes Mother's Day shooting suspect has gang ties
Tue, May 14, 2013
WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans 1:55 | 644 views
Tania Dall / Eyewitness News Email: tdall@wwltv.com | Twitter: @taniadall NEW ORLEANS -- Eyewitness News is learning more about the criminal connections of the alleged gunman in the Mother's Day shooting. Over the last couple months, Akien Scott was twice arrested for illegal possession of a firearm and he bonded out of jail a few weeks ago. Now law enforcement agencies are targeting his associates to try to stop the city's violent crime. "We have no reason to believe that he's fled the city. We have every
One dead in Round Rock accident
Tue, May 14, 2013
KVUE-TV Austin 0:56 | 363 views
ROUND ROCK, Texas -- One person is dead after an accident on FM 620 and Deepwood Dr., a few blocks west of Round Rock High School. It happened around 2 p.m. when a red car traveling westbound on FM 620 crashed into a car driving eastbound. That crash forced the cars into a third vehicle sitting at a red light. One person, an elderly man who was a passenger in one of the cars, died. One person has been transported to a Round Rock hospital. Their condition is unknown. Two other people suffered non-life threat
