Around 2 p.m., a part-time employee of Northeast Lakeview College allegedly shot and killed a 37-year-old Devin Zimmerman in the campus library. The shooter immediately gave himself up to police. Officials still do not know the motive for the crime.
Light rain and slick streets slowed the morning commute, and kept police and EMS on their toes with minor traffic accidents. We may see more rain as the temperature rises throughout the day.
After a neighbor saw their story on America’s Most Wanted, police on Sunday morning arrested Luann and Bradley “Butch” Chase, who are accused of molesting two girls in Indiana more than eight years ago.
Police on Wednesday night investigated a death after firefighters found the body of a man, who had been shot, while they responded to a house fire in the 15800 block of Kenna Mist.
Officials Monday morning were puzzling out how a cement truck slid down an embankment, crashing and catching fire in a drainage ditch below. The accident at Loop 1604 East and Gold Canyon Drive backed up traffic for more than an hour.
Along communities on Highway 35, which travels the Texas coast, Hurricane Ike toppled trees and powerlines, blew in glass windows, and caused other damage.
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The small coastal community of Surfside Beach, about 50 miles southeast of Houston, sustained extensive damage from Hurricane Ike.
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Marinas, roads and parking lots were already flooded from Hurricane Ike’s storm surge in the small coastal community of Palacios as of Friday around 4 p.m.
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