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Texas sex offender captured near Janesville
Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:33:54 -0700
A man on the most-wanted list of sex offenders in Texas is in custody at the Rock County Jail on $21,000 bond.
Fugitive Sex Offender Returned To Central Texas To Face Charges
Wed, 16 May 2012 10:53:24 -0700
One of Texas' most wanted sex offenders has been returned from Wisconsin where he was arrested in April to face charges in Central Texas.
By Sarah Rafique Killeen Daily Herald
Wed, 09 May 2012 21:43:24 -0700
As the population in Central Texas continues to grow, the state's public utility commission may add a 25th area code as early as July 2013. Terry Hadley, spokesperson for the Public Utility Commission of Texas, said the organization will discuss two options at a public meeting May 17 in Austin.
Tips lead to arrest of TX Most Wanted Sex Offender
Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:59:53 -0700
A tipster led officials to the location of one of Texas' Most Wanted Sex Offenders.
Trial Set For Former Local Minister Charged In Wife’s Death
Sat, 21 Apr 2012 20:34:35 -0700
A trial date has been set for a former Central Texas preacher who is charged with capital murder in connection with his wife’s death in a house fire.
Granbury courthouse flap has some seeing red
Tue, 01 May 2012 17:26:29 -0700
GRANBURY - Vircy Macatee wants the picturesque Hood County Courthouse to look the way it did when she was a child. "I don't remember that roof ever being red," she said. And Vircy Macatee's memories go back a long way. "Okay, I'm 89," she said. She has what she thinks is an original metal shingle from 1890. County Commissioner Leonard Heathington has a couple of old shingles, too. "I was born ...
For first time, SHSU hosts Criminal Court of Appeals
Mon, 07 May 2012 18:31:37 -0700
HUNTSVILLE — For the first time in its history, the Texas 10th Court of Appeals came to Sam Houston State University to hear oral arguments in real criminal case appeals in the Hazel B. Kerper Courtroom at the Criminal Justice Center.
By Mason W. Canales Killeen Daily Herald
Thu, 10 May 2012 21:28:44 -0700
COPPERAS COVE — A 21-year-old registered sex offender remained in Coryell County Jail on Thursday after police arrested him in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a minor.
Death of a Fort Hood Soldier Announced
Thu, 03 May 2012 09:39:29 -0700
Fort Hood officials have released the name of a Soldier who was found unresponsive in his residence April 30 in Copperas Cove. Coryell County Justice of the Peace John Guinn pronounced him deceased the same day.
Most Wanted Sex Offender from Waco Area Captured in Wisconsin
Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:40:59 -0700
Austin -- Cody James Guzman, one of the Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders, was arrested this morning in Wisconsin by the U.S. Marshals Service after a tipster provided information that led authorities to a mobile home in Rock County, Wisconsin. A $3,000 cash reward will be paid to the anonymous tipster through Texas Crime Stoppers. Armed with the tip, DPS Criminal Investigations Division ...