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By Pooja Salhotra, The Texas TribuneOct. 1, 2024 Photo Credit: Jennifer Whitney for The Texas Tribune Texas prison system’s staffing crisis and outdated technology endanger guards and inmates “Texas prison system’s staffing crisis and outdated technology endanger guards and inmates” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans […]

By Lance Lowry 10/05/2025 Huntsville, Texas –  The murder trial against Larry D LeFlore, one of the most anticipated criminal trials in Walker County, set to begin on October 8th was postponed this week.  The 12th State District Judge David Moorman set a status hearing for January 22, 2025 to begin at 9 AM.   The murder of […]

By Lance Lowry 10-04-2024 📸 Photo of Roderick Wayne Johnson Sr from gunmemorial.org Huntsville, Texas – Sasha Kaylice James, age 20, was indicted for the murder of 54 year old Roderick Wayne Johnson Sr of Huntsville.  James allegedly shot Johnson on July 5, 2024 in Huntsville.   Huntsville Police arrested James on July 9th on a warrant […]

A Book Can Make All the Difference! By David Beaty II 10-03-2024 My name is David Beaty II. I am a Life Scout in Troop 114 here in Huntsville, Texas. I am working on my Eagle Scout Project, Operation Happy Books. Operation Happy Books is a book drive that benefits the patients and families of […]

By L L Lowry 09/28/2024 Huntsville, Texas – Over $156,000 in bonds were set on one of the suspects accused of attempting to strike police officers with a vehicle, as the officers attempted to apprehend them.  Houston resident Sergio Giovannie Sanfilippo, Jr, age 26, was booked into the Walker County Jail on charges of aggravated […]

By L. L. Lowry 09-27-2024 Huntsville, Texas – This morning the Huntsville Police Department stated in a press release they had an officer involved shooting.  At around 2:27 AM Huntsville officers responded to a report of suspicious activity at the Bill Fick Ford dealership, located at 737 Interstate 45.  The dealership’s monitored surveillance system picked […]

By Staff Reporter 09-26-2024 The Woodlands, Texas – Around noon time an active shooter alert was reported at The Woodlands Campus of Lone Star College. At this time there are no active shooter threats at Lone Star Collge – Montgomery. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office is reporting a female driver heard a loud bang while […]

HOUSTON – A former federal agent assigned to the Houston Area Field Office admitted to theft of personal property and providing false statements, according to U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. From March 2022 to July 2023, Nicholas Anthony Williams, 37, Houston, stole money and property from multiple residences while working as an FBI special agent […]

September 13, 2024 URIEL, JUAN MENDEZ ARMAS ASSAULT CAUSES BODILY INJURY FAMILY VIOLI Hold Over/ICE HINOJOSA SUAREZ, WILLIAM SEXUAL ASSAULT CHILD MILLER, JERRY WADE PUBLIC INTOXICATION GARCIA, ELVIS ORLANDO DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED 2ND Claunch, Montie Cassa PUBLIC INTOXICATION MCKNIGHT, NATASHA LAFAYE CRIMINAL TRESPASS WHITTING, DOUGLAS WAYNE, JR Parole & Pardon Board Violation GUTIERREZ ALMANZA, MARIO […]

Miami, Florida – According to the National Hurricane Center disorganized showers and thunderstorms located over the western Caribbean Sea and portions of Central America are associated with a very broad area of low pressure. Environmental conditions appear favorable for gradual development of this system during the next several days. A tropical depression is likely to […]

By Staff Reporter 09-19-2024 Huntsville, Texas – On Wednesday Police investigated an incident involving a firearm and searched areas around the 700 Block of Tenth Street. Two suspects were detained and a third suspect fled from police around the area of the Quick Pic Convenience Store by MLK Blvd and 11th Street around 6 PM. […]

By Lance Lowry 09-19-2024 Huntsville, Texas – Tuesday the Huntsville City Council held a hearing on the proposed budget which includes a tax increase.  The Council heard from the City of Huntsville Financial Director Steve Ritter  who testified the Council approved up to a 0.3585 rate per $100 evaluation. The actual rate being used in budget […]

September 10, 2024 Arrest MORRIES, KANEAL TYQ CRIMINAL TRESPASS INST HIGH EDU PREV CON NAULS, JAKELVIN RAYSHON PUBLIC INTOXICATION SWEEDEN, CRAIG ANTHONY POSS CS PG 1 <1G/SAFP CONNER, RODNEY EARL ASSAULT BY CONTACT September 11, 2024 Arrest MARSEILLES, KIMBERLY JANE POSS CS PG 2 >= 4G<400G DAVID, JAMES HEATH DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED DOUGHTY, ANTHONY RASHAD […]