LOS ANGELES, California — Samuel Little, believed to be the most prolific serial killer in American history, has died at age 80, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said Wednesday. Little had been serving three consecutive life-without-parole sentences from Los Angeles County for the deaths of three women that occurred in the late 1980s.
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UPDATE, Jan. 31: VAN HORN, Texas —Interstate 10 has reopened in both directions after an hours-long closure that started Wednesday night through Culberson County due to a winter storm that stranded thousands. Culberson County Sheriff Oscar Carillo told ABC-7 the interstate opened early Thursday morning. However, he still warned people that there were very dangerous driving
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas hit a new record of Covid-19 hospitalizations on Tuesday, with more people now hospitalized for the virus than at any other time during the pandemic. It comes as the state continues to slowly give its first round of vaccines. State health officials reported Texas has received nearly 612,000 vaccine doses so
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PARKER COUNTY, Texas (KTVT) — A horrible, multi-vehicle crash northwest of Fort Worth has taken the life of a mother and two young children. According to officials with the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), the 25-year-old mother, 7-year-old boy and 4-year-old girl all were killed in the wreck on State Highway 199 — just
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Select skilled nursing facilities and long-term care facilities in Texas will begin the processing of vaccinating residents and staff Monday. It’s part of the federal ‘Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program,’ which provides such facilities with staff and Pfizer vaccines from partnering Walgreens and CVS locations. More than 1,200 skilled
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ARLINGTON, Texas — From the gruesome ankle injury that ended their star quarterback’s season to the sudden death of their conditioning coach, the Dallas Cowboys faced difficulties few NFL teams could match in this pandemic-altered year. They still have a chance going into Week 17. Andy Dalton threw for 377 yards and three touchdowns, two
Continue Reading University of Utah star freshman running back Ty Jordan has died at the age of 19, the school announced on Saturday. Jordan was named the Pac-12 Conference Offensive Freshman Player of the Year last week. The native of Mesquite, Texas, rushed for 597 yards and scored six rushing touchdowns in a shortened, five-game season for
Continue Reading SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Two headstones inscribed with Nazi swastikas that mark the graves of German prisoners of war have been removed from a veteran’s cemetery in Texas. The headstones at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio feature an iron cross with a swastika at its center, along with an inscription in German
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DALLAS, Texas — Over two dozen Texas babies celebrated the holiday in style this year, sporting handmade Christmas sweaters during their stay at the hospital. The newborns, who are at Baylor Scott & White McLane Children’s neonatal intensive care units across Texas, participated in what the hospital deemed its “TINIEST TEXANS™ Ugly Sweater Edition” event.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Houston mom, who says her daughter was in an abusive and toxic relationship, says she wishes she would have done more to help. “I regret that. I will all my life because I saw the signs,” said Claudia Sanchez. “I didn’t do anything
Continue Reading SAN ANTONIO, Texas — It was set to be a Christmas to remember for all the wrong reasons. San Antonio Housing Authority staff had collected gifts for over 200 children who live at one of the city’s largest public housing complexes — and then, staff say, most of those gifts were stolen the night before
Continue Reading HOUSTON, Texas — On the second day of the new NBA season, a game has been postponed due to Covid-19 — and a league star got hit with a fine for violating protocol. The NBA announced Wednesday that the game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Houston Rockets at the Toyota Center in Houston
Continue Reading In June, Houston’s United Memorial Medical Center was so overwhelmed by the pandemic that two of its wings had been transformed into Covid-19 wards. Now, there are three. Dr. Joseph Varon, chief medical officer, hadn’t had a day off since the virus hit months earlier. He still hasn’t. Back then, ICU nurse Tanna Ingraham was
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EL PASO, Texas — Jaime Esparza, who is about to step down as El Paso’s district attorney after 28 years, is seeking to be appointed as the top federal prosecutor in west Texas. Esparza, 63, says he has applied with President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team to be appointed as the U.S. attorney for the Western
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In June, Houston’s United Memorial Medical Center was so overwhelmed by the pandemic that two of its wings had been transformed into Covid-19 wards. Now, there are three. Dr. Joseph Varon, chief medical officer, hadn’t had a day off since the virus hit months earlier. He still hasn’t. Back then, ICU nurse Tanna Ingraham was
Continue Reading HOUSTON, Texas — Just weeks after a federal court ordered that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals be restored, a judge in Texas heard arguments in a case challenging the legality of the program, which shields hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children from deportation. The case before Judge Andrew
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court has extended its emergency eviction relief program for tenants behind on rent through at least March 15, postponing the program’s expiration date by a month and a half. The move comes after Congress passed a stimulus bill Monday extending the federal moratorium on evictions through the end of January. The
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott received the Covid-19 vaccine Tuesday, as newly confirmed cases and hospitalizations continue soaring in the state, saying he wanted to show Texans how “safe and easy” it is. He received the shot on live television at Austin’s Ascension Seton Medical Center to help reassure the public that inoculations
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas — The number of patients hospitalized with the coronavirus in Texas again climbed past the troubling mark of 10,000 on Monday for the first time since this summer’s deadly peak. The state is also running low on ICU beds. It comes as Gov. Greg Abbott plans on getting the Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday as more
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AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Capitol will reopen to the public in January after being closed for much of the year because of the pandemic, a decision that comes as new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are surging to the highest levels since summer. The capitol will reopen Jan. 4 — roughly a week before the Texas Legislature
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HOUSTON, Texas — A Houston postal worker delivered more than just the mail to a mom recovering from Covid-19 with her two sons. She left a care package with canned soup, crackers, cookies and other goodies last week on Lisette LeJeune’s porch. “It warms my heart to see such a caring gesture from a stranger,”
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ARLINGTON, Texas — Tony Pollard ran for two touchdowns with Ezekiel Elliott sidelined by an injury for the first time in the two-time rushing champion’s career, and the Dallas Cowboys beat the San Francisco 49ers 41-33 on Sunday. Four of the seven Dallas scores were set up by turnovers from the 49ers (5-9), who guaranteed
Continue Reading GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — Notre Dame was picked Sunday over Texas A&M for the final College Football Playoff spot and will face No. 1 Alabama in the semifinals while Clemson and Ohio State were paired in the CFP for the third time. The Fighting Irish and Crimson Tide will meet Jan. 1 at AT&T Stadium
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AUSTIN, Texas — A statewide Amber Alert has been issued for four children in central Texas who are believed to be in grave or immediate danger. ABC affiliate KTRK reported that The Travis County Sheriff’s Office is leading the investigation into the abductions of Gabriella Garcia, 10, Julian Garcia, 7, Sebastian Garcia, 3, and Giovanna
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The Rose Bowl will no longer host of one of this season’s College Football Playoff semifinals on New Year’s Day due to Covid-19 restrictions in Southern California, the College Football Playoff and the Tournament of Roses announced Saturday. The game will be relocated to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, because families of the football teams
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas — Texas on Saturday surpassed 25,000 deaths from the coronavirus pandemic, the second-highest total in the country. El Paso’s virus deaths as of Saturday made up 1,284 of the Texas total. State health officials reported 272 new deaths due to Covid-19, bringing Texas’ death toll to 25,226. Cases of Covid-19 and virus-related hospitalizations
Continue Reading After a regular season replete with stops, starts and multiple schedule changes, the College Football Playoff picture is coming into focus. Saturday concluded the conference championship schedule — in addition to other regular-season games. Entering the day, Alabama, Notre Dame, Clemson and Ohio State held the top four spots — in that order — in
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has congratulated Dallas Cowboys long snapper L.P. Ladouceur ahead of his 251st NFL game, which will set a record for a Canadian-born player. When Ladouceur takes to the field against the San Francisco 49ers at Arlington Sunday, he will surpass the 250 games of Canadian-born former kicker Eddie Murray, who
Continue Reading SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Tammi, an adorable 9-month-old retriever, arrived at the San Antonio Humane Society last month with with multiple injuries, including shotgun pellets in her body. During an examination, veterinarians spotted 70 pellets in Tammi’s X-rays while also determining the puppy had been hit by a car. Doctors immediately took her into surgery
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas — Some 620,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines are expected to land at 1,100 providers in 185 Texas counties starting Monday, including smaller and rural hospitals left out of the first shipment of doses this week, state health officials said late Friday. The Texas allocation will include 159,900 doses of the Pfizer vaccine, most of them
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