DALLAS, Texas – A stripper in Texas says she’s OK after falling off a 15-foot pole at XTC Cabaret Dallas over the weekend, reports ABC affiliate KSAT. In a viral video posted to Twitter, the woman, identified as Genea, can be seen falling from near the top of the poll onto the stage. this sums up
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas — When 16-year-old Newt Johnson found out his little sister was sick, he was ready to do anything for her. That included growing out his hair until it was long enough to make a wig, in case she needed it. But because of his school’s policies, that also meant withdrawing from his
Continue Reading One bad game against the Houston Astros in 2017 cost relief pitcher Mike Bolsinger his career. Bolsinger, who pitched for the Toronto Blue Jays, is now suing the Astros claiming their sign-stealing scheme is the reason his career was cut short after an August 2017 game in which he gave up four runs against the
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HOUSTON, Texas — Authorities say a security guard at a sports bar fatally shot one man early Sunday and wounded another on the northern outskirts of Houston. The incident was caught on security video, which you can watch in the video player above. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said three guards were trying to remove
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DALLAS, Texas — A 7-year-old boy and a 1-year-old boy were found alive Monday morning after their mother was found dead Sunday night, police said. An Amber Alert was issued Monday morning, but the boys were later found alive after a tactical team entered an apartment in Dallas around 9:30 a.m., according to ABC affiliate
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AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Police Department is investigating after a baby was found dead at an auto parts store early Monday morning. Police told ABC affiliate KVUE that a woman found a baby not breathing at Austin Express Auto Parts. The store is located at 5001 South Congress Avenue in Austin. The woman reportedly called 911 around
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EL PASO, Texas — Gas prices continue to dip in the Sun City leading many to the pumps to cash in on the savings. While the savings are nice, they are not permanent as experts say it’s a usual trend for gas prices to dip in the winter time, and rise again during the spring
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EL PASO, Texas — In an effort to curb mass violence, state agencies in Texas have developed an application for your phone with the hopes of saving lives. You can now use the Texas Department of Public Safety’s iWatch Texas app. The app is not intended for emergency situations, but rather to report suspicious or
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EL PASO, Texas — The man accused of killing 22 people and wounding two dozen more in a shooting that targeted Mexicans in El Paso is being formally charged with federal hate crimes, according to a copy of a federal court indictment obtained by ABC-7. Suspected gunman Patrick Crusius is accused of killing and harming
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HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A Dallas man was executed Thursday evening for a shooting in which he killed his wife, two children and two other relatives during a drug-fueled rage nearly 18 years ago. Prosecutors say Abel Ochoa was high on crack cocaine and looking for money to buy more drugs when he started shooting inside
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EL PASO, Texas — It’s been almost seven months since Texas Gov. Greg Abbott banned so-called red light cameras in Texas. Now, after a six-month “wind-up” agreement between the city of El Paso and Redlfex Traffic Systems, those lights are supposed to be coming down. Texas House Bill 1631 was signed into law on June
Continue Reading A 32-year-old US citizen arrested by Border Patrol agents died in custody in Texas on Tuesday, according to a Customs and Border Protection statement. The man was identified as James Paul Markowitz, according to a statement released late Wednesday. The statement says Markowitz was arrested around 3 p.m. Tuesday as a suspect in an “alien
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OZONA, Texas — A 64-year-old El Paso man died in a weekend traffic crash along Interstate 10 about 12 miles east of Ozona in Crockett County. Texas state troopers said Lorenzo Edward Noriega lost control of his pickup truck early Saturday morning and skidded across the interstate median before overturning. Noriega died at the scene
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — After President Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union speech on Tuesday night, freshman Congresswoman Veronica Escobar of El Paso delivered the Democratic response in Spanish. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivered their party’s response to Trump’s address in English, and Escobar followed it up with a Spanish-language version of the speech
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NEW YORK, NY — Macy’s said Tuesday it is closing 125 of its least productive stores and cutting 2,000 corporate jobs as the struggling department store tries to reinvent itself in the age of online shopping. The store closures represent about one fifth of Macy’s current total. They include about 30 that are in the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — It’s been 40 years since El Paso’s first mass shooting in recent memory, but Shirlene Masterson remembers the day like it was yesterday. Masterson, now 87, was first woken by the sound of sirens screaming past her house. Hours later, she woke up to a knock on her door from
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Police Department’s Gang Unit arrested a man for firing a weapon in Central El Paso. This happened at 2:30 a.m. Monday morning at 100 Glory Road. Officers were patrolling the area when they heard a single gunshot. They arrested Alfred Lawernce Gay Jr., 21, for firing a handgun inside
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Two people were killed Monday and a third person was wounded after a shooting in a residence hall on the campus of Texas A&M University-Commerce, the school said. The shooting occurred in Pride Rock residence hall, the school said in a post on Twitter. The wounded victim has been taken to a hospital, the school
Continue Reading BRYAN, Texas (AP) — A third worker has died of injuries from a Central Texas oil well blowout, the company said Monday. Chesapeake Energy spokesman Gordon Pennoyer said in a statement the company is “deeply saddened” by the worker’s death. Pennoyer did not say when the worker died. The worker was injured in Wednesday’s blowout
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MONT BELVIEU, Texas — A black Texas teenager who was told his dreadlocks violate his high school’s dress code is gaining the support of some celebrities as well as $20,000 for college. DeAndre Arnold, 18, of “The Ellen Show” that aired Wednesday where host Ellen DeGeneres and singer Alicia Keys presented him with a check
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TIJUANA, Mexico — The Perla family of El Salvador has slipped into a daily rhythm in Mexico while they wait for the U.S. to decide whether to grant them asylum. A modest home has replaced the tent they lived in at a migrant shelter. Their 7- and 5-year-old boys are in their second year of
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BRYAN, Texas (AP) — Several workers were injured Wednesday in the blowout of a Central Texas oil well. Details of the incident at a Chesapeake Energy well site are sketchy. The Texas Department of Public Safety says the blowout happened shortly after 3 p.m. Wednesday at a Chesapeake Energy well site on a county road
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ODESSA, Texas — Authorities across west Texas were on the lookout Tuesday evening for Odessa murder suspects who were “considered armed and dangerous.” Law enforcement across the region from Odessa-Midland to the El Paso area were told to be on the lookout for the suspects who are sought in connection with the shootings of two
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ANTHONY, Texas — The Town of Anthony Council agreed Monday night to spend $4,000 to provide identity theft protection services as a result of a recent “data breach related to town employees personal information.” The breach involved what the mayor called a mistaken release of the social security numbers of 16 current and former town
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas — A second grader in Austin left school Wednesday with three academic awards and a brand-new baby sister. Carina Soto-Rodriguez and her husband, Andres, were at an awards ceremony at IDEA Bluff Springs because their son Luigiani was being honored for his reading and math, school officials told CNN. At an appointment that
Continue Reading Medical supply stores in central Texas are experiencing a medical mask shortage after a Texas A&M student, having recently traveled to Wuhan, China, may have contracted coronavirus. Stores around the Brazos Valley, where the university is located, say they are completely out of medical masks, according to CNN affiliate KBTX. The student has experienced symptoms
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When most Americans think of sanctuary cities, they think of predominately liberal jurisdictions that have vowed to protect undocumented immigrants from what they view as overzealous federal immigration policies. But in the last year or so, conservative cities and counties around the nation have co-opted the term, declaring themselves sanctuaries from attempts at gun control
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HOUSTON, Texas — A massive explosion Friday leveled a warehouse in Houston, killing two workers, damaging nearby buildings and homes and rousing frightened residents from their sleep miles away, authorities said. The explosion happened about 4:30 a.m. inside a building at Watson Grinding and Manufacturing, which makes valves and provides thermal-spray coatings for equipment in
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WACO, Texas — The McLennan County Public Health District is monitoring a suspected case of the Novel Coronavirus, ABC affiliate KVUE reported Friday. The patient is a Baylor student who traveled to China earlier this year, and the disclosure comes a day after a possible case of the virus involving a Texas A&M student was
Continue Reading BRAZOS COUNTY, Texas — A student at Texas A&M may have contracted the 2019 novel coronavirus, the university confirmed Thursday afternoon. The Brazos County Health District is investigating the suspected case of coronavirus in the student who traveled from Wuhan, China, where it originated. The student is being isolated at home while precautionary testing is
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