FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – Police say man was arrested and charged in the 1974 killing of a Texas teenage girl after nearly 50 years of investigation.Fort Worth police announced Tuesday that 77-year-old Glen McCurley had been arrested and charged with capital murder in the abduction, torture, rape and slaying of 17-year-old high school student Carla Walker.Investigators say McCurley had been under suspicion since the crime occurred, but only now has DNA technology advanced to the point that police could link the married father of two children definitively to the slaying.McCurley is confined...…FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – Police say man was arrested and charged in the 1974 killing of a Texas teenage girl after nearly 50 years of investigation.Fort Worth police announced Tuesday that 77-year-old Glen McCurley had been arrested and charged with capital murder in the abduction, torture, rape and slaying of 17-year-old high school student Carla Walker.Investigators say McCurley had been under suspicion since the crime occurred, but only now has DNA technology advanced to the point that police could link the married father of two children definitively to the slaying.McCurley is confined...WW…

KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) - The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) has released surveillance footage of a man running through the heart of candles on the ground below the Vanessa Guillen mural outside Fort Hood.LULAC is asking for the public’s help with information that could lead to the identification, arrest and conviction of the man caught on camera overnight defacing the public memorial site.Guillen was murdered on post and buried in rural Bell County near the Leon River.The soldier who authorities say killed Guillen shot himself to death as police approached him.The site of...…KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) - The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) has released surveillance footage of a man running through the heart of candles on the ground below the Vanessa Guillen mural outside Fort Hood.LULAC is asking for the public’s help with information that could lead to the identification, arrest and conviction of the man caught on camera overnight defacing the public memorial site.Guillen was murdered on post and buried in rural Bell County near the Leon River.The soldier who authorities say killed Guillen shot himself to death as police approached him.The site of...WW…

AUSTIN, Texas (KWTX) - U.S. Attorneys representing the four districts in Texas have announced they plan to prosecute any crimes committed at the State Capitol or elsewhere in violation of federal law ahead of the upcoming presidential inauguration.“During this time of polarized political discord, freedom of speech is an important right that must be safeguarded, but those who threaten to harm others, commit acts of violence, destroy property or attack law enforcement must be held accountable for their criminal behavior,” U.S. Attorney Gregg N. Sofer said.“Now, more than ever, we must respect...…AUSTIN, Texas (KWTX) - U.S. Attorneys representing the four districts in Texas have announced they plan to prosecute any crimes committed at the State Capitol or elsewhere in violation of federal law ahead of the upcoming presidential inauguration.“During this time of polarized political discord, freedom of speech is an important right that must be safeguarded, but those who threaten to harm others, commit acts of violence, destroy property or attack law enforcement must be held accountable for their criminal behavior,” U.S. Attorney Gregg N. Sofer said.“Now, more than ever, we must respect...WW…

BELL COUNTY, Texas (KWTX) - James Keith Williams, 50, whose parents were found shot to death on Sept. 15 in their rural Bell County home, admitted to the deadly shooting, which evidently occurred more than three weeks before the bodies were discovered, according to an affidavit released Tuesday.Williams, the affidavit says, “waived his constitutional and statutory rights and told investigators he used a firearm to shoot Floyd and Priscilla Williams.”Williams remains in the Bell County Jail where he’s held in lieu of $2 million bond charged with capital murder.A deputy found the bodies after...…BELL COUNTY, Texas (KWTX) - James Keith Williams, 50, whose parents were found shot to death on Sept. 15 in their rural Bell County home, admitted to the deadly shooting, which evidently occurred more than three weeks before the bodies were discovered, according to an affidavit released Tuesday.Williams, the affidavit says, “waived his constitutional and statutory rights and told investigators he used a firearm to shoot Floyd and Priscilla Williams.”Williams remains in the Bell County Jail where he’s held in lieu of $2 million bond charged with capital murder.A deputy found the bodies after...WW…

AdvertisementWACO, Texas (KWTX) - Claiming the United States federal government no longer represents the values of Texans, a state representative plans to file a bill that would greenlight a referendum giving Texans a vote for secession.Kyle Biedermann, a Republican who represents district 73 in the Texas House of Representatives, made the announcement on his Twitter and Facebook accounts on Tuesday with the hashtag “Texit.”“The federal government is out of control and does not represent the values of Texans. That is why I am committing to file legislation this session that will allow a...…AdvertisementWACO, Texas (KWTX) - Claiming the United States federal government no longer represents the values of Texans, a state representative plans to file a bill that would greenlight a referendum giving Texans a vote for secession.Kyle Biedermann, a Republican who represents district 73 in the Texas House of Representatives, made the announcement on his Twitter and Facebook accounts on Tuesday with the hashtag “Texit.”“The federal government is out of control and does not represent the values of Texans. That is why I am committing to file legislation this session that will allow a...WW…

BELLS, Texas (KWTX) - UPDATE: the Amber Alert issued Saturday morning by authorities has been “DISCONTINUED.”Earlier Story: Police were searching for 6-year-old Kobie Shay Holiman who is believed to be in grave danger.Kobie Holiman is a white girl, 3 feet 8 inches tall with brown hair and brown eyes.Her current attire is unknown.The authorities are searching for two suspects that might have taken Kobie Holiman.The first suspect is 29-year-old Kody Holiman, a white man 6 feet tall about 300 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes.The other suspect who might have Kobie Holiman is 27-year-old...…BELLS, Texas (KWTX) - UPDATE: the Amber Alert issued Saturday morning by authorities has been “DISCONTINUED.”Earlier Story: Police were searching for 6-year-old Kobie Shay Holiman who is believed to be in grave danger.Kobie Holiman is a white girl, 3 feet 8 inches tall with brown hair and brown eyes.Her current attire is unknown.The authorities are searching for two suspects that might have taken Kobie Holiman.The first suspect is 29-year-old Kody Holiman, a white man 6 feet tall about 300 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes.The other suspect who might have Kobie Holiman is 27-year-old...WW…

KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) – Killeen police Officer Reynaldo Contreras, a five-year department veteran who shot and killed a man with mental health issues as the man ignored his repeated commands to lie down, and instead continued to advance toward him, can be heard on video from his body camera telling another officer after the shooting, “I had no choice man, damn it.”Later, the body camera recorded Contreras saying the Lord’s Prayer as the mortally wounded man was loaded into an ambulance.Contreras shot Patrick Warren, Sr., 52, after responding at around 5:40 p.m. on Jan. 10 to a home in the...…KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) – Killeen police Officer Reynaldo Contreras, a five-year department veteran who shot and killed a man with mental health issues as the man ignored his repeated commands to lie down, and instead continued to advance toward him, can be heard on video from his body camera telling another officer after the shooting, “I had no choice man, damn it.”Later, the body camera recorded Contreras saying the Lord’s Prayer as the mortally wounded man was loaded into an ambulance.Contreras shot Patrick Warren, Sr., 52, after responding at around 5:40 p.m. on Jan. 10 to a home in the...WW…

MARLIN, Texas (KWTX) – Falls County Sheriff Ricky Scaman was arrested Monday by Texas Rangers on warrants charging felony assault on a public servant, sexual assault and misdemeanor official oppression, the Texas Department of Public Safety said.Scaman, 48, was held in an isolation cell Monday night and, although he was expected to remain jailed overnight, posted a commercial bond and was released from the Bell County Jail after 8 p.m.His bond had been set at $195,000.A five-count indictment Monday alleges Scaman groped, grabbed or touched the genitals or breasts of one victim, identified...…MARLIN, Texas (KWTX) – Falls County Sheriff Ricky Scaman was arrested Monday by Texas Rangers on warrants charging felony assault on a public servant, sexual assault and misdemeanor official oppression, the Texas Department of Public Safety said.Scaman, 48, was held in an isolation cell Monday night and, although he was expected to remain jailed overnight, posted a commercial bond and was released from the Bell County Jail after 8 p.m.His bond had been set at $195,000.A five-count indictment Monday alleges Scaman groped, grabbed or touched the genitals or breasts of one victim, identified...WW…

DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Police Department allowed an officer to continue patrolling for more than a year while investigating whether he ordered two people to be killed because it didn’t want to tip him off, the city’s former police chief said.U. Renee Hall, who left the department at the end of 2020, said in a statement posted on Twitter late Thursday that police investigators, in collaboration with the FBI, recommended not placing Officer Bryan Riser on administrative leave after he was identified as a person of interest in 2019. “Taking that action could have compromised the...…DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Police Department allowed an officer to continue patrolling for more than a year while investigating whether he ordered two people to be killed because it didn’t want to tip him off, the city’s former police chief said.U. Renee Hall, who left the department at the end of 2020, said in a statement posted on Twitter late Thursday that police investigators, in collaboration with the FBI, recommended not placing Officer Bryan Riser on administrative leave after he was identified as a person of interest in 2019. “Taking that action could have compromised the...WW…

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