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Temple PD identifies man who died after he was tased four times during bizarre altercation
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- Temple PD identifies man who died after he was tased four times during bizarre altercation
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- 0:55
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- 2 years ago
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- Temple PD identifies man who died after he was tased four times during bizarre altercation
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- McGregor Jr. High Student Council gathers supplies for man helping devastated N.C. hometown
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- 2:34
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- 2 years ago
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- McGREGOR, Texas (KWTX) - A Lorena man trucking supplies Monday to his hurricane-ravaged hometown in North Carolina said his faith in humanity was restored after he picked up a truckload of supplies gathered by local junior high students.
Brian Buckner made a stop by McGregor Junior High School Friday morning to help load up donations the school’s student council gathered in just hours.
“I couldn’t appreciate more what the kids here at McGregor Junior High have done in 12 hours,” Buckner said. “It’s almost a van full of supplies going to Western North Carolina. The community stepped up and these kids are amazing.”
The McGregor Junior High Student Council put out the plea around 3 p.m. Thursday after Buckner shared his story with KWTX.
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- Lorena man, a native of North Carolina, plans to haul crucial supplies to devastated hometown
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- 2:33
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- 2 years ago
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- LORENA, Texas (KWTX) - A North Carolina native now living in Central Texas, whose hometown has been devastated with catastrophic flooding by Helene, is gathering supplies with plans to drive them 1,000 miles to offer some relief early next week.
Brian Buckner, of Lorena, says he wants to do what he can to help his family, friends and community in his small hometown of Burnsville, North Carolina, a place where he lived from birth to 19-years-old. He has already raised more than $20,000 to purchase much-needed supplies.
“Our town was struck pretty hard with floods and over 30 inches of rainfall. Four inches is catastrophic usually up there so you can imagine what it is,” Buckner said.
Burnsville is a town 40 miles northeast of Asheville with a population of fewer than 1,700 people. Residents speculate they’ve lost 50 plus residents in the area with dozens of others still missing.
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- Waco pilot returns home after delivering supplies to hurricane-ravaged North Carolina
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- 2:34
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- 2 years ago
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- A Waco, Texas pilot and businessman has returned home after flying to North Carolina to deliver supplies for communities devastated by Hurricane Helene.
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- Central Texans head to North Carolina to help those devastated by Helene
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- 2:45
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Central Texans are going above and beyond to help communities in North Carolina devastated by Hurricane Helene.
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- Good Samaritans brutally attacked after Dallas Cowboys game
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- 2:41
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- 2 years ago
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- By Caroline Vandergriff
(KTVT/CBS Texas) - A North Texas couple is recovering from a brutal attack at a Dallas Cowboys game, and they want to warn others about what happened.
The Gonzalez family attended their first-ever Cowboys game on September 22 at AT&T Stadium. It was a dream come true for Wenceslao Gonzalez, a longtime fan.
“I never thought I’d be able to attend a game,” he said. “For my wife and daughter to be able to do that for me was very special for me.”
They got him the tickets for his birthday, but their celebration took an unthinkable turn as they were leaving the game and saw a man screaming at a young woman.
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- Mexia community holds prayer vigil for high school senior who suffered cardiac arrest
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- 2:34
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- #Mexia residents are leaning on their faith, hopeful a highschooler will make it out of the hospital alive.
This comes after Mexia high senior, #MicahKirven was hospitalized following an asthma attack on Saturday morning that led to a cardiac arrest.
Students, staff, and residents came out rallying for him with a prayer vigil with the attitude positivity and optimism.
Several pastors spoke at the prayer vigil with the reminder to keep praying and that God has the final say.
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- #LIVE: Walz and Vance meet in their first and, possibly, only vice presidential debate
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- 1:48:46
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- 2 years ago
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- NEW YORK (AP) — #TimWalz and #JDVance will meet for their first and possibly only vice presidential #debate, in what could be the last debate for both campaigns to argue their case before the election.
The debate in New York hosted by CBS News will give Vance, a Republican freshman senator from Ohio, and Walz, a two-term Democratic governor of Minnesota, the chance to introduce themselves, make the case for their running mates, and go on the attack against the opposing ticket.
Tuesday’s matchup could have an outsized impact. Polls have shown Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump locked in a close contest, giving added weight to anything that can sway voters on the margins, including the impression left by the vice presidential candidates. It also might be the last debate of the campaign, with the Harris and Trump teams failing to agree on another meeting.
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- 5 employees burned during explosion at Temple, Texas manufacturing facility
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- 3:13
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- TEMPLE, Texas (KWTX) - Five employees suffered “severe burns” and were transported to a local hospital after an explosion at a local manufacturing plant. Isabella Quintanilla reports.
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- Temple police investigate crash as aggravated assault, four people injured
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- 2:17
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- 2 years ago
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- The Temple Police Department is investigating a crash as an aggravated assault that left four people with major injuries on Highway 317 the night of Sept. 30.
Police say two people were involved in an assault on the 9300 block of Highway 317 Monday, near Lake Belton High School.
One of the people involved in the assault chased the other south on Highway 317 and one of the drivers t-boned another, resulting in a crash on Highway 317 near W. Adams Ave around 8 p.m. Monday.
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- Gatesville, Texas resident finds sewage in yard after contractor damages utility line
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- 2:40
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Gatesville resident finds sewage in yard after contractor damages utility line
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- Robinson Family Farm opens Fall Festival after fixing damage caused by tornado in May
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- 2:43
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Robinson Family Farm opens Fall Festival after fixing damage caused by tornado in May
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- City of Temple temporarily closes Temple Mall following safety inspection
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- 1:51
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- City of Temple temporarily closes Temple Mall following safety inspection
#TempleTexas #TempleMallClosed
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- SID MILLER: Texas is running out of water
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- 2:44
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller warns The Lone Star State needs to start working on alternative options to save water, as many growing cities are struggling to meet their water needs.
Miller says that the recent droughts, a growing population and overwatering are becoming more of an issue and making it increasingly difficult to get clean water in Texas.
“We need to do rainwater harvesting and use that water for manufacturing or irrigation, or we can clean it up and drink it we need to embrace reverse osmosis, de-salination, learn to clean up brackish water,” Miller suggested.
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- DO YOU SUPPORT THIS? TEA Commissioner suggests state-wide classroom phone ban
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- 3:03
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- TEA’s Commissioner Mike Morath spoke at the Texas Committee on education about considering banning cell phones in classrooms across the state.
However, in light of multiple recent online threats targeting schools, some are questioning if this is a safe decision.
Morath spoke about many things at the meeting, ranging from academic readiness to new state testing, but a suggestion he made to the committee about completely banning cell phones has mixed reactions throughout Central Texas.
“Cell phones are extremely harmful for student learning and if it were in my power I would have banned them in all schools in the state,” Morath said.
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- Midway ISD student returns to school one year after he was diagnosed with leukemia
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- 1:57
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Midway ISD sixth grader, Michael Montague, is back in the classroom one year after he was diagnosed with leukemia. Now, he’s hoping to help other kids who are fighting the disease.
Michael was diagnosed with leukemia in August 2023. KWTX spoke with Michael at the beginning of his journey.
“The first day when I figured out I had leukemia, I was hooked up to all this stuff on my chest, and I had a pick line, and I had all sorts of stuff onto that,” Michael said in an interview in October 2023.
He went through intense chemotherapy, shaved his head and spent several days in the hospital.
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- New information about murder of Michaela Brooker in China Spring, Texas
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- 3:20
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- KWTX Reporter Isabella Quintanilla is learning more about the murder of Michaela Brooker in China Spring, Texas on Sept. 21, 2024.
#ChinaSpringTexas #ChinaSpringMurder #RichardTannerOzment #MichaelaBrooker
#IsabellaQuintanilla
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- China Spring Murder: Suspect killed woman with machete-like weapon, sheriff says
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- 1:11
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- CHINA SPRING, Texas (KWTX) - Sheriff Parnell McNamara with the McLennan County Sheriff’s Office told KWTX that a person suspected of a homicide in the China Spring area was taken into custody Saturday afternoon.
Authorities have identified the suspect as 36-year-old Richard Tanner Ozment.
Ozment is accused of murdering a 38-year-old woman with a machete-like weapon, according to authorities.
#ChinaSpringTexas #ChinaSpringMurder #RichardTannerOzment
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- Killeen ISD implements changes after violent incidents at Shoemaker High game
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- 2:02
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) - A Killeen Independent School District Police Department officer on Sept. 19 discovered “a non-student spectator with a weapon” at the Shoemaker High School football game, the school district confirmed to KWTX.
The armed individual was immediately taken into custody and will be charged with unlawful carrying of a weapon in a prohibited place, a state felony, the district further said.
“Additionally, fights broke out after the game outside the stadium and a KISD police officer was injured trying to break them up,” the district told KWTX.
“The safety of our students, staff – and during athletic events, the community – is our top priority. This behavior will not be tolerated at our athletic events.”
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- ‘He was incredible’: Central Texas community mourns the loss of Stan Parker
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- 4:35
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- WACO, Texas (KWTX) - This past Sunday, the News 10 family lost a longtime friend, and Central Texas lost a champion for a host of causes.
Stan Parker, the loving husband of long-time KWTX employee Valarie Parker, died suddenly Sunday evening of a heart attack.
Stan was a fixture at many community events, always willing to lend his time and talents to anyone and anything that needed it.
Everyone loves a parade, and if you’ve ever been to Waco’s Veteran’s Day Parade then you’ve seen the work of Stan.
#StanParker #WacoTexas #FreedomsPathWaco #GrandPursuivant #Freemasonry
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- Central Texas kid who survived a brain hemorrhage joins fishing team with his best friend
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- 2:57
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- BELTON, Texas (KWTX) - A sixth grader who experienced a life-altering brain bleed in 2022 had his dreams come true over the weekend after a loyal friend who promised Colter Clements at his bedside while he fought for his life that one day he’d be part of a fishing team with his best friend, helped make it happen.
Colter, 11, joined his best friend Wade Summey, also 11, in the Central Texas High School Tournament Trail on Stillhouse Hollow Lake in Belton as a member of the Bosqueville Bass Fishing Club on Sunday.
Colter has many physical limitations following his brain hemorrhage, but that didn’t get in the way of a 10-hour day on the lake.
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- Big Boy No. 4014, largest operating steam engine in the world, visits Central Texas
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- 3:04
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- MEXIA, Texas (KWTX) - The world’s largest operating steam engine, Big Boy No. 4014, made a stop at E Commerce St. Crossing in Mexia as part of the Pacific Union’s Heartland of America Tour.
Hundreds of people gathered in the small Central Texas town just to get a glimpse of this historic machine, one of 25 built during World War 2, and the only one of the eight that survived the war to still be in operation today.
The Big Boy steam engines are truly a sight to behold, and if you ever get the chance to see one in person, it’s not hard to understand why.
Ed Dickens, the chief locomotive engineer, explained that “it’s 7,000 horsepower, 17 feet tall, 135 feet long.”
#IsabellaQuintanilla #MexiaTexas #BigBoy #UnionPacific #SteamEngines #Locomotive
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- Residents in Gatesville express frustration over plans for natural gas pipeline
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- 2:35
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- 2 years ago
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- GATESVILLE, Texas (KWTX) - The process of getting a natural gas pipeline to stretch from west Texas to Lake Charles, Louisiana is trekking forward.
DeLa Express LLC, a subsidiary of Moss Lake Partners LP, an independent energy infrastructure company, is behind the pipeline project.
The pipeline will cross several Central Texas communities, and on Sept. 18, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) joined DeLa Express for the next step in the application pre-filing process.
FERC held a scoping session to document public comment regarding the project. Back in June, DeLa Express LLC began the application process by holding open houses to inform people living in communities along the pipeline’s path.
“According to the lines they’ve projected at this point, shows it being like 22 feet away from my bedroom window,” says Leslie Smith, a Gatesville resident.
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- Union Pacific's famed ‘Big Boy’ No. 4014 visits Central Texas
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- 0:14
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- 🚂 BIG BOY IN CENTRAL TEXAS! 🤠 Union Pacific's famed ‘Big Boy’ No. 4014 locomotive rolled through Central Texas today. Isabella Quintanilla snapped this photo at the East Commerce Street crossing in Mexia, Texas.
25 ‘Big Boys’ were built in World War II, but only eight survived. No. 4014 is the only one left that is still in operation and remains the world’s largest operating steam locomotive.
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- Central Texas police chief warns about missing person scams online
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- 2:51
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The Clifton Police Department recently took to its Facebook page to warn residents about bogus social media posts saying they need help looking for someone who is missing.
City of Clifton Chief of Police Chris Blanton noted multiple posts on Facebook that claim they are looking for missing people.
“People in town were sharing these things and they had a hashtag Clifton or Clifton, Texas and that’s, obviously, what brought our attention to it, and the more we got to looking, it was obvious that these weren’t real profiles,” Blanton recalled.
Blanton warned residents to not click on or share these posts, since scammers are looking for a way to get interactions with their account.
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- Central Texas farm expects successful fall crop after extremely wet spring, dry summer
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- 2:27
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- 2 years ago
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- WEST, Texas (KWTX) - Western Belle Farm is preparing to reopen with a successful pumpkin patch for its Pumpkin Festival after dealing with a dry summer and severe weather in the spring.
KWTX reported about the farm’s sunflower fields that were destroyed by severe weather ahead of its summer festival.
Taylor Huffman, the owner of the family farm, said their summer festival did not turn out nearly as well as past years.
“Having a really rough spring really did financially hurt us,” Huffman said. “It left us having to cut some things off our project list for fall. But, we love creating a place where people can come make memories here at the farm, and we’re going to continue trying and just pray for good weather.”
Huffman said they hoped weather conditions would be favorable for its pumpkin patch, but the extreme rainfall in the spring caused issues for planting.
“Fortunately, this year, we were unable to use it becaus...
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- Lorena ISD evacuates schools after city-wide power surge damages facilities
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- 3:01
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- LORENA, Texas (KWTX) - The Lorena Independent School District on Tuesday morning released all students early after several reports of smoke at three of their four schools.
The Lorena fire department has confirmed that the smoke at the schools was caused by a city wide power surge that damaged the schools AC units.
According to the district, evacuations started sometime between 8:30 and 9 in the morning after students at the middle and high school say they started smelling smoke.
Abigail was in class at Lorena High School when she first noticed the smell. “I didn’t see any smoke… the reason we evacuated was cause the smell, like we didn’t get any evacuation thing or nothing,” she explained, “the lights were flickering and the smell was everywhere."
#LorenaISD #IsabellaQuintanilla #LorenaHighSchool
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- “They make you feel human”: All are welcome at Waco’s Gospel Cafe
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- 6:39
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- WACO, Texas (KWTX) - There is a house on the corner of 10th Street and Cleveland Avenue in downtown Waco.
No one lives there.
However, you will find it packed with those struggling to get by.
It’s called the Gospel Cafe.
#WacoTexas #GospelCafe #KeShaLopez
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- Humane Society of Central Texas holds adoption event to help boarding facility
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- 2:01
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- LORENA, Texas (KWTX) - The Humane Society of Central Texas held an adoption event for Brazos Valley Boarding Kennels after they took in two dozen dogs following the Society’s withdrawal from the city of Waco’s animal shelter.
“Whenever we learned that we would be separating from the shelter, we didn’t want to leave Brazos Valley Boarding Kennel on their own to help try to find potential adopters for all the shelter dogs that they help care for,” Humane Society of Central Texas Community Engagement Specialist Brooke Farrell said.
The Humane Society organized vendors for a family-friendly afternoon in Lorena. The event featured cornhole, water slides, bounce houses, food, music and dogs. Most of the proceeds went to the Brazos Valley Boarding Kennels.
“The vast majority of those proceeds are going back to the Brazos Valley Boarding Kennels as they have taken on such a large financial responsibility of the over two dozen fosters that they...
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- TDCJ welcoming the public to learn about and tour Central Texas correctional facilities
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- 2:03
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- GATESVILLE, Texas (KWTX) - The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is welcoming people inside the correctional facilities in Gatesville through its new Citizens’ Academy Program.
“It’s really just a way to connect with the citizens in the areas around our facilities...and just explain who we are as an agency, what we do, and how we fulfill our mission, and really just try to honestly change the narrative around corrections,” Director of Communications for the TDCJ, Amanda Hernandez, said.
Six TDCJ correctional units are located in Gatesville, off of Highway 36, according to the TDCJ’s Unit Directory. Inmates at these facilities make up about half of the city’s population of 16,000.
Some of the units have been open since the 1980s. Now, the agency is inviting the community to visit and learn more about the units in their backyard.
#TexasDepartmentCriminalJustice #GatesvilleTexas #GatesvillePrisons #AllyKadlubar
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- BODYCAM VIDEO: Suspect in Trump assassination attempt arrested
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- 0:35
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- #RyanWesleyRouth portrayed himself online as a man who built housing for homeless people in Hawaii, tried to recruit fighters for Ukraine to defend itself against Russia, and described his support and then disdain for #DonaldTrump — even urging Iran to kill him.
“You are free to assassinate Trump,” Routh wrote of Iran in an apparently self-published book in 2023, “Ukraine’s Unwinnable War,” which described the former president as a “fool” and “buffoon” for both the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot and the “tremendous blunder” of leaving the Iran nuclear deal.
Routh wrote that he once voted for Trump and must take part of the blame for the “child that we elected for our next president that ended up being brainless.”
Routh, 58, was arrested Sunday and charged Monday after authorities say he stalked the GOP presidential nominee as he golfed in West Palm Beach, Florida, with an AK-47-style rifle in an apparent #assassination atte...
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- ‘Horrible’: Copperas Cove students and parents react to school threat
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- 3:20
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- COPPERAS COVE, Texas (KWTX) - Over the past week, school districts across the nation have been receiving threats, even some right here in Central Texas.
Friday, the #CopperasCove Police Department said they are aware of alleged threats being made to #CopperasCoveISD schools and confirmed all reported threats have been addressed and there are no current active incidents.
KWTX talked to a student who reported the threat at the junior high and their parent who both do not want to be identified. “I’m really tired, and I’m scared. I should not feel scared in a place where we go get our education,” said the student.
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- City of Killeen urges residents to be mindful when disposing of trash, bulky items
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- 2:09
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) - The City of #KilleenTexas is urging residents to be more mindful when discarding trash and bulky items after city workers cleaned up hundreds of pounds of garbage across town.
Over the past week, workers spent days cleaning more than 200 pounds of trash and debris off the sidewalks.
“Illegal dumping is wherever we find it,” Director of Code Enforcement for the City of Killeen Kevin Watkins said. “You’ll find it anywhere where people can find a secluded area to dump their debris.”
This cleanup effort was not a one-time effort, as this is something the Code Enforcement Office says they find themselves doing often.
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- Students at Gatesville Intermediate lead early-morning Bible study
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- 2:05
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- 2 years ago
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- GATESVILLE, Texas (KWTX) - Fourth through sixth graders at Gatesville Intermediate School are taking action, and spreading kindness on weekday mornings before school starts.
Once a week, students from each grade at the school walk through the door well before the bell for class rings, and begin preparing a Bible study for their peers.
They say it all started after they learned that the older kids at Gatesville Middle School did the same thing.
So, in an attempt to make a positive impact they brought their own version of the bible study to their school.
#GatesvilleTexas #BibleStudy
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- Waco ISD reveals lone finalist for superintendent
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- 1:28
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- WACO, Texas (KWTX) - The Waco Independent School District on Sept. 12 announced Dr. Tiffany Spicer, currently with Buna ISD, as the lone finalist for the position of superintendent.
Spicer will replace outgoing Waco ISD Superintendent Dr. Susan Kincannon, who had served in the district since 2019, and announced her retirement on June 6.
Spicer has served more than two decades in education with 17 of those years in administrative positions. “Dr. Spicer has the experience and innovative leadership qualities that our schools and community deserve,” said Waco ISD Trustee Keith Guillory.
#WacoISD #WacoTexas
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- Progressive Insurance temporarily restricting homeowners policies in Texas
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- 2:30
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- In a letter from Progressive CEO Tricia Griffith to stakeholders, Griffith revealed that they would temporarily stop writing and renewing homeowners insurance policies in Texas.
The company Progressive Insurance says that this change only applies to homeowner’s insurance and aims to reduce the impact on their company from weather-related liability.
A spokesperson for Progressive Insurance provided KWTX with a statement:
"We are temporarily restricting new homeowners (HO3) business for certain agents in several states including Texas. We remain committed to the property business in these states and expect that these actions will better position us to build a stronger, more stable, and more competitive Progressive Home business for consumers and independent agents in the long run. These actions will not impact any other lines of business in the affected states; impacted agents can continue to write Personal Auto, Recreational Lines, and Commercia...
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- #LIVE: The Harris-Trump Presidential Debate
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- 2:58:59
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will meet for the first time face-to-face Tuesday night for perhaps their only debate, a high-pressure opportunity to showcase their starkly different visions for the country after a tumultuous campaign summer.
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- Central Texas bridge closure set to impact travelers for about two years
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- 3:14
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- CLIFTON, Texas (KWTX) - The bridges over the Bosque River on FM 219 in Clifton are set to close until 2026 as TxDOT is working to replace and widen the stretch.
TxDOT said about 2,500 to 3,500 drivers travel on the bridges daily.
“Both bridges were built in 1950,” Jake Smith, TxDOT Public Information Officer for the Waco District, said. “This project was an effort to replace those bridges and bring them up to current textile standards and widen them at the same time.”
City officials said the bridge needed improvements following recent years of flooding as well.
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- ‘Come one. Come all’: Waco theatre takes center stage as a creative hub downtown
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- 6:46
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The Performing Arts Community Center (PACC) is a creative hub for downtown, located right on Austin Avenue.
The PACC offers tons of classes and workshops for all ages and skill sets.
“Our mission and vision is just to provide a vibrant, uplifting, kind, positive community in downtown Waco for the performing arts, all the performing arts,” said David Corkill, executive director, founder, and owner of the PACC.
The theater has sessions covering music, acting, film, American Sign Language, and more.
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- ‘Cycling brought us together’: Texarkana couple gets married at the Waco Wild West Bike Race
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- 1:36
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- WACO, Texas (KWTX) - A Texarkana couple was married in front of 1,800 bikers at the Waco Wild West Bike Race.
15 minutes before the race, Stanley Woods and Bonnie Webb were married at the race’s starting line in downtown Waco. They were dressed in athletic wear made to look like wedding attire.
“When you’re on a bike it’s like you get to see the world in slow motion,” Webb said.
The couple met through cycling. Webb, new to cycling at the time, attended a group ride organized by Woods. Woods said that bond is what made them decide to get married at a bike race.
#Wedding #WacoTexas #WacoWildWestBikeRace
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- Title
- Central Texas man, 83, participates in 78th consecutive dove season opening day
- Runtime
- 3:19
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- An 83-year-old Central Texas man who has passed his love of the great outdoors down to three generations, spent his 78th consecutive opening day of dove season hunting with family.
Dudley Haas, of Waco, says as long as he can do it, he plans to keep the tradition alive.
“I’m getting pretty feeble, but my son is very good at putting my chair out and my cooler beside it with ice water in it, and as long as I can sit there and shoot, I’m going to do it forever,” Haas said.
#TexasHunting #DoveHunting
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- ‘We want to bring back Americanism’: 9/11 remembrance climb held at Jacob's Ladder in Waco
- Runtime
- 2:20
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- The Heart of Texas Marine Corps organized the sixth annual 9/11 remembrance climb at Jacob's Ladder in Waco’s Cameron Park.
Heart of Texas Marine Corps Commandant, Rolando Hernandez, organized the first climb at Jacobs Ladder six years ago. After seeing the climb organized in Dallas, he said he wanted to organize one in Waco.
“Not only was that a tragic day, but the day after,” Hernandez said. “That was when our country got together. We prayed for each other. We helped each other to move on. That’s what I want people to understand about this stair climb.”
VFW Post 2148 Jr. Vice Commander, Miguel Valverde, said holding these climbs is vital to the country’s future. #JacobsLadder #WacoTexas #CameronPark
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- Title
- Killeen Police Department adds mental health staff to help officers responding to crisis calls
- Runtime
- 2:40
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- The Killeen Police Department is adding mental health staff to help police officers responding to crisis calls.
For more Local News from KWTX: https://www.kwtx.com/
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- Title
- Humane Society of Central Texas officially leaves City of Waco Animal Shelter
- Runtime
- 2:41
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- UPDATE: The Humane Society of Central Texas has officially vacated the City of Waco Animal Control Shelter after ending its contract with the city.
For more Local News from KWTX: https://www.kwtx.com/
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- Title
- Waco mother seeks answers months after son fatally shot
- Runtime
- 2:25
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- A Waco mother is looking for answers after no arrests have yet to be made in the February shooting that claimed her son’s life.
For more Local News from KWTX: https://www.kwtx.com/
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- Title
- New rock climbing gym opens in Greater Waco Area
- Runtime
- 2:35
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Ally Kadlubar has a first look at the new rock climbing gym in the Greater Waco Area
#AllyKadlubar #RockClimbing #WacoTexas
For more Local News from KWTX: https://www.kwtx.com/
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- Title
- ‘One of a kind’: Central Texas community mourns tragic loss of U.S. soldier Cutter Baird
- Runtime
- 1:54
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- GOLDTHWAITE, Texas (KWTX) - A Central #Texas community is mourning the tragic death of 19-year-old #Goldthwaite native #CutterBaird, who died in a tragic accident on Labor Day.
Officials say Cutter suffered fatal injuries after jumping off a 100-foot-high bridge in Georgia. He hit the water chest first, which the coroner says is equivalent to hitting concrete.
#IsabellaQuintanilla
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- Title
- North Texas girl sex trafficked from a Dallas Mavericks game shares her story of survival
- Runtime
- 6:56
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- North Texas girl sex trafficked from a Dallas Mavericks game shares her story of survival: “I’m not afraid” (KTVT via Newspath)
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- Title
- Central Texas boy with autism brought to tears after going on first dove hunting trip
- Runtime
- 2:15
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- JARRELL, Texas (KWTX) - An 11-year-old boy with autism was brought to tears after a man who runs a foundation that uses the great outdoors to bring joy to those with challenges not only took him on his first dove hunting trip on opening weekend but also gifted him with his dream shotgun.
Elijah Ockleberry, of Jarrell, and his mom, Alicia Jo, spent the weekend at the home of Jimmy Bennett, the founder of JMB Fishing Foundation, so Jimmy could take Elijah on a hunting trip at his land between Riesel and Mart.
“I have autism and some other health problems, but I met Jimmy when I was five, and he’s been taking me out to go fishing and hunting and this weekend I went on my first dove hunt,” Elijah said. “The first day I shot one and the second day I shot another one.”
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- Title
- “He was a Poet”: Waco community remembers musician Chris Spicer, who suddenly passed away at 38
- Runtime
- 2:47
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- #WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Friends of #ChrisSpicer are honoring the life of the musician who passed away suddenly on Sept. 2 after checking in to a local hospital the day before.
Born and raised in McLennan County, Spicer was an active musician and MMA fighter, even earning his blackbelt and coaching others in various martial arts.
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