Drought dampens Labor Day plans at Texas parks
North Texas endures its 61st rainless day as dry heat hits Labor Day getaways. Lake Ray Roberts and Caprock Canyons see reduced swim areas while park managers warn that hot conditions curb camping and boating. reservations appear light though officials call weekend activity normal.
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Dallas
North Texas
Isle du Bois
Lake Ray Roberts State Park
Julian Means
Means
Luke Thompson
State Parks’ Reservation Center
Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife
Ray Roberts
Caprock
Fort Richardson
Peterson
Parolee Caldwell Executed in Texas Death Chamber
In Huntsville Texas paroled burglar Jeffery Henry Caldwell 37 was put to death by lethal injection for killing his parents and sister with a hammer and butcher knife. He delivered a final message and forgave none, saying he would join his family in death. He died at 6 25 p m CDT eight minutes after the drugs began. Caldwell was the sixth Texas inmate executed that month and the 32nd this year.
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Huntsville
Texas
Jeffery Henry Caldwell
Cdt
Caldwell
Man Convicted in Woman's Death in Killeen Case
A Bell County jury convicted Hector Martinez, 24, of fatally stabbing Jessica Vasquez, 20, Lawton Okla., mother of his child. He was sentenced to life in prison by Judge Martha J. Trudo after an autopsy showed seven facial stab wounds, one penetrating the brain, with defense wounds cited. Authorities found the body in Harker Heights and a bloodstained attic bag.
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Killeen
Oklahoma
Bell County
Hector Martinez
Jessica Vasquez
Lawton
Okla
Killeen Daily Herald
Martha J. Trudo
Martinez
Vasquez
Joseph Gilegardo
Harker Heights
Bob D. Odom
Odom
Bell worker dies from Legionnaires disease in San Antonio
A Southwestern Bell customer service representative in her 50s died last weekend from Legionnaires disease in San Antonio. Health officials stressed the illness is waterborne and not proven to be linked to the office building, and urged the public to remain calm while investigations continue.
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San Antonio
Southwestern Bell
San Antonio Metropolitan Health District
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Bechamel
Dillard's
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MasterCard
American Express
Discover
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