Perry renews Texas disaster proclamation amid wildfires
Governor Rick Perry renewed the Texas disaster proclamation for the fifth time as wildfires burn across all 254 counties with Brewster County hit hard by three fires still growing and 160000 acres burned. Fire season worsens with fires named Iron Mountain Schwartz and Gage Holland, containment limited, homes lost and residents evacuated.
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Hood County Jury Convicts Man of Capital Murder
A Hood County jury deliberated nearly 19 hours before finding 51 year old Fred Ingerson II guilty of capital murder in the 2008 slayings of Robyn Richter, 32, and Shawna Ferris, 35, whose bodies were found in an SUV outside a restaurant. Prosecutors relied on circumstantial evidence and waived the death penalty, so Ingerson faces automatic life without parole.
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Industrial accident at Midland well site injures three workers
Three TEC Well Services employees were injured Friday when a pulling unit collapsed at a Midland well site run by Mid-States Operating Co. Sergio Torres, 28, was in critical condition at AMC in Lubbock. Johnny Trevino, 36, and Joel Baeza, 38, were treated and released after initial treatment at Midland Memorial Hospital.
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