Thunderstorm Tornado Splits Canadian Texas Town In Meeting Power Failure
A thunderstorm spawned a tornado in Canadian Texas up to golf ball size hail injuring a teen and knocking out power for over 3,500. Hail struck 17 year old Russell Dobbins while guiding an elderly woman to shelter. Power was restored within minutes after lines were rerouted. Also a jail escape in Abilene was under investigation.
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Panhandle
Russell Dobbins
Conrad Cooper
Dobbins
Cooper
Canadian High School
Hemphill Hospital
Canadian
Miami
Ken Vaughn
Southwestern Public Service
Amarillo
Houston Biotech Expansion to Create 200 Jobs in The Woodlands
Houston Biotechnology Inc plans a major expansion to raise its local workforce by about 200 within three years. The move to a new building in The Woodlands will shift 40 staff within seven to eight months and reach full staffing in two to three years, co founder Dominic Lam said.
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Houston
Houston Biotechnology Inc
Woodlands
Houston Biotechnology
Dominic Lam
Fire injures two at Port Arthur Chevron refinery
Two workers, Robert Nixon of Silsbee and Romeo de la Rosa of Port Arthur, were burned in a fire on an ethylene unit at the Port Arthur Chevron refinery. The blaze lasted about 10 minutes after a valve overheated, sending both men to a local hospital and then to the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston in serious condition with second and third degree burns.
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Port Arthur
Chevron
Art Spencer
Robert Nixon
Silsbee
Romeo de la Rosa
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston
Evelyn Hubbard
Hubbard
Drug bust nets 232 pounds of heroin in Dallas raid
U S Drug Enforcement Administration and Louisiana State Police seized 232 pounds of Mexican black tar heroin in a Dallas hotel raid, the largest U S seizure of the drug. Five people were arrested as part of a yearlong operation stretching from Dallas to Los Angeles to disrupt trafficking to Louisiana.
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Dallas
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
Louisiana State Police
DEA
Phil Jordan
Louisiana
Wiley McCormick
Los Angeles
State spending on the rise despite White cut order
Texas state spending rose 19.9 percent in April from the six month average, with general revenue up 24.6 percent. Comptroller Bullock cited preorder obligations and large Medicaid nursing home payments as factors, while budget director Hamilton expects cuts to take effect by mid-summer.
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White
Bullock
Bill Hamilton
Hamilton
Genera
Texas
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Wisconsin
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S-Le. Choa
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Ort
Zenith
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