Suburban used in Texas prison escape linked to unknown helper
State authorities hunt for a driver who supplied a Suburban to seven inmates who escaped from Connally prison on December 13. Six were captured near Colorado Springs, and one died by his own hand. Colorado investigators probe two possible accomplices after ties to a massage parlor.
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Texas
South Texas
Connally
Wal-Mart
Kenedy
Colorado Springs
Colo
Larry Todd
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Todd
Colorado
Rod Walker
Donald Newbury
Patrick Murphy Jr
Newbury
Pro Life Rally Led by Roe v. Wade Figure in Texas Capitol Protest
Norma McCorvey known as Jane Roe joined Greater Austin Right to Life leaders for a thousand-person pro life march to the Capitol. She urged tax funded abortions to be halted and state education limits on abortion, while recalling her role in the 1973 ruling and calling for federal reconsideration. Separately in Houston area, a meningitis vaccination drive drew over 200 people seeking $75 shots amid eight confirmed cases, with local doctors advising targeted vaccinations and noting low outbreak risk.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Capitol
Norma McCorvey
Jane Roe
Roe v. Wade
Greater
Austin
Right To Life
McCorvey
Bush
Congress
Texas Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League
NARAL
National Organization For Women
Houston
Jeff Terry
American Academy of Pediatrics
U.S. Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Sugar Land
Michael Bishop
Fort Bend County
Bishop
Texas City man charged with raping 11-year-old girl
Michael Laday Robinson, 37, of Texas City, turned himself in on a first degree felony charge of aggravated sexual assault of a child. Bond set at $50,000. Police say the 11 year old is about seven months pregnant and DNA tests will determine paternity. The alleged assault occurred during summer break at an apartment complex on Glacier Avenue.
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Michael Laday Robinson
Texas City
Texas
Doug Warren
Warren
Robinson
Glacier Avenue
Missing atheist family case resurfaces at Cooksey Ranch
Federal agents unearthed human bones at a 5000 acre Cooksey Ranch in South Texas while searching for Madalyn Murray O Hair, her son and granddaughter missing since 1995. A key suspect, David Waters, accompanied by his lawyers, aided the latest drill down as agents and cadaver dogs investigated a 15 by 15 foot site near live oaks. The bones, deemed human, will be analyzed in San Marcos as investigators pursue the case that has drawn repeated searches since 1999.
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SUN
Dwight C. Andrews
Texas
Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Camp Wood
FBI
Madalyn Murray O
Roderick Beverly
San Antonio
Beverly
O’ Hair
Cooksey Ranch
Austin
Associated Press
Waters
Internal Revenue Service
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas Rangers
Southwest Texas State University
San Marcos
Sam Sparks
O’hair
America
O'Hair
Jon Garth Murray
Robin Murray O’ Hair
Deputy helps woman give birth to girl at Race Trac
A Texas City deputy assisted a woman in labor at a Race Trac off Broadway just before 4 p.m. The mother delivered a baby girl in the car and both were taken to UTMB Galveston in stable condition. No complications were reported.
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Mike Benavides
Race Trac
Broadway
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston
Woman files charges after man exposed self in office
A Texas City woman alleges a Houston man exposed and fondled himself in front of her in her office. She worked as office manager at the 1200 block of Sixth Street North for a year and a half. her last day was last Friday.
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Texas
Houston
Sixth Street
Texas City
Molly Lynch
Texas City Sun
Molly
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