Train collision kills BNSF engineer in deadly crash
One person, Galen Shelby aged 61, died after two Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight trains collided dead-on Tuesday morning. Three others injured include conductor Bruce Patterson 57 who was rescued from a burning coal car. Shelby had worked 27 years as an engineer and was pinned for about five hours before removal. DPS spokesman Wayne Beighle credited rescuers who battled fire to save him.
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Joseph Faust
Shelby
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Bruce Patterson
Department of Public Safety
Wayne Beighle
Amarillo Globe News
Long running feud tied to Valleyman slaying in Texas
Willacy County investigators say a family feud sparked the weekend killing of Erasmo Yanez in Lasara, Texas. Yanez was shot twice and dragged behind a pickup for about four blocks before his body was found near garbage bins. Arthur Villalobos, 57, and Paulino Gutierrez, 42, were arrested and charged with murder in the incident dated to a dispute from Yanez’s marriage to Villalobos’ daughter. Lasara lies about 50 miles northwest of Brownsville.
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Erasmo Yanez
Arthur Villalobos
Paulino Gutierrez
Yanez
Willacy County
Larry Spence
Villalobos
Lasara
Brownsville
Lightning strike claims 12 year old at North Texas lake
A 12 year old boy was killed by a lightning bolt while fishing with his twin and a man at City Beach Marina during Memorial Day storms in Granbury. The twin brother suffered arm burns and a man, Richard Storie, 43, was knocked unconscious but revived at a nearby hospital. The incident occurred around 12 30 p.m. as the group sheltered under a bridge.
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Timothy Camarillo
City Beach
Granbury
Richard Storie
Storie
Fort Worth
Burchfield promoted to Kohfeldt's top spot
Terri Burchfield was promoted from assistant principal to Kohfeldt Elementary School principal in Texas City after Kim Alvarez left to join Pearland ISD as assistant human resources director. Burchfield has taught and led at TCISD since August 2000, with a background in special education, language arts, and gifted and talented programs.
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Alvarez. Alvarez
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Pus
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Parker
Galveston
University of Houston
Texas A&m University
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NAFTA officials upbeat on dispute resolution in Puerto Vallarta
U S Canada and Mexico trade chiefs praised NAFTA benefits while noting ongoing conflicts over sugar tariffs and trucking. Robert Zoellick Luis Ernesto Derbez and Pierre Pettigrew cited progress and pledged global steps to curb subsidies as U S Mexican trucks remain a flashpoint ahead of APEC talks in Puerto Vallarta.
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Puerto Vallarta
Mexico
NAFTA
Zoellick
United States
Vicente Fox
U.S
Bush
Derbez
Pettigrew
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum
No alarm before barge crash crew toll rises to 13
Rescue teams recovered seven women and six men as the Interstate 40 bridge collapse in Webbers Falls Oklahoma killed 13. A barge strike and missing motorists prompted searches as divers and sonar assisted recovery of 10 vehicles and multiple horses from the murky Arkansas River amid harsh weather and rising waters.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Dennis Splawn
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
Chris West
Webbers Falls
George Black
National Transportation Safety Board
Joe Dedman
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