August 23, 2023 Texas sexual assault suspect indicted for 2 cold cases from the 1990s Denton, Texas, detectives linked a Las Vegas man to two cold case sexual assaults that occurred in the 90s, using recent advancements in DNA forensics.
August 23, 2023 Texas elementary school student fires gun while on crowded school bus, no injuries reported An elementary school student from Texas fired a gun while riding on a crowded school bus on Aug. 22, 2023. Nobody was injured in the shooting.
August 23, 2023 Man forcibly removed from school board meeting by security while reading from LGBTQ book: 'Unconstitutional' A man was shoved and forcibly removed from a school board meeting by security in Fort Worth, Texas for attempting to read from an LGBTQ graphic novel.
August 23, 2023 Texas man arrested after Ohio mom of 2 kidnapped, found shot dead in Tennessee Lance Miller, a Texas man, has been arrested in connection with the kidnapping and murder of Kaitlyn Lynch, a Cincinnati mom of two, after the pair met online.
August 23, 2023 Ted Cruz swipes Dem opponent over small crowd size ahead of crucial 2024 race: 'Six people showed up' Sen. Ted Cruz, a Republican from Texas, took to X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, to joke about how many people showed up to his opponent's recent event.
August 23, 2023 Texas school district's school resource officers will split time between campuses because of police shortage A school district in Texas said it will follow a new school safety law by having school resource officers on its campuses, but the district is short on police officers.
August 22, 2023 Texas DPS troopers recover 2 abandoned Honduran children near southern border The Texas Department of Public Safety located two young Honduran siblings in Eagle Pass who were abandoned near the Rio Grande by criminal smugglers.
August 22, 2023 Los Angeles mayor accuses Abbott of bussing migrants from Texas to California during Tropical Storm Hilary Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass accused Texas Gov. Greg Abbott of a 'despicable act' in busing migrants to California during Tropical Storm Hilary.
August 22, 2023 Houston woman charged with killing landlord, hiding body, collecting rent from other tenants Houston's Pamela Ann Merritt, 43, allegedly killed landlord Colin Kerdachi, 78, hid his body and collected rent from other tenants for months, police say.
August 22, 2023 Texas cold case tore apart family that keeps fighting for answers nearly 40 years later Unanswered questions about a decades-old cold case involving a woman found in the trunk of a car destroyed a family and pushed the victim's sister to suicide.