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POTOSI, Mo. ( First Alert 4 /Gray News) - A Missouri man will spend a total of 17 years in prison after his malnourished older son, who had autism, choked to death while eating his own feces because of starvation, according to authorities. The Washington County Prosecutor’s Offic...
MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - The Midland County Sheriff’s Office awarded the brave men and women who helped stop an active shooter on June 12. Their actions helped contain the shooter, aid emergency care, and evacuate the victims. Investigator Jordan Bennett, Deputy Alberto DeSimon, D...
A 51-year-old Midland woman was arrested on two felony drug charges and three outstanding warrants after police discovered suspected methamphetamine and cocaine during a vehicle search....
NILES, Mich. ( WNDU /Gray News) - Authorities said the bodies of two missing Michigan mothers were found inside a Jeep that was submerged in the St. Joseph River. The women were identified as Vanessa Bautista, 24, and Alexa Navarro, 23, on Wednesday. Police said the bodies were a...
A Midland man named Robert Jay Acosta was arrested and charged with indecency with a child and continuous violence against the family following reports of long-term sexual abuse....
ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - An Ector County Jury has found a man guilty of assaulting a Peace Officer and Evading Arrest/Detention. On October 31, 2025 DPS made a traffic stop on David Munoz. When the trooper tried to arrest Munoz, he Pulled away and ran. When the trooper caught up to...
TERRELL COUNTY, Texas (KOSA) - Terrell County deputies arrested a man they say was illegally in the U.S. after responding to his 911 call. A person called the morning of Sept. 16 in the eastern Terrell County area, according to the Terrell County Sheriff’s Office. The dispatcher ...
ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - Odessa police have safely found a woman who was reported missing on Sept. 14. Teresa Harper was found safe , according to Odessa police. Police thanked the public for their help in the investigation....
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. ( WDTV /Gray News) - A woman is accused of leaving her 76-year-old husband on the toilet for 19 hours, which resulted in injuries that played a significant role in his death, according to police. Margaret Rog, 75, is charged with abuse or neglect of an incapacit...
Midland Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to an arrest in the fatal shooting of 30-year-old Eric Mitchell Davis II outside Club Remy....
An Ector County jury convicted David Munoz of assault and evading arrest, leading to a 45-year prison sentence for breaking a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper's finger during a 2025 traffic stop....
IRVINE, Calif. (Gray News) - An internet installer allegedly text himself an explicit video from a customer’s phone to “test the Wi-Fi,” according to police . On Sept. 9, a woman reported that in early August, Logan Edward Gray-McCannon, 37, was installing GFiber in her apartment...
PECOS, Texas (KOSA) - A cut flow line near the bank of the Pecos River near Grandfalls caused contamination in the riverbed late last week, according to State Rep. Brooks Landgraf. Landgraf said in a Facebook post that local officials and nearby landowners alerted him to the situ...
MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - Midland Fire Department extinguishes semi-truck fire on Tuesday afternoon On September 15, the fire crew responded to a call about a semi-truck that had caught fire in the area of South County Road 1290. The images show that the fire crew extinguished the ...
ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - FIRST ALERT 7 Forecast for Wednesday, September 16th, 2026: Although change is on the horizon, consistency is key over the next few days with highs still remaining quite hot and slight storm chances for western portions of the region through the end of the ...
LANSING, Mich. ( Aging Untold ) — A Michigan woman is thanking the police officer who arrested her during a traffic stop, saying the encounter led her to recovery from addiction. Officer Dillon Platte spent nearly three years on the Eaton Rapids police force before joining the La...
MASON, Mich. ( InvestigateTV ) - They’re the calm voice on the other line when you call 911, but fewer emergency dispatchers are answering that call. It’s a staffing problem one survey found reaches every state. Between 2019 and 2022, the typical vacancy rate for 911 centers was ...
INDEPENDENCE, Kan. ( KWCH /Gray News) - A Kansas family is mourning after a grandmother and four of her grandchildren were killed in an early morning house fire . Five other people, including the children’s mother, were hospitalized. The fire in Independence was reported about 6:...
ST. LOUIS ( First Alert 4 /Gray News) - One victim in a multimillion-dollar scheme was Kansas City Chiefs player Travis Kelce, according to prosecutors. The case was prosecuted in St. Louis and the defendant was sentenced Tuesday to 11 years in prison. Very little was said about ...
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - It has been 594 days since a deadly plane crash above Washington, D.C., that killed all 67 people on board. Families of the victims say nothing has been done since to prevent another tragedy. Items returned to families A teddy bear made it home after the mi...
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - The Supreme Court has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing new restrictions on mail-in ballots ahead of the November midterm elections. The justices on Monday rejected the administration’s emergency request to lift a lower court injunction that h...
CARROLL COUNTY, Tenn. ( WBBJ /Gray News) - The wife of a newly elected Carroll County sheriff was arrested Monday for alleged theft. According to the Carroll County Jail, Rachel Sawyers was booked into jail that afternoon. Sawyers has been charged with theft of property over $1,0...
ATLANTA ( WANF /Gray News) - A man was found dead in a kitchen vent at an Atlanta restaurant, according to authorities. Just before 9 a.m., officers responded to the address of a strip mall with several businesses, including Walter’s Soul Food Cafe. The restaurant owner told offi...
Bobby Dean Thames was arrested in Midland, Texas, after investigators recovered $154,000 in stolen money during a search warrant execution on Tuesday.
STARK COUNTY, Ohio ( WOIO /Gray News) - A grand jury has indicted the mother of a 14-year-old boy accused of fatally shooting a 15-year-old girl at an Ohio home this summer. Erin Barker, 47, was indicted on a charge of tampering with evidence. She will be arraigned on Oct. 2. Pol...
SCOTT, La. ( KATC /Gray News) - A couple in Louisiana is accused of leaving a child who ate a THC gummy for eight hours to attend an LSU game, according to authorities. On Sept. 13, the Scott Police Department learned a 4-year-old had ingested a THC gummy, police said. Officers l...
PEORIA, Ariz. ( AZFamily /Gray News) — A 5-year-old boy died at an Arizona hospital after being found unresponsive in a vehicle over the weekend. His parents are now facing charges. The boy was found inside a vehicle at a Peoria home on Sunday afternoon. Police said family member...
ATLANTA ( ANF /Gray News) — A newly released video appears to show an Atlanta-area bus driver falling asleep at the wheel before the vehicle crashed into several trees in DeKalb County. Atlanta authorities said the crash occurred Sept. 7 on North Shallowford Road. Three people on...
MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - Midland County is seeking a new Animal Control Officer due to restructuring. As of September 1, Midland County is now accepting applications for a new Animal Control Officer. The county is moving the position under the Office of Emergency Management in an ...
MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - Midland Crime Stoppers is asking the public for help in identifying a man wanted for vehicle theft. According to Midland Crime Stoppers, on September 11, at around 12:30 a.m., deputies responded to reports of a stolen vehicle. In the area of West I-20, the...
MIDLAND, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - Midland Crime Stoppers is seeking public assistance in identfying a suspect involved in a stolen vehicle theft last Friday. The incident occurred on September 11, 2026, when deputies responded to the 10000 block of West IH-20 in reference to a stolen ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. ( WBTV /Gray News) - A 31-year-old man was arrested after allegedly recording under the skirts of teenage girls at a Target in North Carolina. Adem Shrader is charged with one count of felony secret peeping and three misdemeanor counts of indecent liberties with a...
NEW HAVEN, Conn. ( WFSB /Gray News) - A high school assistant principal in Connecticut is accused of sexually assaulting a student twice in his office, according to authorities. Police said Daniel Bonet-Ojeda was charged with two counts of second-degree sexual assault and two cou...
WAMEGO, Kan. ( WIBW /Gray News) - A high school football player died in a UTV crash over the weekend. According to Pottawatomie County Sheriff Doug Adams, the crash happened around 12:50 a.m. near Wamego, Kansas. Emergency crews responded to the crash and found three individuals ...
A 20-year-old man was charged with a second-degree felony for forgery of a governmental record after deputies discovered a fraudulent U.S. Permanent Resident Card in his possession during an arrest in West Odessa....
ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - Ector County sheriff’s deputies arrested a 20-year-old man on a charge of forgery of a governmental record after finding what they described as a fraudulent U.S. Permanent Resident Card during his arrest. According to the sheriff’s office, deputies responde...
ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - DPS is investigating a rollover crash after one person died in Ector County. According to DPS on September 14, at 7:40 a.m. a GMC Denali driven by 30-year-old Francisco Roque Benitez was traveling northbound on US Highway 385 near mile marker 344 for unknow...
ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - FIRST ALERT 7 Forecast for Tuesday, September 15th, 2026: It’ll be another hot day across West Texas and southeast New Mexico with isolated storm chances continuing, especially for western portions of the region. Changes are ahead as we continue through the...
PHILIPPI, W.Va ( WDTV /Gray News) - A Dollar General store manager is charged with soliciting a minor after he allegedly locked a girl inside the store and made inappropriate comments to her. Jeffrey Malcolm, 35, was arrested by the Barbour County Sheriff’s Office. On Saturday, t...
( InvestigateTV ) — A blown truck tire leads to a devastating crash, and InvestigateTV+ digs into how often tire failures are tied to deadly wrecks and what safety changes advocates say could protect drivers. Then, a mother of three survives septic shock after childbirth but lose...
BANGOR, Maine ( WABI /Gray News) - A United Airlines passenger was removed from a flight and arrested after she allegedly attacked a flight attendant when the crew refused to serve her more alcohol, court documents say. Kristina Kedysheva appeared in federal court Wednesday after...
CLATSOP COUNTY, Ore. ( KPTV /Gray News) — A four-vehicle crash left one man dead and injured 16 others Saturday night, including 13 Oregon National Guard members returning from weekend training, authorities said. The crash occurred at about 8:56 p.m. Saturday near Milepost 85 on ...
EAST HAMPTON, Conn. ( WFSB /Gray News) - A volunteer firefighter is recovering from injuries Sunday evening after they were struck by a vehicle speeding through an accident scene. According to the East Hampton Volunteer Fire Department, while first responders were at a two-car cr...
TULLAHOMA, Tenn. ( WSMV /Gray News) - Tennessee law enforcement arrested three people in connection with the deaths of a grandfather and his infant granddaughter after a reported dog mauling. Tullahoma police said the arrests stem from a December 2025 incident when the two victim...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ( WBRC /Gray News) - A Birmingham family is grieving after a routine call for roadside help turned into an unimaginable tragedy Sunday night, claiming the lives of both a father and his youngest son on Interstate 65 . The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identif...
ECTOR COUNTY, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - An Odessa man died this morning in a rollover accident in Ector County. The man was identified as 30-year-old Francisco Roque Benitez. According to the Texas DPS, Benitez was traveling northbound on US Highway 385 near mile marker 344 when his ve...
CANTON, N.Y. ( WWNY /Gray News) - Two people died in a crash involving a pickup truck and an Amish buggy on Sunday, according to authorities in New York. At least eight other people were sent to area hospitals with injuries from the collision, which happened around 3 p.m. on Coun...
ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - Firefighters from across Texas gathered Monday to honor Odessa firefighter and paramedic Eric Handlin. Before the funeral service, an honor guard procession made its way down 7th Street and into First Baptist Church. Lt. Andrew McElroy with the Odessa Fire ...
CHICAGO (Gray News) – Chicago police said a teenage girl was arrested in connection with the death of a 29-year-old man who was pushed from a moving train. The 15-year-old girl, who was identified as a suspect who allegedly pushed the man from a Chicago Transit Authority Red Line...
EVANSVILLE, Ind. ( WFIE /Gray News) - Police are investigating after a dog was found dead inside a locked vehicle in Evansville, authorities said. Evansville Police Department records show officers responded to a 911 call near Walnut Street and Southeast 10th Street. According to...
MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - Midland County has accepted a $1.3 million dollar grant to create a Border Prosecution Unit to fight oilfield theft and gang-related crime. According to the county the grant will fund four prosecutors, two investigators and one administrative position, alo...
LAMESA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - A two-night crime suppression operation in Lamesa and Dawson County resulted in 35 arrests and the seizure of methamphetamine, marijuana, THC and a firearm, according to the Lamesa Police Department. The third annual operation, known as “Operation Argu...
BREWSTER COUNTY, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - A missing hiker was found by Terlingua Fire and EMS near Lajitas last Friday. Multiple agencies and community partners worked together to locate and rescue the individual. A deputy quickly located the hiker and created an improvised shade shel...
LAMESA, Texas (KCBD) - The third annual Crime Suppression Operation took place Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, and Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, in the city of Lamesa and Dawson County. The operation, dubbed “Operation Argus,” was hosted by the Lamesa Police Department. The following agencie...
Ward County deputies arrested 39-year-old Jesus Munoz Estrada, who was wanted for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, approximately two hours after authorities issued a public alert....
