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MIDLAND, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - The morning of June 12th started with the sounds of gunfire, sirens, and a community that would now be torn. However, the evening of June 12th ended with music, dancing, and a refreshed sense of community. Out West Midland, a local entertainment brand...
NEW HANOVER COUNTY, N.C. ( WECT /Gray News) — A husband and wife have been found dead inside a North Carolina home early Thursday morning after an automated smartwatch emergency call was made to authorities. According to the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded...
CINCINNATI ( WXIX /Gray News) - Cincinnati police say a Spectrum worker was critically injured in a street robbery while he was out on a job early Thursday morning. According to authorities, the employee was on a call at about 5 a.m. in a Cincinnati neighborhood when a dark blue ...
ATLANTA, Ga. ( ANF /Gray News) - A mother was arrested after her baby was found dead inside a hot car after she said she forgot to drop him off at a Georgia daycare. Lawrenceville police were called to Northside Gwinnett Hospital shortly before 4 p.m. July 29 after receiving repo...
ALBANY, Ga. ( WALB /Gray News) — Georgia authorities are investigating after a man was reportedly found dead behind a car wash in Albany earlier this week. According to the Albany Police Department, the unidentified man was found naked and lying down with his back on the ground T...
A New Mexico man was arrested in Ector County following a traffic stop that uncovered more than two pounds of methamphetamine, cocaine, and two handguns, one of which had been reported stolen....
MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - A man is in federal custody after a traffic stop in Ector County resulted in a drug bust. According to the Texas Anti-Gang Center - Permian Basin, on Wednesday, July 29, members conducted a traffic stop in the area of West University Boulevard in Ector Cou...
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Senators in Washington are now trying to advance a major food and agriculture policy package known as the farm bill after years of delays. The bill, that establishes national farming and nutrition polices, could soon reach its closest point to passage since...
SHIPSHEWANA, Ind. ( WNDU /Gray News) - As police continue to investigate the death of a baby, the infant’s mother has been arrested. Indiana State Police detectives reported they were called to a home in Shipshewana on April 6 to investigate the death of an infant. Months later, ...
CANTON, Ohio ( WOIO /Gray News) – Two people were hospitalized after an Ohio home exploded early Thursday morning. The explosion was first reported shortly before 4 a.m. on Thursday in the town of Canton. The home was destroyed by the time firefighters got to the scene. The fire ...
( InvestigateTV ) — Entry-level job postings are down 11 percent from this time last year, according to new data from the job site Indeed — and new graduates are feeling the squeeze. In a low-hire, low-fire market, the instinct may be to apply everywhere. Priya Rathod, a workplac...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. ( WBTV /Gray News) - A 19-year-old has been sentenced for killing two people and injuring a child in a December 2025 high-speed crash in Charlotte. On Wednesday, 19-year-old Jason Anthony Scott pleaded guilty to two counts of involuntary manslaughter and assault w...
DOTHAN, Ala. ( WTVY /Gray News) - A woman wanted for kidnapping a child in Florida is behind bars after drones and license plate readers tracked her to Alabama. Jenay Dominique Burns, 38, was taken into custody without incident Wednesday. Investigators with the Dothan Police Depa...
MOORESVILLE, N.C. ( WBTV /Gray News) — Police say a man allegedly shot and killed his 19-year-old girlfriend inside her car in what investigators believe may have been a murder-suicide pact. The shooting happened Sunday afternoon on Interstate 77 in Iredell County, North Carolina...
PECOS, Texas (KOSA) - The Pecos Police Department is warning residents to be cautious after receiving a report of a fraudulent rental listing using the address of a local property owner. According to the Pecos Police Department, the property owner discovered a TikTok video advert...
SHERMAN COUNTY, Neb. ( KSNB /Gray News) - A person died in a grain bin accident in Nebraska on Tuesday. In a media release dated July 29, Sherman County Sheriff Joel Bergman said Emergency Management and 911 received a call at about 5:11 p.m. requesting grain bin extraction equip...
MARIETTA, Ga. ( ANF /Gray News) — A man accused of trying to kidnap a child at a gas station told people he had a gun, according to an arrest warrant. Atlanta News First obtained surveillance video of the incident that happened on July 23, between midnight and 1:30 a.m. The surve...
ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - FIRST ALERT 7 Forecast for Thursday, July 30th, 2026: The heat wave continues across West Texas and southeast New Mexico to wrap up July. Slight rain chances return to parts of West Texas and southeast New Mexico by Saturday. THURSDAY & FRIDAY HEAT Heat lev...
BIG SPRING, Texas (KOSA) - Crime Stoppers is asking the public for help identifying a suspect and locating a stolen truck. According to Big Spring Crime Stoppers, a pickup truck was reported stolen the morning of July 21 from the 8000 block of North U.S. Highway 87. At 3:24 a.m.,...
LINCOLN, Neb. ( KOLN /Gray News) - A 21-year-old Nebraska man was seriously injured when police say he accidentally shot himself while filming a video demonstrating how to use a gun he had recently bought. The incident happened around 1:10 p.m. Tuesday in the parking lot of Schee...
PHOENIX ( AZFamily /Gray News) — Two sisters are facing charges of organized retail theft after prosecutors say they stole more than $75,000 in cosmetics from more than a dozen Ulta Beauty stores across Arizona. Police said Ivonne Buitrago-Cabrera and Yoraima Buitrago-Cabrera wal...
PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. ( KPHO /Gray News) - An Academy Award-winning animator was rescued from the top of the mountain in Paradise Valley Wednesday morning. According to the Phoenix Fire Department, shortly after 8 a.m., firefighters received reports of a hiker having a medical e...
GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. ( WCSC /Gray News) — Authorities in South Carolina announced a new arrest Wednesday in the ongoing investigation involving a church and its affiliated school. Georgetown County Sheriff Carter Weaver said investigators arrested Michael Anthony Fields, who s...
BIG SPRING, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - Big Spring Crime Stoppers is seeking public assistance in identifying an individual involved in a stolen vehicle investigation. According to Big Spring Crime Stoppers, the incident occurred in the early morning hours of July 21, 2026, when a pickup...
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Iran fired ballistic missiles at U.S. troops early Wednesday, derailing prospects for a diplomatic end to the conflict. President Donald Trump promised retribution for the strike Wednesday. “They know it’s coming. They’re asking us not to do it, but you kno...
ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ala. ( WBRC /Gray News) - An employee at St. Clair Correctional Facility is accused of having sexual relations with an inmate serving life in prison for murder. Kamitrice Latonya Woody, 42, who was a contract food service worker at the facility, was arrested Mon...
WICHITA, Kan. ( KWCH /Gray News) — Two boys in Kansas are grieving the loss of their father in a motorcycle accident exactly two years after their mother and brother were killed in another crash. On Monday night, 46-year-old Guerrero Moreno Jr. died in a motorcycle crash north of...
MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - Midland Crime Stoppers is offering a $500 cash reward for information leading to the arrest of a man wanted on multiple charges involving a child. According to Midland Crime Stoppers, 34-year-old Braxton Walters is wanted for aggravated sexual assault of a...
Midland officials are offering a $500 cash reward for tips leading to the arrest of 34-year-old Braxton Walters, who is wanted for child sex abuse charges....
LAMESA, Texas (KOSA) - A traffic stop in Dawson County led to the seizure of more than two pounds of cocaine and the arrest of two men on felony drug charges. According to the Dawson County Sheriff’s Office, deputies conducted a traffic stop over the weekend after noticing a vehi...
MIDLAND, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - Midland Crime Stoppers is seeking public assistance in identifying a male suspect who used a fraudulent card at an ATM. The incident occurred on July 20th, 2026, at approximately 7:00 pm where a Hispanic man used a fraudulent card to obtain money at a...
The Midland Police Department is asking for public help to identify two suspects who allegedly stole a purse from a department store at Midland Park Mall and attempted to use the victim's bank cards fraudulently....
MEMPHIS, Tenn. ( WMC /Gray News) - Tennessee troopers say a man has been arrested after leading authorities on a high-speed pursuit thanks to social media. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, the situation started when a trooper spotted a red Chevrolet Corvette doing a bur...
MIDLAND, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - Midland Crime Stoppers is seeking public assistance in identifying two male suspects involved in an attempted shoplifting incident. According to Midland Crime Stoppers, the incident occurred on July 23rd, 2026, when two males entered the Walmart locat...
ATLANTA ( ANF /Gray News) — Police are investigating after a customer at a Dairy Queen drive-thru was caught on camera Tuesday throwing a drink at an employee. Security footage shows the driver of what appears to be a red pickup truck throwing his milkshake at a Dairy Queen manag...
BEVERLY, W.Va. ( WDTV /Gray News) - Two parents are facing charges after a witness reported finding an 11-year-old restrained with zip ties inside a bathroom at the family’s residence, according to West Virginia State Police. Manual Ortiz Jr., 69, and Licha Ortiz, 54, both of Bev...
MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - Midland Crime Stoppers is asking for the public’s help identifying two suspects in a theft investigation. According to Midland Crime Stoppers, at about 2:00 p.m. on July 24, the suspects entered Dillard’s at Midland Park Mall. Authorities said, while insid...
CURRITUCK COUNTY, N.C. ( WBTV /Gray News) - A past “Jeopardy!” winner has pleaded guilty to felony charges in North Carolina. Philip Joseph “Joey” DeSena, 44, guilty plea this week stems from a December 2025 arrest in which he was charged with two counts of felony secret peeping....
MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - Midland Crime Stoppers is asking for the public’s help identifying two men in connection with a fraud investigation. According to Midland Crime Stoppers, a man fraudulently used a card to withdraw money from an ATM at about 7:00 p.m. on July 20. The case i...
State and federal authorities successfully recovered a buried 100-millicurie Cesium-137 radioactive source in Midland County after a routine patrol triggered a detection alert....
MILWAUKEE (Gray News) - Body camera video from the arrest of former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo has been released, according to WFAA . Romo, 46, was stopped by a Milwaukee County sheriff’s deputy Thursday on I-43 for “unsafe passing on the right” where he allegedly cut a...
ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - FIRST ALERT 7 Forecast for Wednesday, July 29th, 2026: The heat wave continues across West Texas and southeast New Mexico this week and into next weekend, with mostly rain-free conditions areawide. A Heat Advisory is in effect this afternoon through the eve...
BENTON COUNTY, Ark. ( KY3 /Gray News) - An Arkansas man was killed in a crash after police say he hit a portable toilet that fell off a pickup truck on the highway. Arkansas State Police say the crash happened around 2 p.m. Friday on Interstate 49 in Bentonville. Police say an In...
WACO, Texas ( KWTX /Gray News) - Police in Texas say a man and a woman are facing charges of public lewdness for having sex in a pool in front of children over the weekend. Waco court documents stated that Douglas Faith, 75, and Emilie Parma, 32, have both been charged. According...
AUGUSTA, Ga. ( WRDW/WAGT /Gray News) - A Georgia man died on July 23 after cutting his arm while breaking into his own home, police said. Investigators believe the man was intoxicated and could not locate his house key that night, so he used his arm to break through a window in a...
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Investigators are searching for Markee Toliver and Lonnie O’Neal, who authorities say are absconded sex offenders. Anyone who knows where they are or sees them is asked to call Crime Line at (806) 741-1000. Callers with information that leads to an arrest ...
SCOTT COUNTY, Ky. ( WKYT /Gray News) - A man has found himself in trouble with the law once again after winning Kentucky’s $167 million Powerball last year. Kentucky police said James Farthing, 51, was arrested Monday for domestic violence after allegedly assaulting a woman the d...
ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - Odessa Mayor Cal Hendrick says he is working to secure a deal that would provide Odessa residents with a week of free water service following last week’s water odor issues. Hendrick told First Alert 7 he will be trying to cement an agreement to cover the co...
Traffic signal improvements and infrastructure projects at the FM 1788 and State Highway 191 intersection in Midland resulted in a decrease in total crashes from 34 in 2024 to 18 in 2025....
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - A grand jury indicted a man on Tuesday after he led multiple agencies on a high-speed chase through Lubbock County in late May. 38-year-old Jerry Marquez was arrested on May 27 after he fled a traffic stop conducted by a crime suppression unit in the 1900 ...
MCHENRY CO., Ill. ( WIFR /Gray News) - An Illinois man is facing charges following a deadly boat crash on the Fox River. According to the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office, Richard Stevenson, 45, is charged with reckless homicide and aggravated driving under the influence ...
Eastbound traffic on Interstate 20 under the Lamesa Road overpass is scheduled to be reduced to a single lane starting Wednesday morning for maintenance and safety work....
LEA COUNTY, N.M. (KOSA) - Deputies are responding to a crash on Highway 128 near mile marker 47 in Lea County. According to the Lea County Sheriff’s Office, both eastbound and westbound lanes are closed at this time. Drivers are urged to seek an alternate route, slow down and wat...
ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - FIRST ALERT 7 Forecast for Tuesday, July 28th, 2026: The heat wave continues across West Texas and southeast New Mexico this week and into next weekend, with mostly rain-free conditions areawide. A Heat Advisory is in effect this afternoon through the eveni...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. ( WAVE /Gray News) - A 15-year-old from Kentucky is being remembered as a hero after he was killed in a shooting months after saving a 12-year-old girl from sexual harassment. Louisville Metro Police responded around 8:20 p.m. Saturday to reports of a shooting in ...
ATKINSON COUNTY, Ga. ( WALB /Gray News) — A search continued Monday for a murder suspect who escaped custody in Georgia. Atkinson County Sheriff David Moore publicly apologized as the search for Pablo Zuriel Miranda, 32, entered its second day without an arrest. Miranda reportedl...
LEBANON, Tenn. ( WSMV /Gray News) - A woman was accused of exposing herself during a traffic stop in Tennessee, police said. The Lebanon Police Department said officers conducted a traffic stop Tuesday night after seeing a passenger not wearing a seat belt. Police said K-9 Donner...
