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TERRELL COUNTY, Texas (KOSA) - A Terrell County deputy arrested a man early Wednesday after a traffic stop that led to the discovery of a bond violation. According to the Terrell County Sheriff’s Office, the deputy arrested the man for a violation of bond conditions. The suspects...
ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - FIRST ALERT 7 Forecast for Wednesday, September 23rd, 2026: Rain chances, increased cloud cover and cooler temperatures continue across West Texas and southeast New Mexico today. High temperatures will warm into the 70s, 80s and 90s. Midland/Odessa are look...
ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - Two people face theft and evading charges following a recent arrest in Ector County. According to Ector County Sheriff’s Office, 31-year-old Alejandro Chavez is charged with evading arrest with a prior conviction, resisting arrest and theft of property. Cha...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. ( InvestigateTV ) - Two years after an ambush in east Charlotte killed four officers , a mental health initiative for first responders is launching its first program. The April 29, 2024, shooting left Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officer Joshua Eyer, North Carolin...
WICHITA, Kan. ( KWCH /Gray News) - The granddaughter of a Kansas woman whose body was found inside a suitcase brought to a fire station is speaking out as the investigation continues. Alexis Trotter says she’s still processing the death of her grandmother, 67-year-old Loretta Moo...
ST. LOUIS ( First Alert 4 /Gray News) - A Missouri resident was preparing for her father’s funeral last June when she got a call. The funeral home told her that her father’s body was ready to be seen, she recalled. The funeral service was scheduled for the following morning. Bran...
ECTOR COUNTY, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - A microburst took place this evening in West Odessa, causing damage to multiple properties. The microburst occurred in the 700 block of South Sir Barton Drive. No injuries have been reported, as Ector County Emergency Management and multiple loca...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. ( WDRB+WAVE /Gray News) — Officials in Kentucky say they are investigating after more than 20 people were sent to the hospital after becoming ill at an area high school. Emergency crews said the situation started Monday morning when they responded to the tech buil...
AUSTIN, Texas (KOSA) - Gov. Greg Abbott directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management, or TDEM, to activate state emergency response resources ahead of heavy rainfall and flooding threats. That are expected to affect portions of West Texas and the Texas Panhandle over the n...
JENNINGS, Mo. ( KMOV /Gray News) - A Missouri family is pleading for answers after a minor traffic crash over the weekend escalated into a violent attack. St. Louis County Police said they responded to the reported crash Saturday evening at an intersection in Jennings. Investigat...
ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - The Odessa Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding two people who are accused of breaking into a car, stealing a credit card and using it at several businesses. The theft happened in the area of Coronado. The suspects stole the victim’s...
KERR COUNTY (Texas Tribune) - The Texas Rangers appear to be pursuing criminal charges against Camp Mystic, saying in a search warrant affidavit they believe camp leadership committed crimes including manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide when 27 girls and counselors die...
ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - Both directions of Dixie, just south of 2nd Street, are shut down after power lines came down and are blocking the road, according to Odessa police. Drivers are being told to avoid the area and use alternative routes....
ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - The Odessa Police Department is asking drivers to avoid the area of Dixie Boulevard following a roadway hazard that has forced a full closure of both northbound and southbound lanes just south of 2nd Street. According to the Odessa Police Department, t...
MIDLAND COUNTY, Texas (KOSA) - Midland County Road and Bridge crews are working with the City of Midland Fire Department to strengthen fire response in rural areas. The departments met this morning to test the connections between the county’s water tanker trucks and the fire depa...
ALBANY, Ga. ( WALB /Gray News) - Georgia police are investigating a stabbing at an Albany-area Cracker Barrel. According to Albany police, officers responded to the restaurant on Westover Boulevard last Friday for reports of a man being stabbed. Officers said once at the scene th...
SALEM, Ore. (Gray News) – A couple in Washington state is suing Salem Health and an emergency room doctor for $10 million. Aleksandr and Nataliya Yeremeyev say staff forced them to take their baby’s remains home in their family car, instead of holding him in a morgue. Michael Yer...
PEORIA, AZ. ( AZFamily /Gray News) - A father and stepmother in Arizona are accused of tying up, torturing and neglecting the man’s two daughters. Jennifer and Jose Carrillo were arrested Sept. 17. Both are charged with two counts of child abuse. Jennifer also faces one count of ...
GEORGETOWN, Ky. ( WKYT /Gray News) — A Kentucky man who claimed a $167 million lottery prize last year was arrested for the fifth time since his big win. According to court records, 51-year-old James Farthing was arrested in the parking lot of a Walmart in Georgetown, Kentucky, e...
MIDLAND COUNTY, Texas (KOSA) - A motorcyclist died Monday afternoon in a three-vehicle crash on westbound on Highway 80 in Midland County. According to DPS, at around 4:15 p.m. a Nissan Frontier was traveling westbound on Highway 80 in the inside lane. The Nissan slowed due to a ...
Midland County officials issued an emergency road closure for East County Road 160 after an underground bore compromised the roadway's structural integrity....
An Odessa motorcyclist was killed Monday in a three-vehicle crash on Business Interstate 20 in Midland after a Toyota Tacoma hydroplaned into him during heavy rain....
The Odessa Police Department is seeking public assistance to identify a man and a woman suspected of stealing a credit card and other property from a vehicle and using them at various local businesses....
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Actor Hayden Panettiere died from an accidental overdose of several drugs, including fentanyl, and had been in rehab just weeks before, according to a coroner’s report obtained by The Associated Press. Panettiere, 36, was found unresponsive in an apartment...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. ( Aging Untold ) — Kathey Dailey starts many of her days attending appointments at the Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute. Stomach pain first brought her to the emergency room in 2023. “And we did X-rays, we did CT scans, we did contrast CT scans,” Dailey said....
BIG SPRING, Texas (KOSA) - An oilfield tank battery fire on North Moss Lake Road, north of I-20, has been extinguished with no injuries reported. According to our news partner KBest Media, Howard County Volunteer Fire Department Chief Bracy Bacon , said the fire was reported at a...
ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - FIRST ALERT 7 Forecast for Tuesday, September 22nd, 2026: Conditions will be cooler, cloudier and a bit rainy across West Texas and southeast New Mexico behind a cold front that has moved through the region, perfect for the first day of fall. High temperatu...
JONESBORO, Ark. ( KAIT /Gray News) - An Arkansas couple arrested in connection with the abduction of a 12-year-old girl are now facing multiple felony charges. A judge found probable cause last Tuesday to charge Brandon Lee Britten, 31, and Sierra Dawn Britten, 28, with traveling...
JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. ( WLOX /Gray News) — A Mississippi grand jury unanimously returned a no true bill in the death investigation of Nolan Wells, meaning no criminal charges or indictments will be issued, the office of Jackson County District Attorney Angel Myers McIlrath announ...
MARLBOROUGH, Conn. ( WFSB /Gray News) - Two people were charged with animal cruelty after investigators documented dead dogs, substantial animal waste, and garbage around a property in Connecticut, state police said. Troopers said they arrested Troy McDermott and Crystal Bianco o...
HIGHLANDS, N.C. ( WBTV /Gray News) - A driver was injured over the weekend after their Jeep went over an embankment and crashed at the base of a North Carolina waterfall, authorities said. The wreck happened Saturday, Sept. 19, at Bridal Veil Falls in Macon County, a historic Nor...
HOWARD COUNTY, Texas (KOSA) - The Howard County Volunteer Fire Department has appointed a new Fire Chief. The Board of Directors has appointed Bracy Bacon as the new Fire Chief of The Howard County Volunteer Fire Department (HCVFD). Bracy has been apart of the department since 20...
HOWARD COUNTY, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - Bracy Bacon has been named the new Fire Chief of the Howard County Volunteer Fire Department. Bacon has been a part of the department since 2017 and an officer since 2021. Eric Barber, who has been the fire chief for the department since 2023, w...
MIDLAND, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - The westbound lanes on Highway 80 are currently closed due to a collision. The collision occurred at Highway 80 and Farm-to-Market 1788. The Midland Fire Department is at the scene. Eastbound lanes remain open. Midland Fire Department officials report...
BIG SPRING, Texas (KOSA) - An oil field tank battery fire has been reported at North Moss Lake Road, according to news partner KBest Media. Newly appointed Howard County Volunteer Fire Department Chief Bracy Bacon says firefighters remain on the scene. The fire is located about 1...
FAIRBANKS, Alaska ( KTUU /Gray News) - A 21-year-old woman was killed after her 22-year-old boyfriend accidentally shot her last Wednesday while “playing” with his revolver before he died by suicide, according to authorities. Family and friends are now working to honor the life o...
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. ( WLBT /Gray News) - One person is dead and four others were injured after two boats collided early Sunday on the Ross Barnett Reservoir in Mississippi, authorities said. According to officials, the Reservoir Police Department responded to reports of the cras...
MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) — A witness shared his experience after witnessing a deadly multi-vehicle crash after a teen drives the wrong way on Loop 250. Authorities said the incident began when officers received reports of a wrong-way driver near West Loop 250 North and North Midkiff...
CASS COUNTY, N.D. ( Valley News Live /Gray News) - A 49-year-old man died early Sunday after a driver fleeing a traffic stop at speeds topping 100 mph ran a stop sign and slammed into his vehicle, authorities said. At approximately 12:15 a.m. Sunday, a North Dakota State Patrol t...
MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - The Midland Fire Department has responded to a crash on Highway 80. According to Midland Officials, Highway 80 westbound is closed after a crash at FM 1788 and Highway 80. Midland Officials say eastbound of Highway 80 is still open. The image shows a motor...
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. ( WSMV /Gray News) - Murfreesboro Police Department Criminal Investigations Division detectives arrested a former Wendy’s restaurant manager who admitted to tying a neurodivergent employee to a grill last month. Detectives served a warrant Thursday, Sept. 19, ...
JAL, New Mexico (KMID/KPEJ) - A man has been killed after an accident at a natural gas midstream company site near Jal, New Mexico, on Friday, according to Marathon Petroleum Corporation. The unnamed man is said to have been a contractor who was working at an MPLX facility, when ...
ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - We have exclusive video of a pursuit that happened on Sunday involving Odessa police. According to Odessa police, the chase was in reference to a wanted man who was found at the Rig Shack. The video shows a foot chase outside the Rig Shack Restaurant on 42n...
CLARKSBURG, W.Va ( WDTV /Gray News) — A woman in West Virginia is accused of crashing her vehicle while impaired, running away and leaving a child behind in the car. Sydni Healy, 31, is charged with child neglect creating a substantial risk of injury or death, according to the Ha...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. ( WDRB+WAVE /Gray News) — Ten students hospitalized Monday morning after a building was evacuated at a Kentucky high school due to an “environmental concern” may have eaten “THC-infused candy,” district leaders later said. Emergency crews were called to Pleasure R...
KANSAS CITY, Kan. ( KCTV /Gray News) - A man is dead, and a school bus carrying students was hit by stray gunfire Monday morning in Kansas City, Kansas, police said. Officers were called around 6:39 a.m. to North 18th Street and Longwood Avenue after receiving reports of a shooti...
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. ( WGGB/WSHM /Gray News) – A Massachusetts restaurateur is facing charges after allegedly stealing a cellphone and pointing a gun at a group of people. Springfield police spokesperson Ryan Walsh said officers were called to the area of Dwight Street and Harrison...
ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - Odessa police are asking for the public’s help identifying a woman who is accused of stealing a phone. According to Odessa police, a Walmart employee left a phone near the self-checkout area, and an investigation revealed that a woman took it. The phone is ...
The Odessa Police Department is seeking the public's help in identifying a female suspect who stole a $1,200 cellphone from a Walmart on North John Ben Shepperd Parkway....
MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - Monahans Police Department have safely found a teen who was reported missing on Sept. 19. According to Monahans Police, 17-year-old Jennifer Guadalupe Almarac Medrano has been safely found, Police thank the public for their help in this investigation....
ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - FIRST ALERT 7 Forecast for Monday, September 21st, 2026: It’ll be another hot day across West Texas and southeast New Mexico ahead of a cold front that looks to move through the region late today into tonight. This front looks to cool temperatures down into...
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. ( KCTV /Gray News) - A pregnant woman and her unborn child died Saturday night after being hit by a Jeep in a crash. According to the Independence Police Department, a 2018 Jeep Renegade was driving down Walnut Street when the driver lost control and hit the woma...
LANSING, Mich. ( InvestigateTV ) — Michigan State Police recruits are training like NFL players to give them a mental edge in high-pressure situations. At the Michigan State Police recruit school in Lansing, the training is intense. But there’s a new kind of training focused on w...
ELLENDALE, Del. (Gray News) - Authorities in Delaware say a 74-year-old hunter is facing charges after he mistook a woman walking through a field for a deer and fatally shot her. Delaware State Police arrested 74-year-old Walter Moorhead on manslaughter and related charges. While...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. ( WBTV /Gray News) - A 4-year-old child was killed Sunday morning after gunfire hit multiple homes in northwest Charlotte, police said. The shooting happened around 3 a.m. Sunday in a residential neighborhood on Grassy Patch Lane. Officers responded to a 911 call ...
