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200-foot radio station tower stolen without a trace in Alabama, silencing small town's voice
Read full article: 200-foot radio station tower stolen without a trace in Alabama, silencing small town's voiceA radio station manager says the theft of its giant tower has silenced what used to be the voice of a small Alabama town and surrounding county.
Year after year, most Texas police departments report zero hate crimes. Hereās why.
Read full article: Year after year, most Texas police departments report zero hate crimes. Hereās why.A Texas Tribune analysis of hate crime data found that 82% of Texas law enforcement agencies that report to the FBI tracked no hate crimes last year. However, one suburban North Texas police agency is creating a new model of collecting hate crime data.
Seeking lower electricity rates, residents in two East Texas towns hope the state will intervene
Read full article: Seeking lower electricity rates, residents in two East Texas towns hope the state will interveneLivingston and Jasper residents hope a lawsuit will force their municipality-operated utility company to offer lower rates and create more transparency in setting rates. Theyāre among the 5 million Texans living outside the stateās deregulated market and cannot choose their energy provider.
In the shadow of James Byrdās murder, city leaders canāt agree how to move this East Texas town forward
Read full article: In the shadow of James Byrdās murder, city leaders canāt agree how to move this East Texas town forwardJasperās second Black mayor wants to help residents pay their bills while a younger city council wants to invest in the cityās culture. Residents call their heated arguments at city council meetings āfoolishnessā and āembarrassing.ā
Texas towns are starving for capital and lack the resources to apply for grants. This group hopes to help.
Read full article: Texas towns are starving for capital and lack the resources to apply for grants. This group hopes to help.Texas Rural Funders hopes a one-stop resource for grant applications and writers could help small towns win money to fund innovation and capital needs.
Watch: 25 years after James Byrd Jr. was killed for being Black, his loved ones question how much has changed in Texas
Read full article: Watch: 25 years after James Byrd Jr. was killed for being Black, his loved ones question how much has changed in TexasThe quiet East Texas town of Jasper came together immediately after the racist murder of James Byrd Jr. Now, Texas is leading the nation in incidents of white supremacist propaganda.
People in cars fired at, chased each other after 9 shot at East Texas prom party
Read full article: People in cars fired at, chased each other after 9 shot at East Texas prom partyPolice in Jasper have released additional information about a shooting that occurred after shots were fired at a prom afterparty over the weekend.
9 people shot, hospitalized after shooting at prom party in East Texas, officials say
Read full article: 9 people shot, hospitalized after shooting at prom party in East Texas, officials sayNine people were hospitalized after a prom after-party turned into a shooting overnight, according to the Jasper County Sheriffās Office.
After a hospital stopped delivering babies, Deep East Texas faces a growing maternity care crisis
Read full article: After a hospital stopped delivering babies, Deep East Texas faces a growing maternity care crisisWomen in Deep East Texas drive over an hour to give birth after the last obstetrics unit in the area closed in 2019. But if closing the unit was hard, reopening it is proving nearly impossible.
Conspiracy theorists and 16-hour days: Inside the stress elections officials face ahead of the midterms
Read full article: Conspiracy theorists and 16-hour days: Inside the stress elections officials face ahead of the midtermsRunning elections in Texas has never been easy. But since 2020, the scrutiny elections administrators face has grown ā even in small Republican-controlled counties that former President Donald Trump carried.
2nd person charged in connection with death of 5-year-old Samuel Olson
Read full article: 2nd person charged in connection with death of 5-year-old Samuel OlsonAuthorities say a second person has been charged in connection with the death of a 5-year-old Houston boy whose body was kept hidden in a storage unit before being discovered in an East Texas motel.
Autopsy: Texas boyās cause of death ruled a homicide
Read full article: Autopsy: Texas boyās cause of death ruled a homicideAuthorities say a 5-year-old Houston boy whose body authorities say was kept hidden in a storage unit before being discovered in an East Texas motel has been officially identified and his cause of death has been ruled a homicide.
Affidavit: Texas boy was killed long before reported missing
Read full article: Affidavit: Texas boy was killed long before reported missingCourt documents say a 5-year-old Houston boy likely died weeks before he was reported missing and his body was kept hidden in storage unit before authorities discovered it in a motel room more than 100 miles away.
Child found dead in Texas motel room believed to be missing boy; fatherās girlfriend charged
Read full article: Child found dead in Texas motel room believed to be missing boy; fatherās girlfriend chargedPolice in Texas say a suspect has been arrested in the investigation of a boy reported missing last week in Houston.