Archive for Texas

Girl in Texas fertilizer explosion video unharmed (video)

Thursday, April 18th, 2013

The 12-year-old Texas girl seen in a viral video on Wednesday, inside her father’s truck, screaming as a nearby fertilizer plant exploded, joined her dad on the Today show Thursday morning, revealing she is okay. The young girl, Khloey, was heard yelling shortly after a blast rocked her father’s truck, on the video, “I can’t ... read more »

Teen takes parents to court over abortion

Tuesday, February 12th, 2013

A 16-year-old girl in Harris County, TX, has filed a lawsuit against her parents, alleging that they are trying to force her to have an abortion she does not want. The teen, who is approximately 8 weeks pregnant, claims that her parents are using verbal and physical threats to try to force her to have ... read more »

Texas: College shooting at Lone Star College

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013

Three students were reportedly shot in their legs and taken to area hospitals after they were struck by bullets on the campus of the Lone Star College, just north of Houston on Tuesday. The college’s website warned students that a gunman had fired shots at the college earlier today, asking students to take cover and ... read more »

Girl, 13, drives 800 miles to meet ‘boyfriend’, 12, who parents fear was really a predator

Monday, September 10th, 2012

Parents of a 13-year-old girl had the scare of a lifetime when they discovered their daughter had disappeared in the middle of the night and left behind a disturbing letter filled with lies to mislead them if they tried to find her. The parents used quick thinking and checked through their daughter’s cell phone, which ... read more »

Toddler dies with burns on her body from human waste exposure

Tuesday, September 4th, 2012

A 22-month-old girl died from severe neglect after her mother stopped caring for her and responding to her basic needs. The girl’s mother, Tiffany Nicole Klapheke, 21, said that she was depressed about her husband’s deployment and told Abilene’s KTAB-TV in an interview from jail that she knew she should have been a good mother ... read more »

Caught on tape: Nanny smothers 7-month-old and carries her by the head

Tuesday, August 21st, 2012

A Houston Nanny was arrested and charged with felony child endangerment after the parents of a 7-month-old baby girl caught disturbing footage of her on a hidden camera. According to an arrest warrant filed on Wednesday, the parents told police that they had noticed their baby had been “acting strange” and seemed lethargic when they ... read more »

Mother whips 4-year-old to death with a chord for peeing his pants

Thursday, July 19th, 2012

Vastie Coleman, 27, has been charged with injury to a child with serious bodily injury after after severely abusing her 4-year-old son for wetting his pants in the car. According to authorities, Coleman, of Harris County, Texas, whipped her son, Kyron Barnes, with a chord in their apartment on Sunday night. The Daily Mail reports that Coleman put her son in ... read more »

Texas gun range to host children’s birthday parties

Sunday, June 10th, 2012

Most parents think of venues such as an arcade or bowling alley when considering a place to host their child’s birthday party. But, what about a firing range? Seems crazy, but it won’t be a far-fetched idea for Texas kids come summer. The Eagle Gun Range, set to open in Lewisville this August, will offer ... read more »

Drunk pregnant mom goes to get a piercing, leaves baby in car

Wednesday, May 30th, 2012

Police arrested a woman they found sleeping behind the wheel of her idling car on 5131 North Freeway in North Houston at about 2:40 a.m. According to the Houston Police Department, before falling asleep in her car, the woman had gone into a tattoo parlor in the north Houston. Kese Smith, a spokesperson for the ... read more »

High school honor student jailed for truancy

Tuesday, May 29th, 2012

A hard-working, straight-A student has been unfairly prosecuted and jailed for truancy according to one of her employers and she will now have a stain on her educational record. Diane Tran has been working two jobs to help support siblings since her parents separated and her mother moved out of state. Diane works full time ... read more »

Neighborhood horrified and disgusted after child porn is found in daycare

Saturday, May 26th, 2012

The Beary Patch Daycare in Mexia, Central Texas, has been shut down after police and Secret Service agents stormed the home daycare after receiving a federal search warrant and seized bags of child pornography. According to KXXV News Channel 25, authorities also removed three computers, external hard drives, and several discs from the home daycare on ... read more »

Mother leaves toddler in hot car, downs 4 margaritas at the bar

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

A Dallas mother was arrested on charges of child abandonment and child endangerment on Thursday after she allegedly left her 2-year-old son in a hot car while she went in a bar to have margaritas. According to police, Jessica Christian arrived at Tejano Restaurant in Oak Cliff around noon and left the toddler alone in ... read more »

Man accused of killing girlfriend’s 5-week-old baby

Friday, April 27th, 2012

A Channelview, Texas, man has been charged with felony injury to a child – shaken baby syndrome. According to court documents, on Wednesday 5-week-old Dylan Lockhard was brought to Jacinto Methodist Hospital in Baytown by his mother and her live-in boyfriend, 23-year-old Sean Michael Wheeler.  The baby was unresponsive and although the medical staff attempted CPR, ... read more »

One of Texas’ Most Wanted sex offenders arrested

Friday, April 20th, 2012

Cody James Guzman was arrested Thursday morning at a mobile home in Rock County, Wisconsin.  According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Crime Stoppers received a tip that helped the DPS Criminal Investigations Division Agents, DPS Intelligence & Counterterrorism Analysts and the Lone Star Fugitive Taskforce gather more information that ultimately led to ... read more »

Police: Texas woman kidnapped baby to cover up miscarriage

Thursday, April 19th, 2012

Police say a Texas woman accused of killing a new mother and kidnapping her baby was trying to hide a miscarriage. Verna McClain, 30, reportedly suffered a miscarriage earlier this week, and wanted to try and hide that fact from her fiancé, so she set out to find a baby to replace her own, according ... read more »