At Memorial Gardens Park in Odessa, the whole community was invited to honor the victims of the devastating flood in Central ...

Mollie Sylvester Schaffer had been married to her husband, Randy, for 57 years when the Houston couple traveled to an annual ...

Hammond said he shouted at everyone to roll down their windows. Hammond got his window down and he and his wife escaped ...

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It’s one of the most baffling truisms of the modern political era. The neediest Americans empower the people most likely to ...

Capitol police announced an 18-year-old has been arrested in connection to the mass shooting in downtown Jackson that ...

Martin and Floyd had been camping at the HTR TX Hill County Campground with Martin’s father, Bobby, and stepmother, Amanda, ...

KERR COUNTY, Texas — A devastating scene unfolded in the Hill Country on the Fourth of July as dozens of people, including ...

Former Florida guard Alijah Martin, the 39th pick in the 2025 NBA draft, signed a two-way contract with the Raptors on ...

Odessa Police Officer Bailey Martin is among the latest fatalities identified from the Texas floods. Odessa police say Martin ...

A procession was held for Officer Bailey Martin in the city of Odessa. People lined the sidewalks to grieve and to honor the ...

Martin's body was escorted into town by multiple law enforcement officials and first responders.