News

April, 2022

• 1 April

  Facebook Builds Data Center In Temple

  According to a press release from the Temple Economic Development Corporation, meta, Facebook’s parent company, announced on Mar 31 that it would invest $800 million in Temple to create a Hyperscale Data Center. The approximately 900,000 square foot facility will be on 393 acres off N.W. H K Dodgen Loop …
• 1 April

  No Evidence Of Road Rage

  Lacravivonne Monique Washington Lacravivonne Monique Washington, 26, brought her son to a Dallas hospital Monday, saying a person in a road-rage shot her three-year-old son, who died. According to a Dallas Police affidavit, she kept a handgun in her sport utility vehicle where it was accessible to her children, ages …
• 1 April

  Brain-Eating Amoeba Cost City Of Arlington

  Bakari Williams The Arlington City Council approved a $250,000 settlement with the parents of Bakari Williams. He died last September after being hospitalized with a rare brain-eating amoeba found at a splash pad he’d visited in Arlington. Arlington will also have to invest in technology to automatically shut off splash …
• 1 April

  Six Charged With Kidnapping And Torture

  Amanda Andrews, Breonna Johnson, Charles Bryant, Shanye Anderson, Summer Lawrence, and Felicity Walker are each charged with aggravated kidnapping. Deputies with the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office arrested six people Tuesday in connection with allegations that they kidnapped a woman they met online, held her against her will, and tortured her. …
• 1 April

  Save Women’s Sports Act Signed Into Law

  Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill into law that prevents transgender girls and women from competing on female sports teams. Dubbed the “Save Women’s Sports Act,” the bill took effect immediately with the governor’s signature. It applies to female sports teams in both high school and college. Civil rights …
• 1 April

  Meet County Artist Kelly Brianne

  You’ve known her as Kelly Clarkson, but that has now changed legally to Kelly Brianne. She is now using her middle name as her last name and no longer has a middle name. Kelly, 39, from Burleson south of Fort Worth, now lives in a $5.4 million mansion in Toluca …
• 1 April

  Man Found Dead In Cemetery

  Marshall Police found a man from Jefferson murdered at a local cemetery Wednesday afternoon, lying on the ground at Powder Mill Cemetery. He was near a fence with multiple gunshot wounds and identified as Akeivyon Diez McMillan, age 20.
• 1 April

  Chief Deputy Surrendered Peace Officer’s License

  Chief Deputy Craig Shelton According to District Attorney Tonda Curry, former Van Zandt County Chief Deputy Craig Shelton won’t face criminal charges after admitting to using excessive force against an inmate. Instead, Curry said Shelton entered into a pre-trial intervention contract addressing two potential charges against him. As part of …
• 1 April

  Doctor’s Medical License Is Suspended

  Karl Frederiick Kauffman The Texas Medical Board temporarily suspended the medical license of Karl Frederick Kauffman of Cherokee County, who authorities arrested for continuous sexual abuse of a child. That is a first-degree felony, punishable by imprisonment for life or any term of not more than 99 years or less …
• 1 April

  Longview’s Shooter Is Still At Large

  Jared Scott Sobey The Longview Police Dept. has identified Jared Scott Sobey, 37, as the suspect in Longview’s Wednesday afternoon fatal shooting. They say Sobey shot and killed Todd Monroe Brown, 53, and Kevin Mitchell Gonzales, 34, of Longview, and they found Brown’s pickup in a wooded area. Sobey is …