Storm Damage In Kaufman, Van Zandt Counties
Severe storms with reported tornadoes slammed through parts of North Texas, specifically Kaufman and Van Zandt counties.
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Severe storms with reported tornadoes slammed through parts of North Texas, specifically Kaufman and Van Zandt counties.
Residents in Kaufman and Van Zandt counties continue to clean up after tornadoes ripped through those areas of North Texas Wednesday afternoon.
Kaufman County Sheriff Bryan Beavers estimates the storm toppled 50 large trees and damaged 15 homes, destroying two or three of them.
The hit-and-run happened on U.S. Highway 175 in Kemp on Wednesday, May 15.
After spending two days trying to clean up flood damage at their home, Saturday's rain brought one Kaufman County family back to square one. Now, they feel like they're out of options.
Mayor Rick Wilson said too many property owners are seeing their appraisals double in one year, and that means a growing tax burden.
Forney Mayor Rick Wilson has filed a class action lawsuit against the Kaufman County Chief Appraiser Sarah Curtis on behalf of tens of thousands of property owners.
The billboard showing a Confederate soldier urinating on an image of the Dallas skyline with the words "I Support Confederate Heritage" is along Highway 175 near the city of Kemp in Kaufman County.
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Mesquite Police said the new charges are related to an outcry of another victim who knew Williams through youth sports.
The Terrell Police Department has arrested Jermicheal Maxis, 29, and charged him with murder in connection to the shooting deaths of two men found dead a mile apart Saturday evening in Kaufman County.
The family of one of the two men who were found dead a mile apart Saturday evening in Kaufman County is grieving their loss.
A suspect was identified Sunday for the murder of two people who were found shot and killed at separate locations in Kaufman County, police say.
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"We called Dallas [County], Dallas sent us to Mesquite. We called Mesquite, they sent us to Kaufman [County]," said Kimberly Smalls.
Dallas officer Amber Guyger who fatally shot 26-year-old Botham Jean after mistaking his apartment for her own has moved out of the Southside Flats.
Dallas police officer Amber Guyger, now charged with manslaughter in the death of a man in his own apartment, walked through an unlocked door she mistook for her own, a source told CBS 11 News reporter JD Miles.
Dallas officer Amber Guyger who fatally shot 26-year-old Botham Jean after mistaking his apartment for her own was arrested and charged with manslaughter.
An 11-hour search for a missing 6-year-old boy with autism ended early Monday morning when a dive team pulled his body out of a pond near the family's home in Kaufman County.
A family that spent the last year helping others in need is now relying on those people for help.
Two cars went down an embankment after a crash in Kaufman County Tuesday afternoon.
It seems the City of Mesquite can't quite let the annexation issue go.
A judge has squashed any plans the City of Mesquite had to annex about a dozen properties in Kaufman County before a Friday deadline.
North Texas stays breezy Monday, which makes temperatures feel colder than they are, but it will be less windy than Sunday.
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Children's Aquarium Dallas said that several nurse sharks, a large green moray eel, many lesser-known fish, crustaceans, and other reef species now call Texas home.
A 34-year-old man was shot by police on Sunday after officers discovered his parents, the former McKinney City Manager and his wife, dead inside their home during a welfare check.
The Dallas Police Department said officers responded to a shooting call at a 7-Eleven, located in the 1800 block of Sylvan Avenue.
North Texas stays breezy Monday, which makes temperatures feel colder than they are, but it will be less windy than Sunday.
Ahmed al Ahmed, the man hailed as a hero for disarming one of the gunmen behind a deadly antisemitic attack on Australia's Bondi Beach, says he just wanted to save innocent people.
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A 34-year-old man was shot by police on Sunday after officers discovered his parents, the former McKinney City Manager and his wife, dead inside their home during a welfare check.
The Dallas Police Department said officers responded to a shooting call at a 7-Eleven, located in the 1800 block of Sylvan Avenue.
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