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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Mo. – A Texas woman reported missing four months ago was found dead earlier this week in Montgomery County, Missouri, authorities say. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office ...

(Chief Michael Rios, Montgomery County Fire Service) Update, 7:10 p.m.: The second passenger has been extricated and is en route to Vanderbilt University Medical Center by LifeFlight helicopter ...

SAVOY, Texas - A black bear has been spotted in Fannin County, Texas Parks and Wildlife officials confirm. Video from a gas station in Savoy, about 70 miles north of Dallas, shows the bear running ...

Brazoria County deputies were helping to execute a warrant in the Alvin area. An older woman allegedly showed a weapon and pointed it at a deputy. Two deputies shot at the suspect, and she was later ...

It was 1:30 a.m. when Eboni Pouncy and her friend arrived at the friend’s apartment before the two Black women ... times by Harris County sheriff’s deputies in Texas after they mistakenly ...

A bear sighting is causing a big stir in one north Texas town. Videos show the black bear prowling around the town of Savoy in Fannin County, where people are just as curious as the bear is.