Man convicted in ambush killing of estranged wife, her niece at Harris County home in 2012 dies in east Texas prison
Ricardo Jose Prado Jr., 41, died at around 11:45 p.m. on April 1 at a state penitentiary located in Tennessee Colony, TX. He was serving a sentence of life without parole for the crime.
State lawmakers again try to ban most dangerous nuclear waste as feds consider allowing it at West Texas site
A failed regular session bill sought to give a financial break to a West Texas nuclear waste disposal company. Now, lawmakers have removed what opponents called a giveaway and are again trying to pass a bill to stop highly radioactive materials from coming to Texas.
Newspaper owner: Sorry for equating mask rule to Holocaust
Hicks is the GOP chairman for Anderson County in eastern Kansas. His newspaper is based in the Anderson County seat of Garnett, about 65 miles (105 kilometers) southwest of Kansas City and has a circulation of about 2,100, according to the Kansas Press Association. State law allows counties to opt out of her mask mandate, and Anderson County has done so. The state health department has reported only four coronavirus cases for Anderson County, all of them since May 8. State and local officials across the U.S. have faced resistance to mask requirements from Trumps supporters.
Kansas newspapers post equates mask mandate with Holocaust
The cartoon on the Anderson County Reviews Facebook page depicts Gov. Its caption is, Lockdown Laura says: Put on your mask ... and step onto the cattle car.The newspaper posted the cartoon on Friday, the day that Kellys mask order aimed at stemming the spread of the coronavirus took effect. Finally, he said, putting the Star of David on Kellys mask is anti-Semitic because it implies nefarious Jews are behind her actions. Anderson County, with about 7,900 residents, is part of a conservative swath of eastern Kansas. The state health department has reported only four coronavirus cases for Anderson County, all of them since May 8.