Lasara ISD coach accused of making plans to meet underage girl in Houston wanted โadult funโ during work trip
The Rio Grande Valley school employee who allegedly wanted to meet up with an underage girl in Houston, almost five hours away from his home, told an undercover officer he booked a downtown hotel for the two of them, new court documents are revealing.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection investigation finds multiple failings in the death of 8-year-old girl in federal custody
After discovering that contracted medical staff ignored the motherโs pleas to take the girl to the hospital as her condition declined, the federal agency said it is taking action to ensure an in-custody death โnever happens again.โ
An 8-year-old child died while in federal custody on the border on Wednesday
The child and her family were in custody at a border station in Harlingen before she was transported to a local hospital. The death comes less than a week after the expiration of Title 42, which had allowed authorities to quickly expel migrants from the U.S. during the pandemic.
Facing harsh criticism in the Melissa Lucio case, Texas prosecutor may temporarily spare the woman many believe is innocent
Federal judges, five jurors who convicted her and a roster of family, politicians and celebrities believe there are substantive doubts about whether the death of Lucioโs 2-year-old daughter was even a murder. A prosecutor Tuesday appeared to open the door to canceling her scheduled April 27 execution.
More than half of the Texas House wants to stop the execution of Melissa Lucio, convicted of killing her toddler
Despite substantive doubts surrounding the cause of her childโs death and a suspect โconfessionโ obtained after hours of interrogation, Lucio is set to be executed next month for killing her 2-year-old daughter.
In his first public appearance since Capitol riot, Trump visits Texas border to tout wall construction
The visit to the Rio Grande Valley drew concern from border lawmakers and activists who said the events of last week were still too fresh. Several lawsuits slowed or halted construction in large swaths of Texas, but some construction did occur in areas where other administrations couldnโt or wouldnโt break ground. The president, who was alone at the podium near the border wall during his remarks, also briefly condemned last week's riots at the U.S. Capitol. โPresident Trump, who orchestrated last weekโs treasonous riots on the U.S. Capitol, is scheduled to fly to the Rio Grande Valley,โ he said. โWith a nation in crisis in the wake of a mob attack on the nationโs capital and reeling from an uncontrollable pandemic, President Trump is employing precious government resources to highlight his atrocious border wall.
Five U.S. Navy teams deploy to Rio Grande Valley, other Texas coronavirus hot spots
The U.S. Navy has deployed teams to help deal with coronavirus surges in the Rio Grande Valley and other Texas hot spots. Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas TribuneMedical professionals from the U.S. Navy were deployed Sunday to aid hospitals in four cities across southern Texas and the Rio Grande Valley, according to Gov. Early on in the pandemic, hot spots were mainly tied to outbreaks in enclosed spaces, like meatpacking plants and nursing homes. Five U.S. Navy teams were sent to four locations across Texass southern region: Harlingen, Del Rio, Eagle Pass, and Rio Grande City. Ambulance operators in the Rio Grande Valley area described wait times of up to 10 hours to deliver patients to packed emergency rooms.
With 4 in 5 Texans living in a "red zone," coronavirus hot spots are moving targets
Over the four months of Texas course of the coronavirus, early hot spots Amarillo among them have been eclipsed by new regions in crisis now, South Texas. That behavior, particularly among young people, may be responsible for dozens of new hot spots that will be more difficult to eradicate. Those 123 "red zone" counties are home to some 23 million Texans the vast majority of the state's population. Typically, rural and community hospitals transfer patients to urban hospitals for acute care. Two weeks ago, there were just seven positive COVID-19 patients in the Amarillo hospital; by this week, that had more than tripled to 24.