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Copperas Cove HS head softball coach Shelly Hayes resigns
After just one year as Copperas Cove High School's head softball coach, Shelly Hayes has resigned, effective immediately.
"I told the girls after the bi-district series. I couldn't lead them on," said Hayes, "but I didn't want to tell them until after the season...
Horrific video of U.S. Cargo plane crash in Afghanistan surfaces
Horrifying video has surfaced of a U.S. cargo plane that crashed in Afghanistan on Monday.
The dashboard camera video from a nearby vehicle shows the National Airlines Boeing 747 taking off from the Bagram Airfield military base and then the aircraft’s nose pitches up heavily, the plane appears to stall and then it falls to the ground...
Copperas Cove HS head baseball coach C.J. Wilk Resigns
Copperas Cove High School head baseball coach C.J. Wilk announced that he is resigning his post effective immediately due to family reasons.
"I've been coaching for 15 years now," he said. "I want to spend more time with my family and develop myself as a teacher...
Texas Governor Rick Perry demands apology from California newspaper over plant explosion cartoon
Texas Governor Rick Perry is demanding an apology from California newspaper Sacramento Bee after the newspaper ran an editorial cartoon about the West plant explosion on the day of the West memorial.
"The Sacramento Bee published a disgusting 'cartoon' mocking the deadly explosion in West...
10 members of Mexican band killed in road accident, 5 others injured
10 members of Mexican musical Banda group La Reyna de Monterrey were killed and 5 others injured during an early morning traffic accident on the highway connecting Nuevo Laredo to Monterrey, Mexico.
Early reports indicate that the driver of the van apparently fell asleep and veered into oncoming traffic eventually colliding head-on to an 18-wheeler...
NFL Draft: Kansas City Chiefs choose OT Eric Fisher first overall
With their first No. 1 pick in franchise history, the Kansas City Chiefs selected Central Michigan offensive tackle Eric Fisher to begin the 2013 NFL Draft on Thursday night. Fisher is just the fourth offensive lineman to be selected first overall and the first since Jake Long was taken by the Miami Dolphins with the top pick in 2008...
Obama, Perry, Cornyn to speak at West memorial
A memorial service for 14 people who were killed when a fertilizer plant exploded and leveled part of the town of West, Texas last week is set to take place on Thursday at Baylor University's Ferrell Center in Waco.
President Barack Obama, Texas Governor Rick Perry and U...
Early Thursday Morning Bomb Threat at Lampasas Business
LAMPASAS - A bomb threat at a Lampasas business had local authorities closing several streets early Thursday morning.
A threat against Windsor Foods, in the 600 block of East 3rd Street, was received and the building was immediately evacuated just before 4 a...
First lawsuits filed in West fertilizer plant explosion
The first two lawsuits have been filed against the West Fertilizer Company explosion that killed 15 on April 17.
Both civil suits were filed in McLennan County district court against Adair Grain Inc., which also does business as West Fertilizer...
Florence Volunteer FD raises over $7000 for West
Cities of all sizes are banding together to help the victims of the West fertilizer plant explosion that killed 14, including 10 first-responders. The town of Florence, located about 90 miles south of West, and also has their own volunteer fire department, decided to chip and donate $7450 on Saturday...