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The McLennan County bomb squad was called to a home in West Wednesday after a contractor discovered a live, World War II-era grenade inside a footlocker.

Investigators announced Wednesday that the fire that ultimately led to the explosion of the West Fertilizer plant was "incendiary in nature" and a criminal act.

A former volunteer paramedic with the City of West is being held without bond after investigators found child pornography in his possession.

A former West volunteer EMS was sentenced to 21 months in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to attempted obstruction of justice and conspiracy to manufacture a destructive device.

DALLAS (AP) — A former Texas paramedic faces sentencing on charges that he tried to assemble a pipe bomb, in a case unrelated to the fertilizer plant blast that devastated his town.

Some residents of West are angry after the publication of an article by the director of the Long-Term Recovery Center in a local paper.

Schools in West will soon host a new software tool that allows teachers and students to alert police without calling 911.

WEST, Texas (AP) — Students displaced after a deadly fertilizer plant explosion earlier this year damaged their Central Texas town's campuses are coming home for the start of the new school year. When classes resume on Monday, students in the town of West will be back in familiar surroundings as well as in some temporary structures...

A former West paramedic arrested for the possession of bomb-making materials and an unregistered firearm is free today, but still faces trial.

The Chemical Safety Board has conducted an investigation of the circumstances surrounding the West Fertilizer Plant and is now recommending new regulations to prevent future tragedies.