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Joseph Preston Richardson III. Photo: Miller County Sheriff’s Office

Miller County Murder Case on Hold as Mental Evaluation Results Are Pending

A murder case in Miller County is on hold while a mental evaluation of the defendant is pending, per the Texarkana Gazette. Joseph Preston Richardson III, 24, faces a first-degree murder charge in the fatal May 22 shooting of Clay Walker. He is presumed innocent...

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Miller County Murder Case on Hold as Mental Evaluation Results Are Pending

Miller County Murder Case on Hold as Mental Evaluation Results Are Pending

ByLocal National November 13, 2026 Texarkana
A murder case in Miller County is on hold while a mental evaluation of the defendant is pending, per the Texarkana Gazette. Joseph Preston Richardson III, 24, faces a first-degree murder charge in the...
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Texarkana Artist Henry Fort II’s Scott Joplin Painting Heads to New York Museum Exhibition

Texarkana Artist Henry Fort II’s Scott Joplin Painting Heads to New York Museum Exhibition

ByLocal National November 13, 2026 Culture,Texarkana
A painting of ragtime composer Scott Joplin at his Texarkana school is part of a new show at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York, per the Texarkana Gazette. “Scott Joplin at Orr School,”...
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Lubbock Company Develops Device Meant to Prevent Crude Oil Theft at Load Lines

Lubbock Company Develops Device Meant to Prevent Crude Oil Theft at Load Lines

ByLocal National November 13, 2026 Midland
A Lubbock company has developed a device meant to stop crude oil thieves by locking down the valve on a producer’s load line, according to the Midland Reporter-Telegram. The product, OilGuard, from...
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Midland Police Investigate Armed Robbery in 2500 Block of Commerce Drive

Midland Police Investigate Armed Robbery in 2500 Block of Commerce Drive

ByLocal National November 13, 2026 Midland
According to the Midland Police Department, police are looking into a gunpoint robbery reported the night of Saturday, Nov. 7, in the 2500 block of Commerce Drive. Officers went to the area around...
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Midland Police Investigate Drive-By Shooting That Hit Home on South Fort Worth Street

Midland Police Investigate Drive-By Shooting That Hit Home on South Fort Worth Street

ByLocal National November 13, 2026 Midland
Gunfire from a drive-by shooting early Saturday, Nov. 7, hit a home in the 1400 block of South Fort Worth Street in Midland and narrowly missed two of the eight people inside, according to the Midland...
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Texas Executes John Allen Rubio for 2003 Killings of Three Children in Brownsville

Texas Executes John Allen Rubio for 2003 Killings of Three Children in Brownsville

ByLocal National November 13, 2026 Brownsville
Texas executed John Allen Rubio, 46, by lethal injection Thursday evening at the state prison in Huntsville for the 2003 killings of three young children in Brownsville, according to the Brownsville...
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Three Sentenced to Combined 39.5 Years in Firearms Trafficking Case Tied to Laredo Crossings

Three Sentenced to Combined 39.5 Years in Firearms Trafficking Case Tied to Laredo Crossings

ByLocal National November 13, 2026 Laredo
Three people received a combined 39.5 years in prison Nov. 10 from a federal judge in Del Rio for a gun-trafficking scheme that involved repeated trips into Mexico through Laredo, according to the...
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Beeville Police Arrest Two Adults and a Juvenile in Vehicle Burglary and Stolen Firearm Investigation

Beeville Police Arrest Two Adults and a Juvenile in Vehicle Burglary and Stolen Firearm Investigation

ByLocal National November 12, 2026 Beeville
Beeville police arrested two adults and referred a juvenile to juvenile authorities in a case involving vehicle break-ins and a stolen gun last weekend, according to the Beeville Police Department...
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Beeville Police Arrest Three, Including Two Juveniles, After Shots-Fired Call on South Tyler Street

Beeville Police Arrest Three, Including Two Juveniles, After Shots-Fired Call on South Tyler Street

ByLocal National November 12, 2026 Beeville
Beeville police arrested three people, two of them juveniles, after responding to a shots-fired call and an assault last weekend, according to the Beeville Police Department. Mark Mungia, 19, is...
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Miller County Murder Case on Hold as Mental Evaluation Results Are Pending

Miller County Murder Case on Hold as Mental Evaluation Results Are Pending

ByLocal National November 13, 2026 Texarkana
A murder case in Miller County is on hold while a mental evaluation of the defendant is pending, per...
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Texarkana Artist Henry Fort II’s Scott Joplin Painting Heads to New York Museum Exhibition

Texarkana Artist Henry Fort II’s Scott Joplin Painting Heads to New York Museum Exhibition

ByLocal National November 13, 2026 Culture,Texarkana
A painting of ragtime composer Scott Joplin at his Texarkana school is part of a new show at the...
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Lubbock Company Develops Device Meant to Prevent Crude Oil Theft at Load Lines

Lubbock Company Develops Device Meant to Prevent Crude Oil Theft at Load Lines

ByLocal National November 13, 2026 Midland
A Lubbock company has developed a device meant to stop crude oil thieves by locking down the valve...
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Midland Police Investigate Armed Robbery in 2500 Block of Commerce Drive

Midland Police Investigate Armed Robbery in 2500 Block of Commerce Drive

ByLocal National November 13, 2026 Midland
According to the Midland Police Department, police are looking into a gunpoint robbery reported the...
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Midland Police Investigate Drive-By Shooting That Hit Home on South Fort Worth Street

Midland Police Investigate Drive-By Shooting That Hit Home on South Fort Worth Street

ByLocal National November 13, 2026 Midland
Gunfire from a drive-by shooting early Saturday, Nov. 7, hit a home in the 1400 block of South Fort...
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Texas Executes John Allen Rubio for 2003 Killings of Three Children in Brownsville

Texas Executes John Allen Rubio for 2003 Killings of Three Children in Brownsville

ByLocal National November 13, 2026 Brownsville
Texas executed John Allen Rubio, 46, by lethal injection Thursday evening at the state prison in...
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Three Sentenced to Combined 39.5 Years in Firearms Trafficking Case Tied to Laredo Crossings

Three Sentenced to Combined 39.5 Years in Firearms Trafficking Case Tied to Laredo Crossings

ByLocal National November 13, 2026 Laredo
Three people received a combined 39.5 years in prison Nov. 10 from a federal judge in Del Rio for a...
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Beeville Police Arrest Two Adults and a Juvenile in Vehicle Burglary and Stolen Firearm Investigation

Beeville Police Arrest Two Adults and a Juvenile in Vehicle Burglary and Stolen Firearm Investigation

ByLocal National November 12, 2026 Beeville
Beeville police arrested two adults and referred a juvenile to juvenile authorities in a case...
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Beeville Police Arrest Three, Including Two Juveniles, After Shots-Fired Call on South Tyler Street

Beeville Police Arrest Three, Including Two Juveniles, After Shots-Fired Call on South Tyler Street

ByLocal National November 12, 2026 Beeville
Beeville police arrested three people, two of them juveniles, after responding to a shots-fired call...
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