![]() ![]() Police responding to shots fired found Teel, who was seven months pregnant, in her car in a parking lot. Beaumont police have said they believe 19-year-old Kera Teel was shot during a string of attempted robberies. Jail records show 22-year-old Jared Javon Bias of Beaumont was being held without bond Thursday in the June 6 slaying. Investigators say a Southeast Texas man has been charged with capital murder in the fatal shooting of a pregnant woman whose unborn daughter also died. Investigators say a deputy reported unwanted sexual advances by Birchum during a February fundraising event in Buffalo Gap to benefit volunteer fire departments. An official oppression charge was dropped against the ex-sheriff’s lieutenant as part of a plea deal.īirchum, who was elected in 2016, was also fined $1,500, must do 100 hours of community service and is required to take sex harassment prevention and sensitivity classes. Official gets 2 years for public lewdnessĪuthorities say a Taylor County elected official accused of groping a female sheriff’s deputy has pleaded guilty to public lewdness and must serve two years of probation.Ĭounty Commissioner William Bradley Birchum of Abilene pleaded guilty Thursday to the misdemeanor count. The race began Saturday in San Marcos and traverses the San Marcos and Guadalupe rivers to the coast. They were participating in the annual Texas Water Safari race, described by organizers as the world’s toughest canoe race. The group was wearing life jackets, and none were injured. A helicopter crew was dispatched to retrieve them. The four shot a red flare that was seen by a passing vessel that then notified the Coast Guard early Wednesday. ![]() The Coast Guard has rescued four people from a small island on the Texas coast after their canoe capsized toward the end of a taxing 264-mile race.Ĭoast Guard officials said in a statement Wednesday that a large wave overturned the canoe in the night near Seadrift, just north of Matagorda Island. Hennig said one Odessa apartment complex had some windows broken by hail, but nobody was hurt.Ĭoast Guard rescues 4 in Texas Water Safari Winds reached 69 mph near Midland, Hennig said.Īn Odessa car dealership posted photos online of rows of new cars with busted windows. Odessa police warned of possible street flooding. Hennig said 4-inch hail was recorded Wednesday night near Odessa as storms dumped about an inch of rain. Meteorologist David Hennig in Midland said temperatures there could top 100 degrees Friday and Saturday. The National Weather Service said the chance for more severe weather continued late Thursday in the Midland and Odessa area, followed by a heat wave this weekend. Whatever moisture Midlanders received will have a chance to soak into the ground before high temperatures again are expected to top 100 degrees this weekend.Storms packing winds of more than 60 mph and hail as big as grapefruit left behind damage in West Texas but no reported injuries. What remained after most of the moisture had exited the area were winds that reached 38 mph (sustained) and 51 mph (gusts) at Midland International and 40 mph (sustained) and 51 mph (gusts) at Airpark, according to the National Weather Service. The showers from the two waves of storms during the early evening that had produced nearly 0.6 inch in northwest Midland had basically missed the NWS office. The National Weather Service reported 0.11 inch of rain fell at Midland International as of its 6:53 p.m. This storm continues along (State Highway) 158 and is moving into Sterling County.”īy 6:55 p.m., the National Weather Service office in Midland reported a flood advisory for Glasscock, Martin and Midland counties until 10 p.m. the NWS on its social media reported, “Emergency managers have reported a tornado on the ground. The NWS reported the storm “will contain wind gusts to 80 mph and baseball size hail.”īy 6:38 p.m. That storm system produced tornadic activity as it moved east of out Midland and into Glasscock County. The National Weather Service reported this weekend that 0.57 inch of rain has fallen since Sept. In that round, rain totals of one-half inch were reported in northwest Midland in less than an hour. ![]()
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