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View MoreGrand jury declines to indict fired Precinct 7 sergeant accused of beating adopted children
A Harris County grand jury declined to indict former Precinct 7 Sergeant Jocelyn Ballard on felony child abuse charges, but she remains fired after an internal investigation and has appealed her termination.
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View MoreKlein Fire's nine-call hour illustrates why voters approved tax cap increase
Klein Fire Department responded to nine simultaneous emergencies on Aug. 4, highlighting the operational strain that led voters to approve doubling the district's tax rate cap in a May special election.
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View MoreTree service worker dies during cutting job on Cahill Lane in Spring
A 45-year-old tree service worker died Wednesday, Aug. 5, while cutting a tree near a clubhouse in the 13500 block of Cahill Lane in Spring's MUD 5 area; Constable Precinct 4 initially reported an electrical shock but later attributed the death to a medical emergency.
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View MoreHarris County man charged with murder for fentanyl that killed 18-year-old
Avery Williams, 30, was arrested Aug. 5 and charged with murder by fentanyl delivery after a seven-month HCSO investigation linked him to the January overdose death of 18-year-old Logan Ricks and the near-fatal overdose of a 16-year-old in Harris County.
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View MoreMan charged with aggravated assault after striking woman with truck on FM 1960
Jorge Luis Perez, 24, has been charged with aggravated assault and booked into Harris County Jail after allegedly striking an 18-year-old woman with a pickup truck on FM 1960 near the North Freeway following an argument.
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View MoreSpring deputy chief Scott Schoonover marks 30 years with the fire department
Spring Fire Department Deputy Chief Scott Schoonover reached his 30-year service anniversary on Aug. 4, having joined as a junior firefighter while attending Klein Oak High School and risen through every rank to lead the department's support services division.
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View MoreFamily of deputy killed on I-45 files wrongful death lawsuit against trucking companies
The family of 24-year-old MCSO Deputy Erika Serrato, killed June 28 while directing traffic on I-45 near the Woodlands Parkway exit, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the trucking companies that employed the driver who allegedly fell asleep at the wheel and struck her at 65 mph.
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View MoreCenterPoint passes 500 miles of hardened power lines as hurricane season peaks
CenterPoint Energy announced it has hardened more than 500 miles of power lines across Greater Houston under its resiliency initiative launched after Hurricane Beryl, with Spring-area residents able to track neighborhood-level upgrades online as the utility targets 750 miles by year's end.
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View MoreWoman critically injured by hit-and-run driver on FM 1960 near North Fwy, HCSO says
A woman was transported to a hospital in critical condition after being intentionally struck by a vehicle in the 400 block of FM 1960 near the North Freeway on Tuesday morning; the Harris County Sheriff's Office has not released a suspect or vehicle description.
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View MoreHarris County Precinct 4 responds to four crashes, multiple DWI arrests as Stop on Red Week begins
Constable Mark Herman highlights National Stop on Red Week as Precinct 4 deputies respond to four major crashes and at least five DWI arrests across Spring-area roads over the weekend and into Monday.
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View MoreDrug deal led to Burger King parking lot shooting in Spring, Precinct 4 says
Harris County Precinct 4 investigators say the Aug. 2 shooting outside a Spring Burger King resulted from a drug deal; Tarvis Howard was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
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View MoreSpring fire chief led 20-firefighter team in south Texas flood response
Spring Fire District Chief Larry Wilkinson led a multi-county TIFMAS strike team of more than 20 firefighters to Cotulla during July's catastrophic Nueces River flooding, the department announced Aug. 3.
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