Posted 8:21 AM 5/21/2013 by Ashley Byers -- abyers@kristv.com
The former Taft High School band director who was caught in a motel room with a student is expected to be sentenced this morning.
Roy Hinojosa pleaded guilty to charges of having a relationship with a student earlier this month.
He was arrested after he was caught in the motel room with (More)
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Posted 8:12 AM 5/21/2013 by Ashley Byers -- abyers@kristv.com
CORPUS CHRISTI -- The punishment phase for a Corpus Christi man found guilty in a deadly shooting at a gas station is expected to start today.
Yesterday, a court convicted 18-year-old Jose Angel Macias, Jr. of shooting Casimiro Guerra III after an argument outside the Stripes store on Ayers and Bevecrest.
The 21-year-old victim died at the hospital.
Court documents say that a man, who was with Macias that night, claims the shooting happened after a bad drug deal.
Posted 8:06 AM 5/21/2013
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah - Josh Powell reportedly had an affair just months before his wife disappeared and his brother may have been "heavily involved" in getting rid of her body, Utah police revealed as they announced they couldn't solve the sensational case.The West Valley City (More)
Posted 8:02 AM 5/21/2013
AUSTIN - A federal appeals court has upheld a Texas law that says 18-20-year-olds cannot receive a concealed handgun license.The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that the Texas law limiting handgun licenses is constitutional. Lawmakers had decided that those under 21 were not (More)
Posted 7:59 AM 5/21/2013
AUSTIN - The Texas House is considering a proposal that would create special districts operated by turnaround experts to improve struggling schools.The bill by Dallas Democratic Sen. Royce West cleared the Senate May 1.The House will likely vote on it on Tuesday - but has (More)
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Posted 7:54 AM 5/21/2013
AUSTIN - Members of an elite search and rescue team from Texas have been dispatched to Oklahoma to help with recovery following a deadly tornado.Gov. Rick Perry on Monday night announced activation of Texas Task Force 1 (one). The emergency response came after a massive twister Monday (More)
Posted 7:51 AM 5/21/2013
KINGSVILLE - A South Texas school district facing academic and financial challenges to stay open could get help from a university.The Premont Independent School District and the Texas A&M University System scheduled a news conference Tuesday. The announcement on the campus of (More)
Posted 7:47 AM 5/21/2013
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. - A Montana man died in a rock climbing accident as he tried to climb to the top of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, authorities said.Mason Robison, 38, was killed after a rock dislodged and severed his rope as he and a partner were about 2,300 feet (More)
Posted 7:44 AM 5/21/2013
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. - A newlywed mentally disabled couple forced to live in separate New York group homes may soon be able to move in together.According to court papers, Paul Forziano and Hava Samuels have been offered an apartment in a group home for the mentally disabled in Riverhead (More)
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Posted 7:42 AM 5/21/2013
BANGOR, Maine - State police in Maine say a body found in the woods likely is that of a 15-year-old girl last seen more than a week ago.Spokesman Steve McCausland says the body was found at about 9:30 p.m. Monday by the Maine Warden Service in an undisclosed wooded location. Recovery (More)
Posted 7:40 AM 5/21/2013
MOORE, Okla. (AP) - Search and rescue crews worked through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood. At least 51 people were killed, including at least 20 children, and those (More)
Posted 7:37 AM 5/21/2013
WASHINGTON - A Senate panel says Apple Inc. is avoiding paying billions of dollars in U.S. taxes, but the world's most valuable company says it is complying with the laws and pays "an extraordinary amount" in taxes to the U.S. government.Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook is scheduled to testify (More)
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