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Numerous Rescues Underway As Waco Streets Flood

Major street flooding was reported Friday evening throughout Waco as heavy runoff from rains pushed creeks and drainage ditches out of their banks.

Storms Roll Into Texas

The tornado threat has ended now for the Dallas-Fort Worth area, as several waves of severe storms first teased, then battered the area’s biggest cities. At 10pm, the strongest storms were in Northeast Texas, with lighter rains remaining behind.

Charges against freelance photographer reduced

Felony charges filed against freelance news photographer Elmer Cavender have been reduced to a misdemeanor abuse of official capacity.

Firefighter and family left homeless after blaze

A Hope Township family of seven — including a firefighter and three adopted children — lost its home to fire Wednesday. The call for Hope and Edenville township firefighters went out at 11:32 a.m., quickly followed by calls for water and help from Mills and Jerome township firefighters. They converged on the little [...]

Storms spawn tornadoes across Texas Panhandle

From Austin 360
As residents in the Texas Panhandle cleaned up after storms that killed one and injured at least four others, people in some North Texas counties were facing flooding on Thursday night.

New Braunfels Fire Museum

Fanning history’s flame
By Suzanne Ashe
The Herald-Zeitung
In 1918, the first manned fire station in New Braunfels stood at 131 S. Hill Ave. The station, still at that location, has since been turned into the New Braunfels Fire Museum and houses carefully preserved remnants of past fire fighting equipment.
Darren Brinkkoeter, New Braunfels Fire Department [...]

Fire In North Austin Leaves 3 Homeless

Three people were displaced when a fire broke out at a North Austin apartment complex Thursday morning.
It happened around 2:15 a.m. in the 7900 block of Gault St. (map).
Luckily firefighters were able to put out the flames before they spread to the adjoining units.
Damages were contained to a bathroom and hallway.
No word yet on [...]