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Dangerously High River Threatens Dallas Residents

The Trinity River rose above its flood stage Thursday morning, reaching 39.91 feet. Because of massive flooding, the river has caused major concerns to those surrounding the swollen body of water.

Lake levels on the rise across Central Texas

Rain in the Hill Country and other parts of Central Texas continued to strain local dams Thursday. Lower Colorado River Authority is keeping floodgates open at dams on the river. Floodgates are open at Buchanan, Wirtz, Starcke, Mansfield and Tom Miller dams. As a result, the rising water is forcing those [...]

Carbon Monoxide Poisons 25 Shrimp Plant Workers

Federal investigators from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are looking into the carbon monoxide poisoning cases at a Port Arthur shrimp plant. Click here for video from KFDM

Firefighter Loses Everything When Home Burns

A Jefferson County family is spending the night together, happy to be safe and alive, after a fire re-ignited Wednesday morning and burned what was left of the firefighter’s home. click here to see video at KFDM

Denton Arson Fire at The Tomato

Before the wrecking crew could push down the walls of The Tomato, the Fry Street icon died by fire Wednesday night at the hands of men seen running from the building just before flames burst out from the windows.
Click here for great video from www.dentonrc.com.
Denton firefighters work Wednesday night to contain a fire that destroyed [...]

People jump from 2 – alarm Dallas apartment fire

10:45 AM CDT on Thursday, June 28, 2007
An early morning fire Thursday led some people to jump from the second floor of a Dallas apartment building.
3100 Cedar Plaza Lane The two-alarm fire was reported around 1 a.m. at the La Sierra apartment complex in the 3100 block of Cedar Plaza Lane near Love Field. [...]

Storm wreaks havoc in Permian Basin

Wednesday was cleanup time after a squall line of thunderstorms pounded the Permian Basin with winds as high as 98 miles an hour uprooting trees and even injuring four people as their mobile home was overturned and destroyed in Seminole. Gaines County, particularly Seminole, was probably hardest hit in the storms, National Weather [...]