Yearly Archives: 2019

Irving: Crews Work to Upright a Crane That Nearly Toppled Onto a House

Irving: Crews Work to Upright a Crane That Nearly Toppled Onto a House

An Oncor crew is on the scene outside a home on Waterford Street in Irving, where one of their contractor’s cranes almost toppled over onto a house in the gated community overnight. Tony Harvey with Irving Fire says that “Oncor was working on a transformer located behind the houses on Waterford when the pavement gave…MORE

Record-Breaking Number Of African Migrants Coming To America

Record-Breaking Number Of African Migrants Coming To America

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – People fleeing economic hardship and human rights abuses in African countries are coming to the U.S.-Mexico border in unprecedented numbers. They have been arriving from places like the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola. Cameroonians have also been traveling up through Mexico and into the…MORE

Texas Sheriff’s Sergeant Dies After Found With Head Injuries

Texas Sheriff’s Sergeant Dies After Found With Head Injuries

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Texas sheriff’s sergeant who died shortly after being found in his car with head injuries apparently suffered a medical emergency and wasn’t shot, as deputies initially suspected, authorities said Saturday. The Tarrant County medical examiner’s office determined that Sgt. Keith Shepherd suffered a pulmonary embolism. After falling, he was…MORE