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State Briefs
For the Record
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This shorthair domestic
grey kitten is available for
adoption at the Mount
Pleasant Shelter. The
animal ID is 24682508.
The female feline is
almost four months old
Amarillo
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Agent allegedly
shoots self
according to Stewart:
sixth grade - fourth place
number sense, seventh place
calculator and seventh place
general math, Tanner Byrd;
and 10th place number
sense and 10th place
calculator, Dalton Brock.
Seventh grade winners
were: Kim Vaughn, sixth
place general math, and Ty
Waller, fourth place science.
From eighth grade, Galli
Stewart, first place general
math, fourth place number
sense, third place calculator
AUSTIN (AP) — The
head of the state Senate
Transportation Committee
is proposing a constitutional
amendment funneling part
of the revenue from Texas’
vehicle sales tax to building
and maintaining roads.
Sen. Robert Nichols
announced the plan
Wednesday during a news
This young grey kitten
can be adopted now.
To adopt this animal
and get information on
other animals available for
adoption, persons can go
by the animal shelter at
FELONY ARRESTS
Robin Palmer
Clemmons, 49, of Talco,
was arrested by Titus
County Sheriff’s officers
on a felony charge of
tampering with evidence,
according to records.
Dexter Maxwell
Mitchell, 29, of Benton,
Ark., was arrested
by Winfield Police
Department officers on
a felony charge of money
laundering, records show.
Jimmy Ray Tinsley Jr.,
30, of Mount Vernon, was
arrested by Titus County
Sheriff’s officers on a
felony charge of possession
of a controlled substance,
according to records.
failed to show up for church
Sunday and couldn’t be
reached Monday.
Houston police spokesman
Victor Senties declined to
comment on a possible motive.
Sat
2/7
ODESSA (AP) — An FBI
agent has been treated after
allegedly shooting himself
during West Texas drug
raids.
Messages left with the
FBI in El Paso weren’t
immediately returned
Wednesday. An earlier
FBI statement said an
agent suffered injuries
not believed to be life-
threatening during
Tuesday’s raids in Odessa.
The statement did not say
how the agent was hurt.
KOSA-TV reports the
agent accidentally shot
himself in the foot. One
woman at the scene,
Shaniqua Starling, said she
heard a gunshot, then saw
the injured man limping
down a ramp. Blood was
on the porch and inside the
residence.
Brownsville
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Daily Blotter
Dispatch calls through
Wednesday called officers
to report an abandoned
vehicle; service was rendered
by officers.
Officers responded to a
report of an alarm on CR
1330; service was rendered
by officers.
Officers responded to a
report of a theft on North
Fifth Street; a report was
made by officers.
Officers were called to
report a reckless driver
on Hwy. 49; officers were
unable to locate the driver.
Patrick.
Taxes collected on vehicle
sales currently flow into
the state budget’s general
revenue.
If passed by the Legislature
and eventually approved by
voters, Nichols’ plan would
divert all tax collections over
$2.5 billion annually for road
infrastructure beginning in
Woman seeks
help, killed
CORPUS CHRISTI
(AP) — A woman who
asked police to arrest her ex-
boyfriend on Monday was
found dead less than 24 hours
later.
Heather Coglaiti went
to police Monday seeking
protection from her ex-
boyfriend, Jose Calderon,
who she claimed had
been harassing her since
they broke up in January.
Documents provided by the
Corpus Christi police say
Coglaiti feared for her life,
citing death threats from the
ex-boyfriend.
In a recorded interview
with Corpus Christi police,
Calderon said that he knew
her routine but claimed he
was not capable of harming
her or her children. Less
than 24-hours later, police
found both Calderon and
Coglaiti dead inside her
apartment.
HOUSTON (AP) — Police
say the son of an Episcopal
priest has been charged
with capital murder in the
killings of his parents and
their 5-year-old son at their
Houston apartment.
Isaac Tiharihondi was
arrested about 2:30 a.m.
Wednesday in Jackson,
Mississippi. The 19-year-old
remains jailed in Mississippi
pending extradition to
Houston.
Police say 51-year-old
Israel Ahimbisibwe, 47-year-
old Dorcus Ahimbisibwe
and 5-year-old Israel
Ahimbisibwe, Jr. were found
dead in their apartment
Monday morning.
animated feature “Peter Pan”
was first released.
In 1967, “The Smothers
Brothers Comedy Hour”
premiered on CBS-TV.
In 1971, Apollo 14
astronauts Alan Shepard
and Edgar Mitchell stepped
onto the surface of the moon
in the first of two lunar
excursions.
In 1994, white separatist
Byron De La Beckwith
was convicted in Jackson,
Mississippi, of murdering
civil rights leader Medgar
Evers in 1963, and was
immediately sentenced to
life in prison. (Beckwith
died Jan. 21, 2001 at age 80.)
Sixty-eight people were killed
when a mortar shell exploded
in a marketplace in Sarajevo,
Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Israel Ahimbisibwe served
as Vicar at Houston’s Church
of the Redeemer.
Investigators say concerned
church members contacted
authorities after the family
and fifth place science;
Dylan Williams, ninth place
number sense and eighth
place general math; and
Cameron Priddy, ninth place
general math.
Other students
participating that helped
earn the third place team
ranking were:
Sixth graders Caden
Edwards and Skyler
Strickland, seventh grader
Jaycee Alexander and eighth
grader Zoe Lanier and
Chandler Priddy.
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2/8
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Today is Thursday, Feb. 5,
the 36th day of 2015. There
are 329 days left in the year.
On this date:
In 1897, the Indiana
House of Representatives
passed, 67-0, a measure
offering a new (as well as
hopelessly flawed) method
for determining the area of
a circle, which would have
effectively redefined the value
of pi as 3.2. (The bill died in
the Indiana Senate.)
In 1919, movie studio
United Artists was
incorporated by Mary
Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks,
D.W. Griffith and Charles
Chaplin.
In 1922, the first edition
of Reader’s Digest was
published.
In 1953, Walt Disney’s
Dallas
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WACO (AP) — Police
say a robbery suspect
and a resident have been
killed during drug-related
gunfire at a Central Texas
apartment.
Waco police say a second
suspect was shot but
survived and was being held
without bond Wednesday
on a capital murder charge.
McLennan County jail
records don’t list an attorney
for Garrett Marshall Gage,
who was treated for a leg
wound.
Police on Tuesday night
responded to a 911 call
about a robbery. Sgt. Patrick
Swanton says two men
forced their way into a Waco
apartment and apparently
tried to steal drugs from the
residents.
Police say one of the
suspects fatally shot a
resident, 20-year-old
Braeden Freeman. Swanton
says another resident used
a rifle to return fire, killing
the gunman and wounding
Gage.
Police didn’t immediately
identify the dead suspect.
cycle.
While the amount would
fluctuate based on sales totals,
Nichols said it could generate
$2-plus billion per year.
Nichols and Patrick said it
was a way to keep top Texas
Republicans’ campaign
promises to bolster
funding for transportation
infrastructure without
Mon
2/9
COURTS
Municipal court judge
Jerry Wesson collected 17
fines, gave two compliance
dismissals and issued three
warning notices.
Birthdays February 5, 2015
Baseball Hall-of-Famer Hank Aaron is
81. Actor Stuart Damon is 78. Financial
writer Jane Bryant Quinn is 76. Actor
David Selby is 74. Racing Hall-of-Famer
Darrell Waltrip is 68. Actor-comedian
Tim Meadows is 54. Actress Jennifer
Jason Leigh is 53. Singer Bobby Brown
is 46. Country singer Sara Evans is 44.
Country singer Tyler Farr is 31.
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Cloudy skies early,
then partly cloudy in
the afternoon. High
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7:12 AM 5:55 PM
Thu
2/5
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Abundant sunshine.
Highs in the low 60s
and lows in the mid
40s.
Sunrise Sunset
7:11AM 5:56 PM
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Abundant sunshine.
Highs in the upper
60s and lows in the
low 40s.
Sunrise Sunset
7:09 AM 5:59 PM
71/54
Clouds giving way to
sun . Highs in the
low 70s and lows in
the mid 50s.
Sunrise Sunset
7:11AM 5:57 PM
69/48
Mostly cloudy. Highs
in the upper 60s and
lows in the upper
40s.
Sunrise Sunset
7:10 AM 5:58 PM
Contributed photo
These Hugh Springs Junior High math team competitors are, from left:
Tanner Byrd, Ty Waller, Clay Holliday, Skyler Strickland, Kim Vaughn, Cameron
Priddy, Dalton Brock, Galli Stewart, Zoe Lanier, Caden Edwards, Jaycee
Alexander, Dylan Williams, and Chandler Priddy.
Fri
2/6
Thought for Today: “Many excellent words are ruined by
too definite a knowledge of their meaning.”
— Aline Kilmer, American poet (1888-1941).
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forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.”
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Today in History
The Associated Press - February 5, 2015
On Feb. 1, the Hughes
Springs Junior High School
math team competed in
Longview at Foster Middle
School.
“We took 13 students and
earned 14 top ten awards,”
according to math team
sponsor, Kera Stewart.
She said the team
placed third overall in the
competition.
The top ten winners
this past Saturday were,
HUNTSVILLE (AP) — A
three-time convicted robber
who helped engineer the
biggest prison break in
Texas history was set to be
executed Wednesday for
killing a suburban Dallas
police officer while the
notorious gang was on the
run.
Donald Newbury, 52,
would be the third member
of the group known as the
“Texas 7” executed for the
fatal shooting of 29-year-old
Aubrey Hawkins, an Irving
officer who interrupted
the fugitives’ robbery of
a sporting goods store on
Christmas Eve in 2000.
The slaying occurred
11 days after the convicts
escaped. The gang was
captured a month later in
Colorado.
Newbury’s attorneys
asked the U.S. Supreme
Court to keep him from
lethal injection, arguing
that previous lawyers were
deficient and courts did not
provide adequate money for
a defense expert to illustrate
how Newbury’s abusive
childhood influenced his
violent behavior.
AUSTIN (AP) — In an
online video Wednesday,
a gun rights activist
pushing for legislation
allowing Texans to openly
carry handguns tells state
legislators that “treason is
punishable by death.”
Kory Watkins of Open
Carry Tarrant County
posted, then later pulled,
the video on YouTube, but
not before another user
uploaded it. The link was
then shared by groups
that oppose open-carry
legislation.
In the 4-minute video,
Watkins, 31, says, “We
should be demanding these
people give us our rights
back, or it’s punishable by
death. Treason. Do you
understand how serious this
is, Texas?”
The Texas constitution
says that a person can be
convicted of treason only for
waging war or supporting
enemies of the state.
Watkins tells viewers
to do “more than foots in
doors,” apparently referring
to a confrontation he had
with Rep. Alfonso “Poncho”
Nevarez at the Texas Capitol
on Jan. 13 during which a
gun rights activist put his
foot in a door to keep it
from closing.
Watkins, 31, has been a
vocal advocate of legislation
that would allow open carry,
something that has been
prohibited in Texas almost
since the Civil War.
The reform seemed
primed to pass this year in
the Republican-controlled
Legislature, with leadership
including Lt. Gov. Dan
Patrick pledging to “fight for
open carry.”
On the first day of
the legislative session,
Watkins and a group of
other activists had a heated
exchange with Nevarez in
his office. Soon after, the
Texas Department of Public
Safety assigned a security
detail to the Democratic
lawmaker from Eagle Pass.
The confrontation raised
tensions around open carry,
and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick,
who oversees the flow of
legislation in the Senate,
suggested last week that the
issue wasn’t a priority in
the upper chamber — only
to release a subsequent
statement reversing himself.
That prompted a meeting
between Watkins and
Patrick’s senior staff.
On Wednesday, Patrick’s
spokesman Alejandro
Garcia could not be reached
for comment.
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