A 47-year-old woman was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Monday for sending homemade explosive devices to former President Barack Obama, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and other officials. Julia Ann Poff pleaded guilty to the offenses over the summer, but Monday in a courtroom in Houston, she burst into sobs and said she had done nothing wrong. “I don’t …

Garland police have arrested a suspect in a hit-and-run that killed a Rowlett woman last week. Edgar Alfonso Ugalde(Garland Police Department) Edgar Alfonso Ugalde, 27, turned himself in to police Tuesday on a charge of failure to stop and render aid. Police had named him a suspect Monday in connection with Thursday’s fatal crash. According to police, Ugalde was speeding …

A bloody knife found when a stolen car was pulled over south of Waco could help authorities solve a grisly mystery in Plano where a man and woman in their 70s were found dead in their apartment. If not for that traffic stop, McLennan County Sheriff Parnell McNamara said, the two women who were arrested “may be long gone.” The knife was …

A man faces a murder charge after police accused him of killing an elderly woman outside her Addison apartment in July. Walter Portillo, 30, was already in jail on unrelated charges when he confessed to the murder of 82-year-old Joan Mulcahy, Addison police said. Police found Mulcahy’s body in her wheelchair July 1 in the 4800 block of Westgrove Drive and released …

Dallas County taxpayers will foot the bill for District Attorney John Creuzot’s legal fees in his contempt of court case that stems from comments he made regarding the trial of Amber Guyger, the off-duty police officer who murdered Botham John, an unarmed black man, in his own apartment. The Dallas County Commissioners Court on Tuesday approved up to $30,000 for a high-priced …

WASHINGTON — Rick Perry ends his stint as energy secretary showered with praise by his boss and fellow Texas Republicans. President Donald Trump turned to the former governor to open a Tuesday morning Cabinet meeting — Perry’s last — with a prayer in which Perry said all the officials in the room were there because they had been “ordained” to …

Work on software to help operate the Dallas County jail continues to be on hold after the commissioners court failed to take up the issue at its Tuesday meeting. Dallas County staff is still developing a menu of options for the commissioners to consider as it decides whether to move forward with the software being developed with TechShare, a multi-county …

ATLANTA – Ten Democratic presidential candidates will mix it up Wednesday night for two hours on national television. San Antonio’s Julián Castro won’t be one of them. Shut out of the debates for the first time, he arrived in Atlanta ahead of the event hoping to nab a modicum of attention—enough perhaps to keep his shoestring effort alive. It’s the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston Texans fans know star defensive end J.J. Watt as arguably the team’s most famous player. So, how would getting the chance to talk directly with Watt sound? On Tuesday, No. 99 posted a video on his social media accounts along with the caption “text me. 262.404.3664.” In the video, Watt explained that he has begun …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A witness in the Trump impeachment hearings is no stranger to teachers in Houston. On Tuesday, Jennifer Williams testified in front of Congress. She says she overheard a phone call between President Donald Trump and the Ukrainian leader which she called “unusual.” “It involved discussion of what appeared to be a domestic political matter,” said Williams. …