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Texas has halted any construction of EPIC City. There is no construction taking place. The state of Texas has launched about a half dozen investigations into this project. That includes criminal investigations. And, the US Department of justice is also investigating. This matter, and similar matters, are taken very seriously, and actions are being taken to address all concerns.

Case: 25-1211201 Date: Thursday, May 1, 2025 Time: 6:59 p.m. Location: 2001 E. Riverside Drive. Victim (deceased): Marcos Valerio-Rodriguez, Hispanic male, 5/27/87 On Thursday, May 1, 2025, at approximately 6:59 p.m., Austin Police Department (APD) officers and Austin Travis County Emergency Medical Services (ATCEMS) responded to a call that reported someone was shot at the Shell station located at 2001 E. Riverside Drive. Officers arrived on scene and located an unresponsive man with apparent gunshot wounds to his torso on the ground in the parking lot. Another man and a woman were also on scene. The injured male was later...

The following information was gleaned from the Frisco police reports written about the incident on the day it happened. On April 2, 2025, two young men, Austin Metcalf of Frisco Memorial High School and Karmelo Anthony of Centennial High School were involved in an altercation. The altercation reportedly took place at the Memorial High School Tent in the visitors bleachers at David Kuykendall Stadium, located between the two schools. It was about 10 A.M. and raining.The two schools are about 7 miles apart in Frisco, north of Dallas, in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area.From a witness of the altercation, as...

A Texas teen charged in the stabbing death of a track star is holed up in an exclusive gated community in a $900,000 house - despite claiming to have limited financial means as he convinced a judge to release him from jail. Karmelo Anthony, 17, walked free from prison after a controversial decision by a judge to lower his bond for charges that he stabbed and killed Austin Metcalf at a track meet on April 2. Local cops says a confrontation between Metcalf and Anthony broke out during a high school track meet when Metcalf called out Anthony, who did...

Investigation into Fatal Shooting at 2501 Westridge Street April 10, 2025 The fatal shooting of a man at 2501 Westridge Street about 9:15 p.m. on Wednesday (April 9) will be referred to a Harris County grand jury The identity of the deceased male, 18, is pending verification by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences. The male shooter, 20, was not injured in the incident. HPD Homicide Division Detectives L. Patterson and N. Henderson reported: HPD patrol officers responded to a home invasion call at an apartment complex at the above address and were told by witnesses that three males...

Opponents of a proposed Muslim city in Texas flooded a public meeting Monday in hopes of stopping a controversial Islamic compound from getting necessary permits to begin construction. For two hours, the Collin County Commissioners Court heard dozens of speakers pleading with them to deny the East Plano Islamic Center or EPIC, permits needed to build a city for Muslims that's meant to be 'the epicenter of Islam in America' by organizers. EPIC, a sprawling house of worship located in Plano, Texas- just north of Dallas- has recently become a target for Gov. Greg Abbott who has accused the mosque...

On February 5, 2025, an officer responded to a “suspicious person with a weapon” call near a Jack-in-the-Box located on the 5900 block of Gulf Freeway. The video does not say what department the officer was with. The address is in downtown Houston, so the officer is probably from the Houston Police Department. The officer noticed a young man and started questioning him. The young man stated he had been inside the Jack-in-the-Box watching his brothers sell “waters” outside. A man, with a knife in hand, had rushed at his brothers. The young man said he had pulled out a...

Rep. Jasmine Crockett slammed Trump in a post on X: "It's been a long day… but in short, bullies ain't s***! I don't care what title you hold! This isn't some long gone reality tv show or failed casino…. this is war! How dare a draft dodging dumb dupe humiliate an ally and berate an actual brave man who has actually been on a battlefield for his people?!" Crockett added: "Let me say this to the WORLD, I am sorry that the bright light America used to be is dimming."

War hero and triple-amputee Brian Kolfage sits in prison for daring to build a Southern Border wall when Congress would not. The SDNY targeted and imprisoned him – the same SDNY that is withholding Epstein files from AG Bondi. Brian Kolfage may die in prison after being convicted on false charges pushed by the corrupt SDNY in a corrupt New York court overseen by corrupt Obama judge, Analisa Torres. Brian did nothing wrong. The judge prevented evidence that would exonerate him from being shared in the court and he was convicted by a biased New York jury that didn’t give...

This is better than a hot stock tip from Nancy Pelosi. Usually, they keep information like this — how to become a billionaire without even trying — behind a paywall or subscription. But here's Rep. Jasmine Crockett just given the secret away for free.. Rep. Crockett: Elon Musk is "a billionaire… when you know the right people who just give you money, you can be a billionaire too."

Crockett was asked about a broad sentiment among voters that President Donald Trump is keeping his campaign promises, a reality they are rewarding with substantial approval ratings, coupled with a struggling Democratic Party seen by many as too left-wing. The lawmaker replied that the voters simply need more “education” to “understand” why the Democrats, who recently suffered massive defeats, are actually the correct coalition to lead the country.

Here’s what she had to say during a recent hearing on censorship: “The thing about the Constitution is that it has always been a balancing test. There are limits to this. And right now what we continue to hear from a certain side of the aisle is that there are no limits to this lawlessness. In fact, there are limits, and I can tell you that one of those limits typically is around hate crimes. You may or may not know that when it comes down to it, if somebody decides that they want to send something hateful in, say,...

SAN ANTONIO - A hairstylist is calling one of her customers a hero after he came to the rescue during an armed robbery inside a North Side beauty salon, shooting and killing the suspect. The whole ordeal took place around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday night at Marissa's Beauty Salon on Basse Rd. It was thirty minutes before closing when a masked man holding a gun barged in demanding everyone's property, according to the hairstylist named Nancy, who declined to give her last name. "Money, cell phones," Nancy remembers the man shouting. "Money, cell phones, purse. Money, money." There were only three...

On January 15th and January 16th, in Houston, Texas, two young men fired guns in defense of self and others. One young man was protecting himself and his companions in the car he occupied. The other was protecting his pregnant significant other. Both actions appear to be justified. Both young men are reported to be less than 21 years old.The Texas restoration of Constitutional carry, passed in 2021, generally excluded people under the age of 21. Here are the two incidents.On January 16, 2025, at 9:30 p.m., a young man was driving with his pregnant significant other. The incident started...

Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) was AWOL for months. She was “missing”—no one knew where she was, which was made more conspicuous apparently with the mountain of missed votes. Calls to her office went straight to voicemail. When Congress was barreling toward a total shutdown this week, which has been averted, Dallas Express wanted to know how Congresswoman Granger would vote on the continuing resolution. They found her office locked, with no staff in sight. Now, we know where she has been for weeks: an assisted living facility that specializes in those living with dementia.

The very unpopular "Congressman" from Texas, Chip Roy, is getting in the way, as usual, of having yet another Great Republican Victory - All for the sake of some cheap publicity for himself. Republican obstructionists have to be done away with. The Democrats are using them, and we can't let that happen. Our Country is far better off closing up for a period of time than it is agreeing to the things that the Democrats want to force upon us. Biden is President, and it's his obligation to properly lead. We're there to do the right thing, and we can't...

The Killeen Police Department was dispatched early Wednesday morning after an exchange of gunfire between individuals allegedly stealing a car and the car’s owner, according to KPD. Police spokeswoman Ofelia Miramontez said a resident was in his home at the 4400 block of Jeff Scott Drive when he heard one of his vehicles being started up in his driveway. He found that his sedan was being stolen after he went to investigate. The resident followed the stolen vehicle in a Tahoe. When the driver in the stolen vehicle pulled into a cul-de-sac on Eula Bea Court, the vehicle’s owner stopped...

Two home invasions, one in Texas and the other in Florida, were thwarted this past weekend when armed citizens acted to save themselves from violent intruders. On Friday evening, police in DeSoto, Texas were called out to a home after a woman frantically called 911 to report a strange man carrying a handgun was trying to break into her home. The 911 operator could hear screaming and yelling on the call as the man, later identified as Octavio Flores Mondragon, attempted to force his way in through the garage, and several neighbors simultaneously called 911 about reported gunshots, the release...

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- The Harris County Sheriff's Office is investigating an apparent double murder-suicide in northeast Harris County where three people, including two brothers, were shot and killed during what officials are calling a domestic dispute among neighbors Thursday evening. Officials said it started in the 11700 block of S. Spicewood Lane around 11 p.m. when a woman and her boyfriend were fighting. HCSO said during the argument that the woman took her two children to the home next door where three brothers lived for safety reasons. Police said they were unclear about how well the men knew...

On Wednesday, 25 September, 2024, Houston ex-police officer Gerald Goines was found guilty of two counts of felony murder. Reporters in the courtroom, when the verdict of guilty against former officer Goines was read, said they were shocked he was convicted. Goines has been unconfined for nearly five years after he retired in March of 2019.The sentencing phase of the current trial will start on September 26, 2024. From click2houston.com:The jury in the high-profile murder trial of former Houston Police Department narcotics officer Gerald Goines reached a verdict of guilty Wednesday afternoon. Goines was found guilty of two counts of...