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Klein La Porte North Houston
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Tomball Waller Webster
Beach City Jacinto City Jersey Village
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Prosecutors: Texas woman convinced Harris County teen to prostitute herself (11 News Houston)
HOUSTON—A 23-year-old Texas woman is facing felony charges after police say she convinced a teenager to prostitute herself in Harris County. Morgan Elaine Riffe is charged with compelling prostitution and promotion of child pornography. According to court documents, Riffe promised a Harris County teenager money to prostitute herself and then took a photograph of the teen engaged in sexual ...N. Texas Breast Cancer Rate Higher Than Average (CBS 11 Dallas - Fort Worth) North Texas women are diagnosed with breast cancer at a higher rate than the rest of the state, according to health officials at a Fort Worth hospital. Susan Shields, director of the cancer program at the Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth, said there are 120 cases per 100,000 women in Tarrant County and the surrounding counties, compared to the national rate of 114 per 100,000.
Equusearch Volunteer's Sister Identified 23 Years After She Went Missing (KIAH-TV Houston) Angela Phillips Identified By Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences For years Texas Equusearch has helped the families of missing loved ones. Wednesday, a volunteer with the organization finally got some closure of his own 23 years after his sister went missing.
Closure for Texas EquuSearch Volunteer (FOX 26 Houston) He has helped search for the missing and the murdered for a decade. The whole time, one Texas EquuSearch volunteer has been seeking his own sister.
Texas man charged in Indiana teen's sex assault (WTHR Indianapolis) A suspected child predator in Texas is accused of targeting an Indiana teenager and exposing the boy to HIV.
Intense Search Underway for 27-Yr-Old (FOX 26 Houston) Volunteers with Texas EquuSearch are searching for a 27-year-old man in northwest Harris County who disappeared with hundreds of dollars in his pocket.
HIV man lures Indiana boy to Texas (FOX 59 Indianapolis) A Texas man with HIV is accused of luring an Indiana boy over Myspace, persuading him to come to Houston for sex. He told the boy later that he was infected with the HIV virus. A Texas man with HIV is accused of luring an Indiana boy over Myspace, persuading him to come to Houston for sex. He told the boy later that he was infected with the HIV virus.
Jefferson County deputies raid 7 drug houses, charge 12 people (Birmingham News) Raids happened over a span of three weeks.
Texas mom watching children's play stabbed in back (The Bryan-College Station Eagle) STEPHENVILLE, Texas -- Authorities say a mother watching her two young children play in a north Texas city park was approached from behind by a man who stabbed her in the back and quickly walked away.Stephenville police Chief Roy Halsell said the all ...
Council adding to Southmore project (The Pasadena Citizen) The Pasadena City Council approved an agreement with Harris County to add city projects to the work the county has scheduled for Southmore Avenue from Richey Street to Johnson Road.