Hearne News

Down here in South Texas, it's hot. Of course, it's always hot in June, July, and August.

Officials on Wednesday were investigating an accident on U.S. 190 that sent two drivers to area hospitals Tuesday - one with multiple broken bones and an injured spleen, a trooper said.

A note send to The Police News by Hank Johnson's mother; This is it my son who was murdered July 10th in Hearne Texas.

There's an update to an unsolved murder case we've been following for a almost a year.

Anne Mayer of College Station uses a dashboard shade as a rain cover while she makes her way toward the entrance of the Bryan H-E-B on Villa Maria at Texas Avenue shortly after noon Tuesday.

A mutilated kitten has undergone surgery in College Station to remove its rear leg after two boys twisted off part of it in an alleged attack.

About 15 people have applied to adopt Emma, a kitten whose leg had to be amputated this week.

Veterinarians on Wednesday successfully amputated the mutilated rear leg of a 12-week-old kitten, a week and a half after a portion of it was apparently twisted off by two 10-year-old boys.

Scott Morgan asks a fundamental question that needs to be asked when discussing our prison problem.

Hearne is now without its police chief, becoming the third area city to deal with an absence at the top of its chain of command.

Almost one year after the crime, the body of a Hearne murder victim may be exhumed.

After a three-hour manhunt Wednesday afternoon, a Newcastle man was arrested and taken into custody on three outstanding warrants.

Houston Crime Stoppers is offering a $5,000 reward to anyone who can help them solve a Brazos Valley murder.

A Hearne man arrested on charges of marijuana possession and unlawful carrying of a weapon was released from the Brazos County Jail on Friday afternoon after posting $9,000 bail.

Anyone who followed the "Tulia" case in Texas would be hard-pressed not to think of convicted perjurer and former police officer Tom Coleman , whose accusations sent dozens of people to prison before he was proven a liar and his victims were released and pardoned.

A federal lawsuit filed Monday in Waco claims a Hearne law firm conspired with State District Judge Robert Stem to steal millions of dollars in property and mineral rights in an elaborate racketeering scheme.

A slate of officers and directors for 2009-10 recently was announced at Congregation Beth Shalom .

A 19-year-old Texas A&M University student died near Hearne after she lost control of her car and broadsided a pickup Thursday, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

The new movie American Violet is based on the real story of Regina Kelly, a woman from the small town of Hearne, Texas who was wrongly arrested during a drug sweep on a public housing complex.

"Americans, we're getting better," says Alfre Woodard, sounding, well, presidential.