Taft News

Wichita Falls Fire Marshal David Collins said fireworks "no doubt" sparked the blaze that damaged a building at the French Quarter apartments early Saturday morning, causing severe damage to several units.

Authorities have found 2-year-old Araselly Perez, who was taken from her home in Taft by her mother's ex-boyfriend, Guadalupe Diaz III, around midnight Tuesday night.

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“Over the next few years, it was published many, many times in all sorts of papers, from church bulletins to daily newspapers”

When Bobbie Pingaro, 72, wrote "The Meanest Mom" about her own mother more than 40 years ago while raising her children, family and friends urged her to submit it to the Catholic weekly newspaper, Our Sunday ... via Ithaca Journal

“Assuming I had my 15 minutes of fame, which I never wanted, most of the time, I forgot that I had written it. And then along came the Internet and it exploded.”

When Bobbie Pingaro, 72, wrote "The Meanest Mom" about her own mother more than 40 years ago while raising her children, family and friends urged her to submit it to the Catholic weekly newspaper, Our Sunday ... via Lansing State Journal

“I just hope it basically stays quiet , but knowing what we know about these types of situations, we know it can escalate into a larger situation”

In and around the small town of Taft in San Patricio County, law enforcement authorities said they're concerned about rival prison gangs starting a war against each other. via KIII

“This problem isn't getting the attention we believe it deserves”

Taft High School senior John O'Hara knows how easy it is to lapse into a cloud of carelessness while driving. via MySA.com

“Mainly just boost their numbers or stats and getting colleges to see them”

Taft High School in Northside ISD has become the first area school to be randomly tested for steroids by the state. via MySA.com

“We have long said that we don't believe there is a steroid issue in Northside schools, because of the kinds of mechanisms we have put in place.”

Taft High School in the Northside School District is the first school in the region to be tested for steroids, 1200 WOAI's Cari Laque reports. via KQXT-FM San Antonio

“They won't even let us go in and check”

At least seven departments doused flames from a brushfire that sparked up Saturday night and burned into early Sunday morning. via KRISTV.COM Corpus Christi

On December 3, 2007 at 12:09 p.m. Kenner Police responded to a traffic crash that occurred in the 900 block of I-10 eastbound in Kenner involving a pickup truck and an 18-wheeler. On December 4, 2007 the ... via Kenner Bulletin - NOLA.com