Hill County News

Texans, along with their fellow Americans, will celebrate the Fourth of July with family reunions, fireworks, barbecues, rodeos, baseball games, and dozens of other activities.

Debra Janelle Jeter apparently fooled a team of mental health experts just days before Hill County officials say she placed a 9-1-1 call June 5 in which she calmly told dispatchers that she had just killed her two daughters.

HILL COUNTY a 'One person died early Thursday morning in Hill County in a collision between an 18-wheeler and a pickup truck.

The Central Texas Astronomical Society will have its free monthly star party at 8:30 tonight at the Waco Wetlands, 1752 Eichelberger Crossing, located two miles northeast of the intersection of State Highway 6 and Farm- to-Market Road 185.

Dan Dent has been Hill County district attorney for 29 years, but it didn't take him long to categorize last week's nightmarish incident in which Debra Janelle Jeter reportedly slashed the throats of her two daughters a week after undergoing psychiatric treatment.

Hill County Sheriffa s Deputies say they believe the murder and attempted murder of 2 Hillsboro girls by their mother this past Friday was premeditated.

Many have questioned why a Hillsboro mother was allowed to visit with her daughters alone when just weeks before she tried to kill herself in front of them.

Investigators in Hill County say a Hillsboro mother is in jail for the murder and attempted murder of her daughters after slashing their throats.

During a press conference this afternoon, Hill County Sheriff Jeffrey T. Lyon gave details of how Debra Janelle Jeter picked up her daughters from their father's home in Hillsboro Friday hours before calling and admitting to eventually killing Kelsey Jeter, 12, and wounding Kiersten Jeter, 13.

Jun 7, 2009 10:35 pm US/Central Arezow Doost The small town of Hillsboro south of Dallas and Fort Worth is reeling after the murder of a 12-year-old girl.

A Hillsboro mother dials 911 claiming she killed her 12-year-old daughter and now, that mother is behind bars, while yet another child fights for her life.

A 32-year-old Hillsboro woman is jailed on a murder charge after the death of her 12-year-old daughter.

A woman is in Hill County jail charged in the murder of her daughter and attempted murder of another daughter.

The Waco Parks and Recreation Department has extended registration through Saturday for its All-Star Father's Day event.

A shooting between the occupants of two cars traveling on Interstate 35 Friday evening resulted in one arrest and no injuries.

There was another major pot bust earlier this week in North Central Texas. This time it was in Navarro County and it has people wondering if this is the next big illegal cottage industry.

Central Texas Senior Ministry is sponsoring a free diabetes health awareness event from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the West Senior Center, 200 Tokio Road in West.

The 64-year-old Italy man who drowned Saturday while swimming in Lake Whitney with his family has been identified as William Youngblood.

HILL COUNTY a 'Hill County authorities Tuesday identified the victim of a Memorial Day weekend drowning at Lake Whitney as William Youngblood, 64, of Italy, Texas.

Hill County dive teams have found the body of a person who drowned in Lake Whitney on Sunday afternoon, according to News Channel 25 reports.