Police capture suspect in Canyon death
More details about the slaying of Henry C. "Hal" Moreland III emerged Wednesday after police arrested a suspect and located Moreland's car, which had been missing since Saturday.A criminal complaint...
View ArticleArizona man charged with murder in Amarillo woman's beating death
Potter County authorities charged an Arizona man with murder in the March 4 beating death of a woman at an Amarillo motel.Matthew Ivan Zimmerman, 31, is accused of striking Miranda Nicole Zimmerman,...
View ArticleSuspect surrenders after 6-hour standoff
After enduring tear gas, a police robot and more than six hours holed up in a southwest Amarillo house, authorities said a series of cellphone calls Tuesday evening prompted a suspected burglar to walk...
View ArticleResident killed during home invasion robbery
Amarillo police are investigating a home invasion robbery that turned into a fatal shooting Wednesday at 823 S. Kentucky St.Special Crimes Unit Investigator Sgt. Jason Riddlespurger said the shooting...
View ArticleFlash floods swamp Texas Panhandle
Rain and more rain was the order of the day Wednesday in the Texas Panhandle as the National Weather Service issued flash flood warnings for Hall, Donley, Armstrong and Carson counties.The NWS also...
View ArticlePilot dies when plane plunges into Amarillo house
Two Texas communities are mourning the loss of a man who died Thursday in an east Amarillo plane crash.Ben Harned IV, a local business owner who lived in Tyler, died about 8:45 a.m. after authorities...
View ArticleFormer sheriff charged with oppression
Randall County authorities have charged former Swisher County sheriff Emmett Benavidez with one count of official oppression.Randall County Criminal District Attorney James Farren said the charge...
View ArticleAmarillo voters flock to polls
At 6:50 a.m., in a slight drizzle and the sun 20 minutes from rising, Steve Runcie got off his Suzuki Dual Sport motorcycle to wait outside until the voting booths opened Tuesday at the Randall County...
View ArticleAmarillo kicks off centennial celebration
City boosters intended the birth of the 1913 Amarillo City Charter to bring some order to a city out of money and being run by Texas Rangers and Potter County.Their efforts worked so well, the newly...
View ArticleHank Skinner wins hearing on DNA evidence
An evidentiary hearing in the Hank Skinner case has been scheduled for Feb. 3 and 4 in 31st District Court, Texas Attorney General’s Office spokesman Tom Kelley said Thursday.The hearing will focus on...
View ArticleMore than 150 structures destroyed in Lake Meredith blaze
PHOTOS | By Monday evening, the count showed 156 structures and almost 2,600 acres were subjected to the blowtorch of Texas Panhandle wind and wildfire Sunday and Monday just west and north of...
View ArticleInsurance concerns slow 287 cleanup
A stretch of U.S. Highway 287 between Memphis and Childress is expected to remain closed for a fourth day today due to a chemical spill from an overturned truck.Texas Department of Transportation...
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