Mclennan County, TX

WACO, Texas — *Editor's note: Due to the fact that they are minors, 6 News has removed the names of the two teens who were at the center of this now-expired Amber Alert.*. More charges and arrests are to be expected in connection to the disappearance of two McGregor girls, McLennan County Sheriff Parnell McNamara said during a news conference Tuesday.

Waco, Tx (FOX44) – A Waco man is facing felony charges for kicking and killing a small kitten on Sunday. Robert Trabon Section was booked into the McLennan County Jail on a charges of cruelty to non-livestock animals resulting in death or serious injury. Officers were called to a...

McLennan Co, Tx (FOX44) – A 27-year-old Grapevine man remained in the McLennan County Jail on a $305,000 bond after a bizarre drive up and down on Interstate 35 Saturday – during which family members were left behind at two different locations. Anthony Paul Smith was finally arrested...

More arrests will be made and more charges will be filed in the case of two missing McGregor teens who were found in Georgetown early Tuesday morning after a statewide Amber Alert was issued Monday, McLennan County Sheriff Parnell McNamara told reporters Tuesday. McNamara said the case is still under...

GEORGETOWN, Texas - Two teens connected to an Amber Alert issued out of McLennan County have been located in Georgetown. Asha Lynn Cross, 14, and Emilee Solomon, 14, both went missing on June 29. An Amber Alert was sent out on July 4 after one of the girls posted "HELP" on her Snapchat, according to law enforcement.

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Deputies with the McLennan County Sheriff’s Office’s Criminal Investigations Division and Human Trafficking Unit tracked two missing McGregor teenagers to Georgetown, where authorities arrested James Robert Vanhouten, 30, the man allegedly harboring them, Sheriff Parnell McNamara confirmed to KWTX. Emiliee Solomon, 14, and Aysha...

A McLennan County prosecutor dismissed a murder charge last week against one of the defendants in a shooting death at a 2019 Halloween party in Waco, days after the co-defendant entered a negotiated plea for a lesser offense. The murder charge against Krisean Jamon Gibson, 23, was dismissed as Judge...

GEORGETOWN, Texas — Editor's Note: The above story is from July 4, before the girls were located. An Amber Alert for two missing teenage girls out of McGregor has been cancelled after McLennan County Sheriff's Office Human Trafficking Unit located the girls unharmed in Georgetown, Texas. Lead detective of...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - The risk of contracting COVID-19 in McLennan County is now in the medium level, according to a Facebook post from the Waco-McLennan County Public Health District. “What does this mean? If you are high risk, talk to your doctor about whether you need to wear a...

A McLennan County Amber Alert is over and two missing teenage girls have been found safe. Officials say both 14-year-old, Emilee Solomon and Aysha Aysha Cross were located in Georgetown, about 65 miles from their homes in McGregor where they were most recently seen last Wednesday. The Amber Alert was...

WACO – Two missing teenage girls were found by Sheriff's deputies near Austin and a man has been arrested over the weekend for harboring them. McLennan County Sheriff Parnell McNamara confirmed to reporters that three McLennan Sheriff's deputies found the two missing teenage girls in Georgetown and arrested the man, 30-year-old James Robert Vanhouten for allegedly harboring a minor.