Potter County, TX

• Jeremy Howard Bates. Sept. 15 – Abandon/endanger a child, criminal negligence. Dismissed June 1. • Tawk Mang. July 22 – Abandon/endanger a child, criminal negligence. Dismissed June 3. 108th District Court. • Christopher Allen Smith. June 10, 2020 – Theft of property, more than $2,500 less than $30,000. Dismissed...

On Monday, June 14, the right shoulder of SH 136 and the right lane of FM 1912 will be closed for patching repairs. Beginning Monday, June 14, the left lane of the I-40 eastbound frontage road, about 300 feet east of Whitaker Road, will be closed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily while the contractor hauls dirt to backfill between the curb and gutter and the retaining wall. This work should only last two to three days.

AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - The Potter County Detention Center is planning to expand. The jail wants to add a pod specially dedicated to inmates dealing with mental health. During the pandemic, the jail has been able to keep the number of inmates low. However, this has not always been the...

A League of Women Voters study, with the help of the Amarillo United Way studied the problem of maternal morbidity and morbidity in Amarillo and across the state. Poverty and lack of insurance are risk factors for diseases that put pregnant women in danger of poor health outcomes. A report...

An arrest was made in last month's fatal drive-by shooting, Amarillo police announced Friday. According to a news release, "on June 4, homicide detectives were able to obtain a murder warrant and arrest Arrington Grace Sleeper," 17, and she was booked into the Potter County Jail. The warrant was for...

Ah progress, It seems like there's plenty of construction going on downtown, a new Potter County District Court building is going up and one of it's neighbors is on the way out too. The City of Amarillo is outgrowing it's city hall and repairs are needed to the current building...

Officials with the city of Amarillo's public health department are stating that the active number of COVID-19 cases in Potter and Randall counties has been continuing to decrease over the past few weeks. Since June 3, Potter and Randall counties have seen an increase of 55 total COVID-19 cases, bringing...

POTTER COUNTY, Texas (KVII) — Potter County authorities are investigating after they said an inmate was found dead early Sunday morning. Around 4:18 a.m., authorities said they found 37-year-old David Quannah Brown unresponsive in a booking cell. They said they tried to save his life until medical crews got to...

4 men are behind bars after area Law Enforcement Agencies conducted a Joint Operation for Online Solicitation. Officials say the 4 men were arrested after meeting up at an undisclosed location after soliciting sex online to investigators posing as minors. Trase William Whitten, Robert Michael Kelley, Javier Villegas were booked...

POTTER COUNTY, Texas (KFDA) - Potter County officers found an unresponsive inmate alone in a cell. On June 6, at approximately 4:18 a.m., officers at the Potter County Detention Center found an. unresponsive inmate alone in a cell in the Booking Room. 37-year-old David Quannah was pronounced dead at 4:38...

Officials from the Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) released information on various lane closures and updates due to ongoing projects. Crews will make patching repairs on FM 1912 in Potter County throughout the week:. - Starting Monday and through Tuesday, FM 1912 will be closed in both directions between SL...

Multiple law enforcement agencies took part in an operation Friday that led to the arrest of four individuals for online solicitation of a minor. A news release states, "On Friday, June, 4, Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Special Agents along with the Randall County District Attorney’s Office, Amarillo Police Department, Randall County Sheriff’s Office, Potter County Sheriff’s Office, United States Marshals Service, and Homeland Security Investigations, arrested four suspects as a result of a joint online operation. The suspects were arrested when they arrived at an undisclosed location after soliciting sex online with investigators posing as minors."

The following list of Amarillo area lane closures is for the week of June 6, 2021, and was provided by the Texas Department of Transportation. Crews will make patching repairs on FM 1912 in Potter County throughout the week:. FM 1912 will be closed in both directions between SL 335...

POTTER COUNTY, Texas (KVII) — Medical crews took two people to the hospital via helicopter Friday morning after a wreck near the Potter-Oldham County line. Sgt. Cindy Barkley of the Texas Department of Public Safety said a truck was pulling into a home on RM 1061, about a mile from Horseshoe Road when another vehicle rear-ended it.

AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - For the past two weeks, the Potter/Randall Public Health Department reported a total of four COVID-19 deaths but almost 300 recoveries. Those recoveries make for a total of more than 33,000 since the department started keeping records. There were 117 new cases leaving the total of...

Anou Andrew Phouthakhio is Amarillo Crime Stoppers' latest Fugitive of the Week. Police said the 28-year-old man has a Potter County warrant for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. He stands 5-foot-3 and weighs around 130 pounds. _____________________________________. Don’t forget to download the ABC 7 Amarillo app for Android and...