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Truck loses rear axle, wheels, causes early morning crash
GUNTER, Texas (KXII) - Four vehicles were involved in a crash in Gunter Thursday morning after a pick up truck lost its rear axle and wheels. Gunter Volunteer Fire & Rescue said it happened around 5 a.m. on Hwy 289 and Mackey Road. According to a social media post, the...
Teenage girl attacked by four pitbulls in Sherman
SHERMAN, Texas (KXII) - On Tuesday afternoon, a 17-year-old girl was attacked by four pitbulls near Odneal Street and Charles Street in Sherman. Sherman Police Department Sergeant Brandon Hughes said the victim was bitten and transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. As for the dogs, the owner turned them...
McKinney man who claimed wife’s murder was an accident gets life sentence
McKINNEY, Texas - A McKinney man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for murdering his wife. Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis’s office said 24-year-old Joel Torres shot and killed his common-law wife, Shailene Valez, inside their home in 2021. Torres told police he was trying...
After search, McKinney police apprehend suspect involved in alleged vehicle breaks-in
Around 6 a.m. Tuesday, May 14, officers with the McKinney Police Department responded to reports of four individuals breaking into vehicles at an apartment complex near Ridge Rd and University Ave., in McKinney, according to the McKinney Police Department. When officers arrived, they conducted a traffic stop on the suspect...
Neighbors help rescue family from burning home in Sherman
SHERMAN, Texas (KXII) - The quick thinking of neighbors helped residents escape a Sherman home that caught fire Tuesday afternoon. According to first responders, firefighters were called to the 4700 block of Sephora Drive in Sherman, a neighborhood behind the Sherman Town Center around 5:30 p.m. A neighbor and her...
Fire breaks out at Sherman residence
SHERMAN, Texas (KTEN) — Firefighters worked to extinguish a residential fire in Sherman on Tuesday evening. When our cameras arrived, black smoke was still coming out of the garage of the single-story home in the 4700 block of Sephora Drive in the Austin Landing subdivision in northwest Sherman. According...
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