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A wild chase ensued in Oklahoma City after a man stole a pizza delivery vehicle, leading police on a long pursuit that ended in the Oklahoma River. The driver allegedly left the car unlocked Around 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 25, police received reports of a car theft after a pizza guy allegedly left his...

ROUND ROCK, Texas — A Pflugerville man was arrested on an aggravated kidnapping charge after a woman quietly asked a stranger at a Round Rock gas station to call 911, police said. Officers were called to the Refuel gas station at 705 E. Palm Valley Blvd. at about 6:48...

A Travis County judge has sentenced a 36-year-old man to probation after finding him guilty of manslaughter in the death of Killeen Fire Department Capt. Marvin Taylor III, who was killed in May 2025 when a speeding Dodge Durango slammed into his vehicle in Austin. Rodney Earl Bremby II will serve 10 years of straight probation, along with 403 hours of community service and $535 in fees.

Longoria’s BBQ , a two-time Texas Monthly Top 50 barbecue restaurant known for its housemade brisket sausage made from a closely guarded recipe, has closed, pitmaster David Longoria posted on social media. Longoria’s made the magazine’s state rankings in 2003 and 2013 for the beef sausage made with a recipe from Gonzales, the family’s hometown. When brother Danny Longoria opened the restaurant in 1998 with parents, Angelita and Fidencio (”Fred”), there were no small-batch craft barbecue restaura

ATHOL – On Friday, October 2, 2026, at approximately 4:44 p.m., Athol Police Officer Andrew Morris was among the officers dispatched to 373 School Street following a report of a man firing a gun. (The account and quotations in this article were sourced from the printed Personnel Narrative of...

Amazon must obtain state approval before establishing a commercial drone launch and landing facility in Westborough, Massachusetts transportation officials say, adding another regulatory hurdle to the company’s proposed delivery service that could extend into Worcester and more than a dozen surrounding communities. In a letter sent last week, Massachusetts...

It seems there’s not a challenge Rob Costa can’t overcome. Despite being paralyzed from the chest down, the Plymouth native has completed six Boston Marathons and now two Ironman World Championship Triathlons. A perfect trip to Hawaii must include a dip in the ocean and time biking around...

Massachusetts voters will decide whether to override local laws to let single-family homes be built on lots as small as 5,000 square feet. Why it matters: Question 7 will test whether voters are willing to give up a degree of local control to help address the housing crisis. Context: Each of Massachusetts 351 cities and towns has its own rules over where and what kind of homes could be built. More than half of property zoned for single-family homes has a minimum lot size of 40,000 square feet, p

They discovered the property depended on a composting toilet because the lot was too small for a conventional septic system.

HILLSBOROUGH TOWNSHIP, N.J. (Somerset County) — A former Hillsborough Township School District worker has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $156,000 through a fraudulent overtime scheme that involved paying approximately $70,000 in cash kickbacks to the district’s former business administrator, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday. Kenneth Gratto, 55, of...