ZAVALLA (KETK) – The City of Zavalla has voted to dissolve its police department and is currently considering an agreement with the Angelina County Sheriff’s Office to patrol the area.
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According to the Zavalla City Secretary, the Zavalla City Council voted to deactivate its police department on May 1. The Zavalla Police Department had five members in 2025 and was budgeted $180,397 in the 2023-2024 year, a drop of more than $50,000 from their $234,832 2022-2023 budget.
That drop in the department’s budget came as the city reported a drop in revenue from $1,011,372 in 2022-2023 to $988,928 in 2023-2024.
Zavalla City Council met with Angelina County Sheriff Tom Selman on May 11. During the meeting, they discussed a proposed agreement that would supply the city with regular deputy patrols in the city and 911 dispatch services.
Selman stressed that the deal would ultimately save the city money while still providing it with law enforcement coverage, including crime scene investigation and detective work.
“What were you paying before? The reason that this is structured this way is designed to save the city money. Your gonna get patrol services, you’re gonna get your calls answered, you’re gonna get all the things we do at a much lessened cost,” Selman said.
Selman did explain that their patrolling deputies won’t enforce the city’s ordinances for loose animals and that the city will have to put in a request to pay extra for them to enforce the ordinances. The sheriff’s office also offered to help with the defunct police department’s evidence locker.
The city requested several changes to the agreement, so a revised draft is now being reviewed by the city attorney. The City Council is expected to consider the updated agreement at its next regular meeting on June 8 at 6 p.m.
FRANKLIN COUNTY (KETK)– A man who was discovered living in Iowa was arrested after being accused of sexually assaulting a child while living in Franklin County in 2000.
According to Franklin County officials, the sheriff’s office received a report in February 2025 from a woman who claimed she was sexually assaulted as a child. The victim identified the suspect as 60-year-old Adrian Hernandez, who was found to be using a different name on social media and was believed to be living out of Texas.
During the investigation, law enforcement learned that Hernandez had obtained a Minnesota driver’s license and was living in Kanawha, Iowa. Deputies from the Wright County Sheriff’s Office successfully assisted officials from Franklin County in identifying Hernandez as the suspect.
Hernandez was arrested on three counts of indecency with a child on Wednesday after a Franklin County investigator and a member of the Texas Rangers traveled to Iowa and identified him. Hernandez is currently being held in the Wright County Jail while he awaits extradition to Texas.
According to Franklin County, since Hernandez’s arrest, several additional victims have come forward with information.
“The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office remains fully committed to protecting our residents, standing with survivors and pursuing justice no matter how much time has passed,” the county said. “If you are a victim of abuse, we encourage you to come forward. You will be heard, and we will take action.”
An emergency hazmat incident at an aerospace facility in Garden Grove, California, has prompted evacuations in the area, May 22, 2026. (KABC)
(CALIFORNIA) -- An "emergency hazmat incident" in California has prompted evacuations, with officials warning that a chemical tank at an aerospace facility is in "crisis" and will either fail or explode.
Firefighters initially responded to a leak at an aerospace manufacturing company in Garden Grove on Thursday, for vapor releasing from a 34,000-gallon tank containing methyl methacrylate, according to the Orange County Fire Authority.
Officials updated Friday that there is no active gas leak or plume, but that the tank is "actively in crisis" and unable to be secured. Damage to a valve on the tank has "created additional operational challenges," city officials said.
"There are literally two options left remaining: one, the tank fails and spills a total of about 6- to 7,000 gallons of very bad chemicals into the parking lot in that area. Or two, the tank goes into a thermal runaway and blows up, affecting the tanks that are around them that have fuel or the chemicals in them as well," Orange County Fire Authority Division Chief Craig Covey said in a video update Friday.
"Most importantly, right now, there is no active gas leak, no plume in the area. We are setting up these evacuations in preparation for these two options -- it fails or it blows up," he said.
Authorities have issued evacuation orders for the surrounding area. Over a dozen schools have temporarily closed, and those adjacent to the evacuation area are canceling outdoor activities "out of an abundance of caution," the Garden Grove Unified School District said.
Methyl methacrylate is an industrial chemical used in plastics and manufacturing.
ABC News has reached out to the aerospace manufacturing company, GKN Aerospace, for comment.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has been briefed on the incident, his office said.
The California Governor's Office of Emergency Services said it is "closely monitoring the incident in Garden Grove and has deployed personnel to work alongside local partners."
"Please heed all orders from local authorities -- evacuation orders have expanded," it said Friday.
A still from a video released by the Fort Wayne Police Department of an incident at a Tim Hortons in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on May 13, 2026. (Fort Wayne Police Department)
(FORT WAYNE, Ind.) -- The family of a 75-year-old woman who died following a physical altercation with an employee at a Tim Hortons in Indiana will be able to see the full, unredacted surveillance footage of the incident, officials confirmed on Friday.
The full video will not be released to the public at this time, the Fort Wayne Mayor's Office told ABC News.
"The Grayson family will be able to see the entire video," a spokesperson for the mayor's office said in a statement. "There are no plans to show additional video to the public/media beyond what was shared earlier this week."
The incident occurred on May 13 in Fort Wayne, police said. The customer, Anita Grayson, entered the Tim Hortons that morning to "address an issue" with a drive-thru order, at which point she got into a physical altercation with the store's 20-year-old shift lead, according to the Fort Wayne Police Department.
Police said the shift lead intervened when Grayson "began berating a 17-year-old female employee" by stepping between the two and repeatedly telling Grayson to leave. When Grayson appeared to move toward the teen, the shift lead "placed her hands" on Grayson, who police said then "forcefully shoved the shift lead backward" and struck her in the nose. The two continued to struggle, with police saying Grayson scratched the shift lead's face, knocked off her glasses and pulled her to the ground by the hair, pulling out a chunk.
An officer responding to the location found Grayson unresponsive, and paramedics arrived and attempted life-saving measures, police said. She was transported from the scene and later pronounced dead by medical personnel, police said.
Fort Wayne police released surveillance footage of the incident on Tuesday due to what it called "significant public concern and misinformation" in the wake of Grayson's death, citing a "poor-quality video circulating publicly."
The three-minute video released by police showed the physical altercation and moments of Grayson then walking around and sitting, though not the entire aftermath or emergency response. The video has no sound.
Grayson's family has called for the release of the full video.
"I need it to be released publicly because the world is waiting for what happened to her," Grayson's daughter, Tawnda Grayson, said during a press conference outside of the Tim Hortons location on Friday.
Carlton Lynch, a pastor in Michigan and former community activist in Fort Wayne who spoke alongside Grayson's family members at the press conference, said they had been informed Friday that the "mayor and the city police have agreed to allow the family to see the entire video."
"We don't know the extent of what took place in that restaurant," he said.
The family continued to urge police to release the full video to the public.
"I need it to be released publicly, because the world is waiting for what happened to her," Tawnda Grayson said.
"My whole entire family loved our mom, that was the matriarch of our family," she said. "So what's been taken from us is irreplaceable."
Tawnda Grayson told ABC Fort Wayne affiliate WPTA her mother had congestive heart failure and was wearing a heart monitor a week before the altercation.
The cause and manner of death remain pending, police said Tuesday.
The Allen County Prosecutor's Office is reviewing the case.
"At this time, no decision regarding this matter will be made until the Prosecutor's Office has received and reviewed all evidence related to the investigation, including the complete report from the Allen County Coroner's Office," the Allen County Prosecutor's Office said in a statement on Wednesday.
The coroner's findings may not be available for another four to eight weeks, the office noted.
Tim Hortons offered its condolences to Grayson's family.
"The health and safety of our guests and team members is our highest priority and the local franchisee has been cooperating fully with the police," the company said in a statement.
SULPHUR SPRINGS (CBS19) — A retired high-ranking U.S. military official was sentenced on Thursday to serve 40 years in prison for child sex crimes in East Texas.
Ret. Brig. Gen. Mike Houston McClendon, of Sulphur Springs, was found guilty of continuous sexual abuse of a child under the age of 14 following a trial before a judge in a Hopkins County courtroom. He was then sentenced to 40 years in prison, according to the Hopkins County District Clerk’s Office.
McClendon was arrested back in May 2024 over a sexual assault investigation. Arrest documents say the offense happened in January 2014.
The district clerk’s office said McClendon will have to serve each day of the 40-year sentence with no potential for early release. He also ordered to pay a $10,000 fine and court fees.
According to McClendon’s biography on the U.S. Air Force website, McClendon is a 1975 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. The biography says he was a senior pilot with over 10,000 hours in more than 35 types of aircraft ranging from helicopters to fighters to transports. As a civilian, he was a captain for a major airline, flying internationally.”
The Military Times said McClendon retired in 2009.
TOOL – On Thursday evening, Henderson County residents packed into the West Cedar Creek Municipal Utility District meeting, protesting a proposal from Diode Ventures, a Kansas?based company seeking to build a data center near Key Ranch Estates.
When the room filled beyond capacity, dozens stood outside in the rain, waiting for their turn to speak. Their message was unified and blunt: “Profit should be secondary to people’s welfare.”
Diode Ventures already has two solar projects sold in Texas, one in Fort Bend County and another in Hamilton County, and is developing a massive 900?plus?acre site in Red Oak, south of Dallas, called Weston Holladay Technology Park. The company says that the project will position it as a leader in data?center development in the state’s “growing digital market.” Continue reading Locals sound alarm over data center
Jaafar Jackson as Michael Jackson in the upcoming film 'Michael.' (Lionsgate)
It seems progress is being made on a sequel to the Michael Jackson biopic Michael.
Lionsgate Studios Motion Picture Chair Adam Fogelson said he's "really excited about the progress we’re making" on a sequel to Michael during the company’s quarterly earnings call on Thursday.
"All the conversations that we’ve been having with all of the appropriate parties continue to go exceptionally well, and I would say that there is a ton of incredibly entertaining Michael Jackson story, and much of the biggest and most popular parts of his music catalog that were not touched upon in the first film,” Fogelson said on the call.
As for what events from Jackson's life would be covered in a potential second film, Fogelson said the studio "can go forwards and backwards in telling this story."
"There are so many other events that happened, even in the time frame of the original movie, that weren’t touched upon. So we’re very, very confident that we’ve got an incredibly entertaining movie that will appeal once again to a global audience as the pieces come together," Fogelson said.
The Lionsgate executive also said the studio has "25% to 30% of a second movie already shot from the prior production activity."
"Obviously that will have some benefit ultimately. But we’ll make sure we make a big and satisfying movie for a global audience once again, so I wouldn’t want to quantify exactly what that’s going to look like. But undoubtedly that 25% to 30% will be material,” Fogelson said.
Michael opened in theaters on April 24. Directed by Antoine Fuqua, the film starred the King of Pop's nephew Jaafar Jackson and also featured Colman Domingo, Miles Teller and Nia Long.
Charlie Heaton as Charles Shelby in the 'Peaky Blinders' sequel series. (Robert Viglasky/Netflix/BBC)
We now know who Charlie Heaton will play in the Peaky Blinders universe.
Netflix and the BBC have revealed that Heaton is set to play Tommy Shelby's eldest son in the upcoming Peaky Blinders sequel series. A photo of Heaton on set in costume as Charles Shelby has been released along with the announcement.
Heaton's character had been a mystery since his casting was announced in April. Jamie Bell also joins the sequel series, taking over the role of Charles' half brother, Duke, who was originally portrayed by Barry Keoghan.
The upcoming Peaky Blinders sequel series is written and created by Steven Knight. It is currently being filmed in and around Digbeth Loc. Studios in Birmingham, England.
This new Peaky Blinders era is set a decade after World War II. It follows the race to rebuild Birmingham as it becomes "a brutal contest of mythical dimensions," according to a description from Netflix.
"Having fought a violent war, much of it behind enemy lines, Charles Shelby is now embracing normality. He hasn’t seen his half-brother Duke ... in years. Charles severed all ties to the Peaky Blinders gang, and the hedonistic Shelby lifestyle. But can you ever escape your own blood?" the show's logline reads.
Jessica Brown Findlay, Lashana Lynch and Lucy Karczewski are also set to star in the series, in roles that Netflix says will be revealed at a later date.
ATLANTA (AP) — Waymo has suspended driverless car services in Atlanta and Texas after one of its vehicles was stranded by flooding during heavy rains that will likely also hinder travel in a large swath of the U.S over the holiday weekend.
Severe thunderstorms with large hail and gusty winds were possible Friday in Texas and other parts of the Southern and Central Plains, the National Weather Service said.
Forecasters warned of possible flash flooding along the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana on Saturday, when rain and thunderstorms were expected across much of the central and eastern U.S.
The Waymo vehicle got stuck during a downpour in Atlanta on Wednesday that flooded streets and even part of a downtown highway. The vehicle was not occupied and was later recovered, the company said in a statement. At least one other Waymo vehicle was waylaid during the storm.
Waymo serves only the city of Atlanta in Georgia, and services several cities in Texas.
The company paused service in Texas “out of an abundance of caution for the forecasted severe weather,” the statement said.
KILGORE – Kilgore College has named Chris Clifton as its new director of bands and instrumental music, bringing a Ranger Band alumnus back home to lead one of the college’s most storied traditions. Clifton, a 2003 KC graduate and former member of the Ranger Band, returns to KC after nearly two decades of public school band leadership experience across East Texas, including serving as director of bands at Carlisle ISD from 2015 to 2026. His previous experience also includes leadership roles at Gladewater ISD and Nacogdoches ISD.
As director of bands and instrumental music, Clifton will oversee the KC band program, including the Ranger Band, while working to recruit and develop student musicians for the college’s instrumental ensembles.
“For me, this is a full-circle moment,” Clifton said. “Kilgore College played a major role in shaping my musical journey, and I’m honored to return to the place that gave me so many incredible memories and opportunities. My goal is to rebuild and strengthen the tradition of excellence that has long defined the Ranger Band while creating an exciting experience for a new generation of student musicians.” Continue reading New director of bands named at KC
SMITH COUNTY – On Thursday, May 21, at approximately 10:15 am, Smith County Deputies responded to a reported Deadly Conduct incident that occurred at County Road 46, Old Harmony Road near Tyler. When Deputies contacted the victim, she reported that two suspects, both residents of the location, had assaulted and robbed her. They also were told that the incident took place on the previous evening and continued into the morning. At this time, Patrol personnel notified the Criminal Investigations Division (CID).
The victim was taken to the downtown office to be interviewed. During the interview, the victim stated that sometime during the preceding evening , she was approached outside the residence by the suspects, who demanded money to purchase narcotics. When she refused, one of the suspects allegedly grabbed her and cut her arm with a knife. The victim was able to escape, retreat into the residence, secure herself inside her bedroom, and remain there for the remainder of the night. Continue reading Drug deal results in arrests
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TYLER – A rollover crash on Highway 31 Friday morning resulted in the death of a woman and the hospitalization of a man. A truck overturned on the highway close to Surrey Trail and County Road 279 in Tyler, according to Smith County Emergency Services District No. 2. After the initial crash, the car veered off the road. One unidentified victim was brought to the hospital, while another was declared dead at the scene. The collision occurred at approximately 6:15 a.m. According to Sgt. Adam Albritton of the Department of Public Safety, both victims were not wearing a seatbelt. The crash is being investigated into by DPS.
HENDERSON COUNTY — A Henderson County man who has been accused of killing his 84-year-old father was arrested in the Dallas area on Wednesday by U.S. Marshals. Ronny Medford was extradited to the Henderson County Jail on Thursday, with bond set at $2 million.
According to the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office, deputies had been searching for Ronny Medford since May 11 after he was accused of killing his father inside their family home in Payne Springs.
“We have been working closely with the community and law enforcement agencies to locate Medford and it worked,” the sheriff’s office said.
