A CONROE WOMAN IS CHARGED WITH INTOXICATION MANSLAUGHTER, FOLLOWING A WEEKEND CRASH IN SAN ANTONIO, WHERE LOCAL NEWS MEDIA REPORTED SHE WAS DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, GOING THE WRONG WAY, WHEN SHE STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD-ON, KILLING THE OTHER DRIVER ON THE SCENE. THREE TEENAGE PASSENGERS WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THE STORY COMES FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY POLICE REPORTER JAMIE NASH.
IN NEWS AROUND THE NATION,
THE SENATE WILL TAKE UP JOB CREATION LEGISLATION THIS WEEK IN HOPES OF PASSING IT BEFORE PRESIDENTS DAY.
DEBATE IS SCHEDULED THIS WEEK FOR ON A SECOND STIMULUS PACKAGE. AREA CONGRESSMAN KEVIN BRADY SAYS HE’LL FIGHT THIS SECOND BILL.
THE AUDIO COMES FROM CONGRESSMAN BRADY’S PRESS OFFICE.
IN NEWS AROUND THE STATE,
HOUSTON’S TWO MAJOR DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR MEET IN FORT WORTH TONIGHT, FOR WHAT LIKELY WILL BE THEIR ONLY STATEWIDE TELEVISED DEBATE BEFORE THE MARCH SECOND PRIMARY. THE “HOUSTON CHRONICLE” REPORTS FORMER HOUSTON MAYOR BILL WHITE AND BUSINESSMAN FAROUK SHAMI WILL FACE OFF TONIGHT AT SEVEN. THE DEBATE WILL BE CARRIED ON PBS STATIONS ACROSS THE STATE.
BACK HERE AT HOME,
WE CAN EXPECT A COOL AND RAINY FORECAST TODAY.
METEOROGLOST BRIAN KYLE WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS OUR HIGH TODAY WILL BE IN THE MID-SIXTIES BEFORE FALLING INTO THE THIRTIES TONIGHT.
IN EAST MONTGOMERY COUNTY,
THE WALMART IN PORTER IS EVACUATED SATURDAY NIGHT, AFTER SOME PEOPLE SAID SOMETHING IN THE STORE WAS MAKING THEM SICK. ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF CARTER JOHNSON SAYS THEY FOUND FOUR PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM SOME TYPE OF IRRITANT. THIS WOMAN WAS IN THE STORE WHEN IT HAPPENED.
JOHNSON SAYS THEY BROUGHT IN HARRIS COUNTY HAZMAT TO DO SOME AIR SAMPLES, BUT WERE UNABLE TO FIND AN IRRITANT.
THE SAME JURY, THAT SPENT 30 MINUTES AT THE END OF LAST WEEK TO CONVICT BRANDON FERGUSON ON FIVE COUNTS OF MANSLAUGHTER AND ONE COUNT OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, TOOK FIVE HOURS TO DETERMINE HIS PUNISHMENT SHOULD BE 15 YEARS IN PRISON.
STACY WATKINS IS THE MOTHER OF THE ONE OF THE VICTIMS OF THE CAR ACCIDENT LAST YEAR THAT KILLED FIVE PEOPLE.
PROSECUTOR WARREN DIEPRAAM SAYS HE ALREADY PLANNED TO SEND A LETTER TO THE PAROLE BOARD IN SEVEN-AND-A-HALF YEARS, WHEN FERGUSON BECAME ELIGIBLE.
THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE CONFIRMS THE MAN, WHO WAS FOUND DEAD INSIDE HIS BURNED HOME LAST WEEK, WAS MURDERED AND WAS POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS MURDER SUSPECT FRED GLOEDE. AN AUTOPSY SHOWED THE 55-YEAR-OLD GLOEDE DIED FROM GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO THE HEAD. TWO TEENAGE SUSPECTS WERE ARRESTED.
THAT’S LIEUTENANT DAN NORRIS WITH THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT. ARRESTED WAS 19-YEAR-OLD KEITH RANDALL ALONG WITH A 15-YEAR-OLD FEMALE. BOTH ARE STUDENTS IN THE CONROE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE LAST THREE STORIES AND AUDIO COME FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY POLICE REPORTERS JAMIE NASH AND SCOTT ENGLE.
