Cops

I was already sweating by the time I sat down behind the wheel. My hands wouldn’t stop shaking, and I knew I was overthinking every move. Parallel parking? Disaster. I forgot to signal once, and I rolled a stop sign. Not great. The officer riding with me, Officer Latham, didn’t say much—just took notes while…

I don’t usually talk to people much at school. I keep my hoodie up, earphones in, just trying to get through the day without anybody looking at me too hard. It’s easier that way. But that morning, everything felt too loud. Too bright. Too much. So I ditched third period and hid in the girls’…

It was almost 90 degrees out, and folks were gathered for the neighborhood block party. Music, food trucks, a bounce house barely holding itself together—typical summer scene. I was working the community outreach table with two officers, just trying to keep the vibe relaxed. No one wants to see a badge unless there’s a good…

When my mother-in-law, Linda, asked to stay with us “for a little while” after selling her condo, I didn’t even hesitate. Of course, I said yes. She was family, and honestly, it felt like the right thing to do. My husband, Victor, agreed, and we set up the guest bedroom with fresh linens, some flowers,…

I never thought I’d be the kind of person who would say, “I just ran in for a coffee.” It sounds so naïve in hindsight, like something people say in crime shows before a detective shakes their head at them. But that morning, it really was supposed to be just ten minutes. I was on…

CROWLEY, Texas — A cell phone video showing a student slapping a teacher at Summer Creek Middle School is now under investigation by Crowley ISD. “He sent me the video. My mouth just dropped,” said LaShay Hollie, a concerned Crowley ISD parent. The video, shared by another parent after being airdropped to several students, shows…

Video shows a man getting stabbed to death by a war veteran during an argument at a bus stop in Russia. “In the city of Dzerzhinsk in the Nizhny Novgorod region, a Special War Operation member brutally stabbed a man to death at a bus stop. A man with a knife in his hand approached…