A Texas man has been convicted of stabbing a Black Church’s Chicken employee in 2019 was sentenced to 45 years in prison eariler this week, according to KSAT. 30-year-old James Kemp received his sentence two months after he was convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and retaliation by 451st District Court Judge Kirsten […]
McKINNEY, Texas — Seven officers involved in the in-custody death of a Black jail inmate in Texas whose family members say may have been suffering a mental health crisis have been fired, a sheriff said. The detention officers violated sheriff’s office policies and procedures leading up to the death of Marvin Scott III, Collin County […]
Dallas, Texas attorney Lee Merritt has announced he will run for Texas Attorney General in 2022. Merritt will run against current sitting AG Ken Paxton. Merritt was compelled to run for office after the recent death of Marvin Scott III according to Texas Public Radio. Scott died while in police custody in Collin County jail […]
A Texas man was arrested after driving a loaner car from a car dealership to rob a bank. The 50-year-old robbed the bank and went back to the dealership with the plan to to buy a new BMW. Last week Eric Dion Warren was sentenced to 20 years in prison, the incident took place on […]
In an effort to highlight the people who are leading graduate chapters across the nation, we at Watch The Yard reached out to the brothers of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc.’s Denton Lewisville Alumni Chapter in Denton and Lewisville, Texas and did an interview with Sheldon H. Smith the polemarch/president of the chapter. The position […]
Megan Thee Stallion and House Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee are joining forces to help Houstonians recover from Winter Storm Uri, which devastated the state last month and left millions without access to power or water for days, according to People and Variety. CBS News reported last month that the storm could cost Texas up to $295 […]
A investigation is underway by Plano, Texas police department and school district are looking into shocking allegations of bullying and abuse involving middle school students. SeMarion Humphrey’s mother, Summer Smith, told CBS DFW 11 she has reported incidents to his school for months, however, the most disturbing incident took place at a sleepover last month. […]
The mother of a 13-year-old Texas boy is asking her son’s school to investigate incidents of harassment and abuse she says he faced at the hands of his classmates during a non-school-related event, according to CBS DFW. Summer Smith said she has been reporting incidents of bullying to Haggard Middle School, where her son SeMarion Humphrey […]
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Prince Harry And Meghan Markle are continuing their habit of generous giving, making their latest donation to a Texas women’s shelter that suffered damage to its roof after extreme weather hit the state last month. After receiving a donation from the couple’s nonprofit, Archewell Foundation, the Genesis Women’s Shelter and Support in Dallas, Texas, released a statement on […]