Results tagged “webstersmith”

The U.S. Supreme Court overturned part of Texas' redistricting map today, saying some of the new divisions didn't protect minority voting rights Sheriff's officers are searching for Hector Caranza, a 5-year-old boy discovered to be missing from his northeast Harris County home this morning Orlando Sanchez, the newly named Republican candidate for Harris County treasurer, is suggesting that talk about eliminating the office of county treasurer is discriminatory against him Webster Smith, a Coast Guard... more ›

A prosecutor told jurors today that Andrea Yates killed her five children because she thought she was a bad mother and wanted to be punished A woman trying to run down another woman ran her car into a crowd of people at a party early this morning, injuring the target and a nearby man Gov. Rick Perry and officials cut the ribbon today to open a 10-mile section of the reconstructed Katy Freeway between the... more ›

A U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadet from Houston is involved in the first court-martial in the school's 130-year history — and it's a doozy, involving binge drinking, rape and race. Webster Smith, 22, faces accusations of misconduct from several female cadets centered on nights of heavy drinking. During one, in June 2005 in Annapolis, Md., Smith is accused of having sex with one of the women after she passed out. She claims Smith raped her;... more ›