WALLER COUNTY

A group of students at Prairie View A&M University sued the county, claiming it set up an election schedule in 2018 that offered students — most of them Black — fewer opportunities to vote early than the county’s white residents.

A witness said a second chute did open, but only partially. The instructor's company said a student with him during the tandem jump has serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

Two skydivers in the Houston area are in critical condition after their parachute failed to deploy during a tandem jump, according to the Waller County Sheriff’s Office.

The Waller County District Attorney’s Office said a 16-year-old Texas driver who hit six bicyclists with his pickup truck in September faces six counts of felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

A teenage driver who allegedly blew black smoke on cyclists and ran them over in Waller County in September has been charged.

Witnesses claim the teenager was taunting the pack of bicyclists with his truck, trying to spew exhaust over them.

Waller County Judge Trey Duhon said he believes a plane that crashed near Houston on Tuesday morning was chartered to Boston for Game 4 of the American League Championship Series, KPRC, KSAT’s sister station in Houston, said.

A teenage driver who was allegedly hassling cyclists in Waller County by “rolling coal” ended up running over a group and injuring six of them, according to media reports.

The Waller County Sheriff's Office is searching for a missing 73-year-old man.

An 18-year-old volunteer firefighter was killed in a Texas shooting, officials say.

A tiger prowled a Houston-area neighborhood Sunday evening before it was held at gunpoint by Waller County deputy and carted away by its alleged owner, according to media reports.

More than a century ago, state lawmakers planted there the state's first public college where Black students could pursue higher education. When her grandfather was a student in the 1970s, Waller County systematically prevented Black students from registering to vote. AdJayla Allen graduated from Prairie View A&M University in 2019 with a degree in political science. Barnett, the Precinct 3 commissioner who represented the university and opposed expanded early voting on campus, lost his seat. Prairie View A&M University graduate Jayla Allen holds her graduation stole, which was embroidered to include her late grandfather’s name.

WALLER COUNTY, TX Waller County Judge Carbett Trey Duhon confirmed Saturday that Waller County Sheriff R. Glenn Smith died after suffering an apparent heart attack. Were saddened to hear of the passing of Waller County Sheriff Glenn Smith. pic.twitter.com/YRlxESFWst Sheriffs' Assoc of Texas (@TXSheriffs) August 1, 2020Saddened to hear of the passing of Waller County Sheriff Glenn Smith. Ed Gonzalez (@SheriffEd_HCSO) August 1, 2020Were sorry to hear of the passing of our friend and neighbor, Waller County Sheriff Glenn Smith. https://t.co/6gDtXqjjRJ FBCSO Texas (@FBCSO) August 1, 2020Related: Lynn County Sheriff dies after complications with COVID-19, officials say

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