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Severe weather with the potential for hail is expected throughout Central Texas Thursday afternoon and evening.

Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies are investigating a two-vehicle crash that occurred at about 6:00 a.m. Saturday, December 2, 2017. According to the preliminary investigation, both vehicles were travelling southbound on Hwy 27, south of Hwy 17/92 in Haines City. A white 1999 Buick sedan, driven by 26-year old Hakeem…

MOUNTAIN CENTER, Calif. (KABC) -- A brush fire that broke out early Friday morning near Idyllwild quickly burned 600 acres, prompting evacuation orders for local residents. Shortly after 1 a.m., firefighters responded to the 28000 block of Bonita Vista Road in the San Jacinto Mountains community of Mountain Center and found flames burning in heavy vegetation and pine trees, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. By 3:30 a.m., the blaze had grown to 250 acres and mandatory evacuatio...

Evacuation orders were in place after a brush fire, being called the Bonita Fire, erupted nearly 30 miles east of Hemet early Friday morning, authorities said. 

All evacuation and road closure orders were lifted Friday evening as firefighters held a wildfire that started more than 12 hours earlier near Mountain Center to 715 acres, officials said. As of 7:30 p.m. Saturday, according to Cal Fire Riverside County officials, the blaze known as the Bonita Fire was 30% contained. Containment the previous night was at 20%.  Fire activity had died down on Saturday, but, officials warned, it could increase as dry weather and gusty Santa Ana winds were expect...