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Charged Santa Fe High gunman to remain in state hospital for another year Robert Arnold, Investigative Reporter Updated:  Tags:  FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2019 file photo, Dimitrios Pagourtzis is escorted by Galveston County Sheriffs Office deputies into a courtroom at the Galveston County Courthouse in Galveston, Texas. Nick Poehl, one of Pagourtzis attorneys, says Pagourtzis, charged in a mass shooting at a Texas high school last year, has been declared incompetent to stand trial by three exp...

shutterstock.com HOUSTON - The Honorable Judge Michael Newman turned a blind eye to the alleged estate trafficking and elder abuse of a 91-year-old woman who was under a court-appointed guardianship when she died, according to an amended complaint submitted by her physician daughter. “The temporary guardian [Dana Drexler] stated publicly that her goal was not to return Hattie Owens to her home as promised but to put her in a nursing facility and sell her house with att...

The Aransas Project’s (TAP) legal representative Bryan French of Galveston informed The Rockport Pilot the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has taken action against the Steel Dynamics Steel Mill in Sinton regarding TAP’s contesting Steel Dynamics’ proposed wastewater discharge permit. “TCEQ found that Steel Dynamics violated Texas Code by beginning construction of the wastewater treatment plant associated with their steel mill prior to the issuance of a permi...

State senator files bill calling for legal action in connection with secret art collection inside Harris County shed Senate Bill 252 comes nearly a year after KPRC 2 Investigates exposed huge collection of African art being stored at public’s expense Updated:  Tags:  HOUSTON – State Sen. Paul Bettencourt says he is putting pressure on the District Attorney’s Kim Ogg Office over a nearly year-long investigation into African art being stored on taxpayers’ dime inside of a shed in Commi...