West News

Needy children in India are feeling support from right here in West Texas. People put their shoes to the pavement for a 5K walk and run at Grafa Park in Midland.

Joy Lewis/Reporter-News Kate Miller snuggles with Pumpkin Marmalade, a kitten belonging to her little brother, Jack, while she takes a break from spelling on Tuesday at her home.

A nice house and occasionally a new car. A good job. Enough money to be comfortable, maybe even to travel.

After hail pounded portions of the Big Country in late spring 2011, and temperatures shot up as rain chances went down, the spring wildflower season wilted into nothing.

CBS 7 News News Staff Midland, TX - Many are celebrating memorial weekends with cookouts and family gatherings but for two West Texas families, this weekend means a little more.

Shelley Childers CBS 7 News schilders@cbs7.com May 25, 2012 MIDLAND, TX - High school students are graduating all over West Texas over the next week, but for one graduate the walk across the stage was a little extra special.

The only candidates running for U.S. House District 19 talked health care, job growth and President Obama in a question-and-answer session Friday with The Avalanche-Journal. U.S. Rep.

For some people, running between five and 10 miles a day for two days in the Texas heat sounds like cruel and unusual punishment.

A Texas jury has sentenced an Omaha native who had served as a priest in Nebraska to 60 years in prison for plotting the death of a Texas man who accused him of sexual abuse.

Summer Elizondo, 21, of the 200 block of Moore, entered no plea to battery on a household member, resisting/evading/obstructing an officer, concealing identity, 2 counts of battery and disorderly conduct.

Current data indicates Hurricane Bud will have only minor affects on our South Plains weather this holiday weekend.

Thursday Morning Weather Update Greg Morgan - Chief Meteorologist Thermal ridging is still holding strong across the area today.

Shannon Murray CBS 7 Reporter smurray@cbs7.com May 24, 2012 Midland, TX - Preliminary results are in for this year's TAKS and STAAR tests.

A total of 71 accumulated charges were filed against a man hoarding 25 poodle-mix dogs, 13 birds and as many as 100 chickens and ducks.

MSPN ENTERTAINMENT presents APRIL MACIE COMEDY SHOW at the Midland Horseshoe Arena.

Los Angeles city council members voted overwhelmingly to ban plastic bags. The plan will phase out the bags at large stores within six months and smaller stores within a year.

The newly styled single does laundry detergent packets rolled out in February. They're advertised to end the mess, spills, and heavy jugs.

A recent report from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation found men are adding more years to their lives at a faster pace.

The air seemed a little thicker than normal yesterday and in West Texas, it's only natural to fear the worst under those conditions.

A Tornillo man will spend more than 16 years in federal prison for leading an illegal smuggling ring through West Texas.