Lil Wayne’s personal journal from the rapper’s eight-month prison stint will finally be published this October, four years after the book was first announced. Gone ’Til November: A Journal of Rikers Island documents the rapper’s time in the New York prison after being convicted of gun possession charges in 2010. In a statement to the New…… MORE
The City of Orlando made police logs from the night of the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub – including transcripts from hundreds of calls to 911 – available to the public on Tuesday, according to The New York Times. The documents show that a 911 caller first reported the shooting around 2:03 a.m. Then the lines started to…… MORE
A federal judge is ordering Texas prison officials to stop forcing inmates to drink water laced with dangerous levels of arsenic. The cancer-causing chemical has been found in the water at one Texas prison for the past 10 years. Yet, according to the judge, state prison officials have done little or nothing to make the…… MORE
Many Texomans are buying fireworks to celebrate the 4th of July weekend. But Russell Nettles of Russell’s Fireworks hopes they are being safe when they celebrate their freedom. “Be responsible with your fireworks. I have all kinds of safety tips on my flyer which is available,” said Nettles. Like any business man, Nettles hopes to…… MORE
A program is expanding while another is being discontinued at North Texas Rehab Center in Wichita Falls. “Well, it hurts. It’s sad. A few folks won’t have positions here,” Rehab Center President and CEO, Mike Castles said. The center announced this week that due to continued decreases in reimbursement, including the recent cuts to Texas…… MORE
A Wichita Falls residency program that’s been serving the community for the last 40 years is very optimistic about the future despite a recent disagreement with their training hospital. Officials at the Wichita Falls Family Practice Residency Program say they were told that after 2 years United Regional Hospital no longer wants the residents to…… MORE
A Minnesota judge overseeing the legal proceedings about Prince’s estate will allow documents filed by some claimants to become public. In an order filed Wednesday, Carver County District Judge Kevin Eide (EYE’-dee) said all documents filed by people claiming to be a parent, sibling, half-sibling or other relative of Prince will be deemed public. Certain…… MORE
Jerry Heller, former manager of N.W.A, is able to move to the next round in a defamation lawsuit over Universal’s Straight Outta Compton, the celebrated biopic of the iconic rap act. Not because he was framed as a “bad guy” in the film and not because of the scene where Dr. Dre accused him of stealing money. Nor because of…… MORE
Apple has been granted a patent which could temporarily disable iPhone cameras at gigs. The technology giant first applied for the patent in 2011 and it was granted this week by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. According to 9to5Mac, the technology has the potential to block an iPhone from recording video or taking…… MORE
The Wichita County Sheriff’s Office have moved out of their now former gun range. The WCSO had used the property for over 20 years as a place to conduct basic qualification testing for patrol deputies and squad teams or SRU (Special Response Unit) teams. The range is located on private property in northern Burkburnett. WCSO…… MORE
