Katrina wallops coast
Hurricane Katrina struck a fearsome blow across a wide swath of the Gulf Coast on Monday, flooding tens of thousands of homes in three states, displacing millions of residents who...
Home > Reviews
All Stories
Mexican drug gangs defy law in Laredo, sister city
American tourists used to flock south across the border to ride through the streets of this town in the back of horse-drawn carriages. Now the more common sight is heavily...
Old South racism lives in Texas town
They picked up Billy Ray Johnson outside a convenience store in this East Texas bayou town, a place where Confederate flags fly in some front yards and a mural of...
Texas criminal record shows a temper boiling over to rage
Jerry Branton Hobbs III always had a hot temper, but on a summer night in Texas, he finally exploded. After fighting with Sheila Hollabaugh, the mother of his three children,...
Alan Prokop and Jim Norman: 2 rescuers in need of saving
Alan Prokop was an Oklahoma City police officer who rushed headlong into the twisted wreckage of the Murrah Federal Building and carried several victims to safety. Today he's a recluse...
New York City: Firehouses and police stations brace for 9/11 trauma
Trauma experts commonly predict that the odds of any individual rescue worker at a disaster scene suffering post-traumatic stress disorder increase if there is massive loss of life. They rise...
Jim Ramsey: Tragedy haunts the heroes
Jim Ramsey stood before an Oklahoma City judge last December a few days before Christmas, nervously awaiting his sentence on nine felony counts, yet another face in an anonymous parade...
A bomb’s bitter echoes
To many Americans, the terrorist attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995, is ancient history. Tuesday will mark the 10th anniversary of the sunny morning...
Torment lingers in OK City
What is the value of an American life claimed by terrorists? The answer, it turns out, depends on where and when you die. Congress gave the families of victims of...
Susan Walton: Getting well and moving on
Susan Walton started planning her charity, Suited for Success, in the early 1990s, sketching out an idea to collect used suits and blouses from working women and then distribute them...