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Plane Crashes in Fort Worth
Both occupants of a twin-engine Beech King Air C90 were killed when it crashed in a “giant ball of fire” at a Fort Worth business near Hicks Airfield Sunday afternoon. Security cameras captured harrowing footage of the crash.
The victims, who have not yet been named, departed from Alliance Airport, about eight miles away. The plane crashed at a business that stores 18-wheelers, at least 10 of which were ignited in the explosion.
Multiple fire departments responded to the crash. The Fort Worth Department had 60 personnel at the scene along with 10 firetrucks, 14 support vehicles, and three ambulances. The fire was extinguished within 35 minutes.
A witness, Gregory Delano, said the blaze was so big that “you honestly couldn’t even tell a plane was inside that fire.” The FAA and the NTSB are investigating the crash.
State Aims to Block County Takeover
Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit in sparsely populated Loving County, accusing an Indiana man of trying to “take over” the county government by promising his social media followers free homes and payments of $5,000 a month.
Loving County has about 70 permanent residents but collects millions in taxes from oil industry activity.
Malcolm Tanner, who leads a self-directed movement called the “Melanated People of Power,” purchased two adjoining five-acre tracts in Loving County in January. About three dozen transplants have been living on the property in RVs and tents, with no access to running water or a septic system.
“I have taken the entire county over, out here in Loving County, Texas,” Tanner said in a July TikTok video. “When these elections hit in 2026, we’re going to wipe the board. Everybody that I selected will be elected.”
Paxton accused Tanner of health code violations, threats against local officials, deceptive marketing, and using illegal tactics to influence elections. “Indiana resident Malcolm Tanner has no right to try and take over Loving County with illegal schemes that endanger real Texans,” Paxton said in a statement.
Medina Lake Drying Up
After a brief respite from drought conditions over the summer, the water level in Medina Lake has begun falling again.
The lake exceeded 6% of its capacity in August after dropping below 2% in May, but it’s currently down to 5.6%—more than 80 feet below its conservation pool—according to the Texas Water Development Board.
“It did not break the drought,” said Dave Mauck, general manager of the Bandera County River Authority & Groundwater District. “We did not see any real benefit to the aquifer, other than, the decline might have slowed. It’s just been so dry for so long.”
At least eight new data centers are slated for development in Medina County, which promises to spur economic growth but threatens to exacerbate the dire water situation. “These things are big ice boxes,” said Medina County Commissioner Larry Sittre.
Some residents have complained about the lack of transparency in the permitting process. “If the place, a business, that affects all the residents in this area, then yeah, I think we should have some say in what happens and how that happens,” said resident Rob Scholes.
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Plane Crashes in Fort Worth
