President Biden approves major disaster declaration in Texas
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President Joe Biden stands on stage during a break in a televised town hall event at Pabst Theater, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, in Milwaukee.Evan Vucci/AP
President Joe Biden on Saturday approved a major disaster declaration in Texas, a step that allows people and businesses affected by the devastating winter storm to seek federal assistance.
Gov. Greg Abbott requested on Thursday the major disaster declaration for all counties in Texas, according to a statement from his office. The Biden administration approved individual assistance in 77 counties and public assistance for emergency protective measures in all 254 counties.
Search for 2 suspects in Henderson continues after Sat. morning incident
Police: Teen with active warrant assaults officers & leaves the scene in Henderson
Search for 2 suspects in Henderson continues after Sat. morning incident By Makayla Neukam | February 20, 2021 at 8:35 AM CST - Updated February 22 at 5:29 AM
HENDERSON, Ky. (WFIE) -The Henderson Police Department is investigating an incident that happened early Saturday.
Officers responded to the area of Raj’s Food Mart in reference to shots being fired just after 2:20 in the morning. While searching the area, police say they made contact with a group of individuals at the 800 block of Kleymeyer.
That’s when police say they saw 18-year-old Alianard Washington in the group. We are told Washington has an active warrant for 1st-degree robbery.
HENDERSON â A predicted ice storm seemed less serious on Thursday than initially feared, though officials worried that it still might cause serious problems as afternoon turned to evening.
As of about 4 p.m. the ice had caused only scattered power outages in the Tri-County region, mostly in one cluster east of Henderson and others northwest of Oxford in the U.S. 15 and N.C. 96 corridor.
But as of the mid-afternoon on Thursday, âthings are more than manageable,â said Vance County Emergency Operations Director Brian Short.
The National Weather Serviceâs winter-storm warning for the region had said the passing storm could bring up to half an inch of icefall, enough to cause widespread damage and power outages.