Katy Vine

Katy_Vine: Here's some debris from the ...

twitter.com — Here's some debris from the West fertilizer plant that a resident found in his yard yesterday. pic.twitter.com/ReAeo9XU1t

Katy_Vine: Front page of the West News ...

twitter.com — Front page of the West News pic.twitter.com/aCDJJ0PBmk

Katy_Vine: Front page of The West News. ...

twitter.com — Front page of The West News. pic.twitter.com/l6NCjB4uKi

Katy_Vine: West, TX, press machine getting ...

twitter.com — West, TX, press machine getting ready to run pic.twitter.com/mj1zNtphD4

Katy_Vine: West weekly newspaper prepares ...

twitter.com — West weekly newspaper prepares its first issue since the explosion pic.twitter.com/rG73hCz7hv

Leading Off (4/18/13)

frontburner.dmagazine.com — Fertilizer Plant Explodes in West. Here is the basic story of what happened. I don't know how much I can add, because when I typed in those five words in bold, I teared up again. I'm not sure how many of you know this, but I grew up in West.

A Fertilizer Plant Explodes Near Waco

newyorker.com — A woman on a road in Texas on Wednesday, in the town of West, near Waco, was driving away from a factory that was burning when she heard a sound like thunder: "It was like being in a tornado," she told the AP. "It blew out my windshield."

Wife of jailed ex-Kaufman County justice of the peace is now behind bars, charged with capital murder

crimeblog.dallasnews.com — The wife of a former justice of the peace is being held on a capital murder charge in the killings of the Kaufman County District Attorney, his wife and a top prosecutor. Kim Williams, 46, is charged with one count of capital murder and is being held in the Kaufman County jail.