On this day, July 16, 1870, army officer John Porter Hatch began an experiment to manufacture and use adobe bricks as inexpensive construction material at Fort Concho, according to information from the Texas State Historical Association.
Corrections Officers at the Tom Green County Jail report that 14 individuals have been booked on charges ranging from manufacturing and delivery of controlled substances to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
A wanted man attempted to flee from the State of Texas Parole Office on Monday, injuring himself severely in the process, according to Brownwood Police.