Matagorda County

Authorities in a coastal Texas county are asking beachgoers to not pick up any suspicious items in the water after several packages of cocaine washed ashore in recent days.

A former deputy sheriff from Texas has been sentenced to more than 18 years in prison for sexually exploiting young girls from Massachusetts he met online, federal prosecutors said.

A former deputy sheriff from Texas pleaded guilty Thursday to sexually exploiting a young girl from Massachusetts he met while playing an online game, starting when she was 12 years old. Pasquale Salas, 26, pleaded guilty via video conference in federal court in Worcester to cyberstalking and sexual exploitation of a minor, Masslive.com reported. The former deputy sheriff with the...

A man in his late 90s is the first reported death due to the novel coronavirus in the state of Texas, according to officials in Matagorda County. The Matagorda County Emergency Operation Center said in a news release that a male patient in his late 90s died Sunday evening at Matagorda Regional Medical Center with symptoms consistent with the virus….

Dr. Mark Casanova is the President of the Dallas County Medical Society and is answering many common asked questions. He joins NBC 5 to share what so many people have concerns about keeping them safe.