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The family of U.S. Navy SEAL and Byron Nelson High School alumnus Nathan Gage Ingram will host a memorial service in remembrance of his life beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, February 10, at Northwest ISD Stadium, with gates opening at 8:30 a.m. Family and friends invite members of the public to join the celebration of SO2 Ingram’s life at the memorial, which will be supported by the U.S. Navy.

Special Warfare Operator 2nd Class Gage Ingram sacrificed his life on January 11 off the coast of Somalia during an elite raid of a vessel smuggling missile components to attack peaceful ships. While the family invites public attendance to honor SO2 Ingram, please be aware that the use of electronic devices will be strictly prohibited during the event. Additionally, the event will use the district standard clear bag requirements in effect at varsity football games. Clear totes and small clutches meeting this requirement will be the only bags allowed in the stadium. Attendees are welcome to bring clear bottled water, but no other food or drink is permitted.

Located at 1937 Texan Drive in Justin, Northwest ISD Stadium will seat memorial attendees on the home side, with parking available across the street on both sides of Texan Stadium. A parking map can be viewed in this image. All admissions for the event will flow through the home ticket booth entry. As with football games, event staff and signage will guide attendees to available parking. Both arrival and dismissal from the memorial will follow regular practices used for varsity football games for ease of travel.

In addition to general parking, approximately 30 parking spots will be reserved in front of Northwest ISD Stadium’s ticket booth for handicap parking. Please be aware that because of the rebuilding of the district administration offices, additional parking will not be available in this lot. Parking processes for VIPs will be communicated directly to the family and Navy representatives.

Members of the media who wish to report about the event are asked to park by the Kelly Box Agricultural Science Center, located at 1960 Texan Drive, so as not to interfere with event traffic. Media members may report from this location, as the memorial ceremony prohibits the use of cameras and is strictly for those wishing to honor SO2 Ingram and his family.

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - A three-time convicted felon from Hillsboro was sentenced to 99 years in prison Wednesday after his conviction for aggravated promotion of prostitution.

Jurors in Waco’s 19th State District Court deliberated about two hours before determining punishment for Myron Lydon Ingram, 37, convicted as a habitual offender. Jurors also convicted Ingram of possession with intent to deliver heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine, and recommended that Judge Thomas West sentence him to 50 years in prison on each of those three counts.

Ingram, who shouted and cursed at former McLennan County Sheriff’s Office sex trafficking investigator Joseph Scaramucci as he was led from the courtroom, must serve at least 15 years, or a quarter of the concurrent sentences, before he can seek parole.

“I am more than happy with the verdict rendered by the jury and the strong stance they took against those who victimize those who are most vulnerable,” said Scaramucci, who now works for a non-profit organization that battles sex and workplace trafficking. “The professionalism demonstrated by the District Attorney’s Office was second to none and an amazing example of the tenacity those who seek justice are willing to fight for to see it through.”

A McLennan County sheriff’s deputy stopped a car Ingram was riding in with four Dallas women in the Motel 6 parking lot in Bellmead on March 1, 2019. Ingram initially was charged with trafficking the women as prostitutes. During a search of the car, deputies also found 20 grams of black tar heroin, 4 grams of methamphetamine and 14 grams of cocaine in a bag in the trunk of the car. They also found lubricant, condoms, lingerie, clothing and a stripper’s pole in the car.

Deputies seized cell phones from Ingram and the women and Scaramucci linked Ingram’s phone number to advertisements from an illicit sex trade web site called skipthegames.com. The advertisements linked to Ingram’s phone contained photos and short bios of the women found with Ingram that night and the services they would perform for a fee.

Prosecutors Kristen Duron and Alyssa Killin, who asked the jury for life sentences on all counts, said in a joint statement after trial that Ingram took advantage of women “at their most vulnerable moments.”

“The jury’s verdict sends a message to the defendant and this community that sexual exploitation is unacceptable,” they said.

Attorney Phil Martinez, who defended Ingram with attorney Alan Streetman, said they are disappointed with the verdict, adding that Ingram’s family believes it was “too harsh.”

“The family felt that others should have been prosecuted for it,” Martinez said. “I can understand their disappointment, but I respect the jury’s decision in this case and respect the time they put into looking at all the evidence and coming up with what they felt was a reasonable punishment.”

Martinez said Ingram rejected a plea offer before trial of 30 years in prison on all four counts, which would have been served concurrently. As a habitual offender, he faced a minimum of 25 years in prison on all four counts.

The women in the car were not prosecuted, despite one testifying Tuesday that she bought the drugs found in the trunk of the car in Dallas and she intended to sell them in Waco.

McLennan County District Attorney Josh Tetens said, “Mr. Ingram learned McLennanCounty will stand with women who have been abused and trafficked, and we hope his 99-year sentence sends a message to those who dare to prostitute anyone in our community.

“In the past, Mr. Ingram got a slap on the wrist of only two years in Dallas County for similar crimes, but not in our city,” Tetens said. “We appreciate the courage it took these women to testify and face their abuser, and we are grateful for jurors that listened and made the right decision to protect young girls well into the future.”

Court records show Ingram has previous felony convictions for sexual assault of a child and compelling prostitution, for which he was sentenced to two years in Dallas County. He also was convicted in Hill County for possession of cocaine.

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INGRAM, Texas (NEXSTAR) — It’s the sequel you didn’t know Texas created. The Lone Star State’s Hill Country may be a long way away from the mysterious Stonehenge monument in England, central Texas’ Stonehenge II site isn’t without mysteries of its own.

The main mystery: What the heck is Stonehenge II and where did it come from? And what does Easter Island have to do with any of it?

The attraction, located in Ingram, is owned and maintained by the Hill Country Arts Foundation, which explains that the site was created by retired Dallas hotel owner Al Shepperd and his neighbor Doug Hill over 20 years ago.

The idea came to Shepperd after he found a mass of limestone leftover from a patio project near the Guadalup River, Dallas Morning News reported in 2010. It took Shepperd and Hill nine months to build, the foundation says.

Stonehenge II was moved from Shepperd’s property in Hunt — about 7 miles from Ingram — in 2010, many years after Shepperd’s death. The stones, which were created at about 90% the height and 60% the width of the original Stonehenge stones, were moved stone-by-stone to where they now sit.

But wait! If you happen to visit Stonehenge II, which is free to do, you may notice something (else) that seems out of place, historically. The site is also home to two 13-foot moai, which you probably recognize as the giant head statues famous for their placement on Easter Island.

The HCAF says Shepperd added the two moai to “give free range to his fanciful notion.”

Stonehenge II’s moai, which are made of Rebar and plaster, are about the same size as the ones you’d find on Easter Island — or at least as large as they are from top to the ground. The island’s monolithic statues are actually full body figures with most of the bodies buried up to their chests or necks.

“Stonehenge: The Sequel” has so far flown a bit under the radar on TikTok and Reddit, two social media platforms with a knack for honing in on attraction oddities (like the Bass Pro Shops Pyramid in Memphis, Tennessee). A few Stonehenge II TikTok tours can be found, however.

Over on the Texas subreddit, a few posts have popped up over the years, with some Texans expressing surprise at this hidden gem.

“My mom lives less than 10 minutes from this place and I never knew!” writes one Redditor. “I’ll be visiting next week!”

According to the HCAF, Stonehenge II has been visited by thousands since its creation. The site can even be rented for private events like weddings and parties.

Stonehenge II will also be the venue for a solar eclipse festival to be held April 8, 2024, during the total solar eclipse, which will pass right over the area. HCAF says details on the event are to come. Additionally, the site will hosts its second annual Stonehenge Celtic Festival and Highland Games on April 27.

It’s been decades since Shepperd and Hill brought a taste of Druid magic to central Texas but their art lives on. Back in 2010, Hill marveled at the site’s”s long life, saying it is “not something he ever could have imagined.”

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AUSTIN (KXAN) — After two large supercell thunderstorms wreaked havoc across multiple Central Texas counties on Thursday, multiple viewers began sending in videos and photos.

The KXAN First Warning Weather Team reported San Marcos and Johnson City took considerable damage due to wind-blown hail.

The National Weather Service even had a report of 5 inch hail from a meteorologist and storm chaser in Johnson City in Blanco County. NWS lists hail of that size as CD or DVD size!

Take a look at the photos sent in by our viewers below:

A KXAN viewer sent us this video of hail in Johnson City.

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INGRAM, Texas —For four minutes Monday, the sky darkened into an early nighttime as the moon’s shadow swept over campers who had gathered from around the western U.S. and even as far as Germany for the chance to see the total eclipse of the sun.

But, as anybody who works in real estate knows, it’s all about location, location, location.

In Ingram, a tiny town just outside Kerrville, Texas, on the banks of the Guadalupe River, the sight of the moon-blocked sun and its corona were visible for only a few seconds Monday afternoon, causing onlookers to cheer.

Kerrville, in Texas’ Hill Country that is famous for its springtime bluebonnets and other wildflowers, was among the areas that forecasters had believed would have the best chance of clear springtime skies and the location drew thousands of eclipse hopefuls. As it turned out, the skies were much clearer in other parts of the Lone Star State.

One hundred miles away in Plugerville, Texas, just outside the state capital of Austin, Fresnan Dan Comelli reported that he and other family members got to see the entire eclipse, including the diamond ring and red flare.

“Totally awesome!” he texted. Comelli and his wife had traveled to Plugerville for an eclipse-themed family reunion and watched the celestial event from his niece’s backyard.

Fresnan John Ellis was not as fortunate. Ellis and other family members had gathered for his niece’s wedding. Kendall Hall, a University High School graduate from Fresno who is now a Chico State physics professor, had wanted an eclipse-themed wedding, so she got married Saturday in her husband’s hometown of San Antonio.

On Monday, Ellis and family were in Concan, just north of Uvalde, and had some views of the partial eclipse leading up to and following totality.

“Unfortunately, a thick cloud bank completely obscured totality. But we all knew what was happening because an eerie twilight came over the area. It felt a bit like nighttime with lights from a camper the brightest thing around. So that was a pretty good consolation prize,” Ellis texted.

Sarah Stewart, a mechanical engineering student who is doing an internship with Boeing in Houston for work with NASA’s International Space Station, traveled from Lake Jackson on the Texas coast to Ingram with her mom Kelly. There, they met with Sarah Stewart’s grandparents Johnnie and Jeanette Anderson, who traveled from Oklahoma City.

Stewart was setting up the large telescope that her late father had purchased, and soon she was offering close-up looks of the eclipse in progress for other campers to view. Monday’s eclipse likely won’t be her last, although she’ll need to travel to Alaska for the next total eclipse. Her specialty is building rockets – the kind that go up past 30,000 feet and need to be tested at White Sands in New Mexico.

Kyle Cerniglia had traveled from Tucson, Arizona, to use his specialized photography equipment. Cerniglia’s company assisted with creating the Sphere at the Venetian Resort in Las Vegas, and one of the optical technicians sparked his interest in astrophotography.

Cerniglia’s company also has a connection to the International Space Station. They are helping to design a camera that is being sent to the ISS. The chances of it working in space? “Fifty-fifty,” he said with a chuckle.

Ben Evans of Monument, Colorado, had a camera pointed skyward as he and his friend Preston Smith of Scottsdale, Arizona, enjoyed the morning sunshine at their Ingram campsite. The pair had traveled to Casper, Wyoming, for the 2017 total eclipse.

Eclipses didn’t used to be such a big deal as they have become in recent years, Smith said, adding, “I guess people got more time now.”

One of the longest-distance travelers to Ingram was Klaus Kalauch, who works at a planetarium and observatory in Schneeberg, Germany. Kalauch had hoped to photograph the entire eclipse, from first contact to last and the totality, and then display the photos at the planetarium in the future.

Unlike Stewart and Cerniglia, who were excited about seeing their first eclipse, Monday’s was Kalauch’s seventh. He has traveled all over the world, including China, Turkey, Hungary, and now the U.S., to see the moon blot out the sun (or, in the case of eclipse-watchers in Ingram, to see the clouds blot out the eclipse).

But even though he’s already seen six, eclipses are still exciting for Kalauch, who said in German, “I think a total solar eclipse is a wonderful experience to understand nature and see how small we humans actually are.”

The Texas Heritage Songwriters Association is set to honor its new slate Hall of Fame inductees on February 24th at the Moody Theater in Austin, TX. The legendary Jack Ingram, Jon Randall, Ruthie Foster, Terry McBride, and Eric Johnson make up this year’s inductees. TxHSA will also bestow their Texas Music Legend Award to Seminole, TX-native Tanya Tucker.

The new inductees join an impressive list of previous Hall of Fame members, including all the past Texas songwriting greats like Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Guy Clark, Billy Joe Shaver, Jerry Jeff Walker, Michael Martin Murphey, Clint Black, Robert Earl Keen, Steve Earle, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Liz Rose, Nancy Griffith, and many more.

Along with the inductees set to take the stage, the list of guest performers includes Miranda Lambert, Emmylou Harris, Lyle Lovett, and Ronnie Dunn. The Texas Songwriters Hall of Fame always has the uncanny ability to pull massive talent to Austin to pay tribute to the songwriters being honored, in part due to the prestige the honor comes with.

Only fitting that Miranda Lambert would be there to help induct Jack Ingram and Jon Randall, who both appeared on her critically-acclaimed songwriter album The Marfa Tapes from 2021. Beyond the work of the two have done with Miranda, both men have enjoyed their own solo careers, with Jack Ingram now considered a legend himself down in Texas, and Jon Randall enjoying a career as a producer as well.

Terry McBride might have made his most public name being the frontman of the successful ’90s country band McBride & The Ride. But when the band officially broke up in 1994, McBride launched a career as a songwriter, writing some 20 songs for Brooks & Dunn alone. This is why Ronnie Dunn has agreed to be there in person to pay respects to McBride.

Originally from Gause, TX, Ruthie Foster is one of the most accomplished folk and blues songwriters from Texas in modern history. After serving in the Navy, she started singing professionally, eventually recording for Atlantic Records. Foster will add her Texas Songwriters Hall of Fame distinction to her mantle of Grammy Awards and other Hall of Fame inductions.

Eric Johnson from Austin, TX proves that it’s not always just words that go into great songwriting, but notes as well. As one of the most highly-regarded guitarists around, his list of songwriting credits and accomplishments is vast.

Previously, Eric Church, Toby Keith, Jeff Hanna, Kacey Musgraves, Randy Rogers, Wade Bowen Rita Coolidge, and a host of others have appeared at the ceremony to honor the inductees.

This event usually sells out immediately, but a few tickets are still left. To purchase tickets, CLICK HERE.