Salon Owner Sought for Performing Illegal Breast Augmentation

Police are seeking a beautician charged with an unlicensed medical practice after a breast augmentation she’s accused of performing left a customer hospitalized in critical condition.

Warrants have been issued for the arrest of 39-year-old Carmel Mitchelle Foster-Alexander, owner of Queen Divas Hair Salon and Spa, on Martin Luther King Avenue in Tyler.

Investigators say the victim, 26-year-old Sheena Bradford of Longview, was admitted Feb. 16 to a hospital, where she’s listed in critical condition with severe chest pains. Police say the woman’s family reported she had received injections of an unknown substance to augment her breasts the day before her hospitalization.

The family says Foster also performed a similar procedure on the customer’s cousin two weeks ago.

2,000 Pounds of Marijuana Uncovered

PROGRESO, Texas — Authorities say more than a ton of marijuana has been found in a load of limes in South Texas. U.S. Customs and Border Protection yesterday announced the seizure of roughly $2.4 million worth of pot. On Tuesday, investigators found nearly 350 packages of marijuana had been slipped into an 18-wheeler hauling a commercial shipment of limes.

Snow Owl Spotted at Lake Ray Hubbard

DALLAS — People have been flocking to a Dallas-area lake in hopes of seeing a rare sight. What’s believed to be a snowy owl has been spotted in Robertson Park at Lake Ray Hubbard. There have been only a handful of confirmed snowy owl sightings in Texas and a photographer who stopped by the park says it’s phenomenal to see one in an urban setting.