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• LSU's Chris Simpson falls in first round of NCAA's

  May 22, 2013 4:30 PM

  URBANA, Il. - LSU's lone men's singles tennis player, #42 Chris Simpson, fell Wednesday afternoon to the University of Texas' #37 Soren Hess-Olesen in three sets(4-6, 7-5, 3-6). It was the sophomore Tiger's first trip to the NCAA Championships. Simpson had taken down nine ranked opponents throughout the year... more »

• Officials to give Texas explosion probe results

  May 16, 2013 8:48 AM

  WEST, Texas - Federal and state officials say they're poised to announce findings of their investigation into a deadly Texas fertilizer plant explosion that killed at least 14 people. Officials from the Texas State Fire Marshal's Office and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are scheduled to... more »

• Deaths reported in Wednesday night TX twisters

  May 15, 2013 10:37 PM

  DALLAS- A serious storm spawned two tornadoes and killed multiple people Wednesday night. There are reports of hospitals being put on alert to handle an influx of patients. Damage, injuries, and more extreme reports began after strong storms ripped through Hood County, Texas, southwest of Fort Worth. ... more »

• Paramedic who responded to Texas blast charged

  May 10, 2013 2:43 PM

  WACO, Texas- A Texas paramedic who helped evacuate people on the night of the deadly fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas is charged with possessing bomb-making materials including a pipe and chemicals. Bryce Reed has been charged with possession of a destructive device. Law enforcement officials haven't connected the... more »

• Texas launches criminal probe into plant explosion

  May 10, 2013 10:53 AM

  WACO, Texas - Texas law enforcement officials are launching a criminal investigation into last month's deadly fertilizer plant explosion. Investigators have up to now largely treated the West Fertilizer Co. blast that killed 14 people as an industrial accident. The Texas Department of Public Safety said in a Friday statement... more »

• Tigers lose series opener to Aggies after delays

  May 10, 2013 10:46 AM

  COLLEGE STATION, Texas - After rain delayed the start of their game against Texas A&M, the Tigers lost their series opener to the Aggies 2-1 in a soaked College Station matchup. Aggies pitcher Daniel Mengden held No. 3 LSU to five hits in the game, and reliever Jason Jester... more »

• George W. Bush library dedication begins in Dallas

  April 25, 2013 10:37 AM

  DALLAS - The dedication ceremony for the George W. Bush Presidential Center has begun. After a performance of "God Bless America," former Commerce Secretary Don Evans gave welcoming remarks. He chairs the George W. Bush Foundation. Bush and President Barack Obama, along with former Presidents Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter and... more »

• Czechs help to rebuild West, Texas after blast

  April 24, 2013 8:01 PM

  PRAGUE- To honor thousands of Czechs who settled in Texas more than a hundred years ago, the Czech Republic will donate about $200,000 to help rebuild the town of West, Texas after a fertilizer plant explosion nearly leveled the town. The government says a significant number of people in the... more »

• DPS: 12 bodies recovered after Texas plant blast

  April 19, 2013 8:51 AM

  WEST, Texas - A Texas law enforcement official says 12 bodies have been recovered following a massive explosion that leveled a fertilizer plant. Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Jason Reyes said Friday that about 200 people were injured in the explosion at facility Wednesday night in the small... more »

• Police: 5 to 15 people killed in Texas explosion

  April 18, 2013 7:11 AM

  WEST, Texas - Police in Texas say between five and 15 people were killed in a fertilizer plant explosion that also injured more than 160 others. Waco police Sgt. William Patrick Swanton said early Thursday morning that the death toll is only an estimate as search and rescue operations... more »

• Texas wife of ex-judge charged with capital murder

  April 17, 2013 10:16 AM

  KAUFMAN, Texas - The wife of a former judge is charged with capital murder in connection with the slayings of a North Texas district attorney, his wife and an assistant prosecutor. The charge Wednesday against Kim Lene Williams is the latest twist in an investigation that had recently focused on... more »

• Elderly prisoner in murder-for-hire plot

  April 15, 2013 7:22 PM

  CONROE, TEXAS- An 84-year-old woman in jail on theft charges is now accused of trying to hire a hit man to kill a prosecutor and maim his boss and to make it look like a copy-cat killing. Authorities say Dorothy Canfield sought to have the Montgomery County D-A hurt and... more »

• At least 2 dead in Texas charter bus wreck

  April 11, 2013 10:49 AM

  IRVING, Texas - State troopers say at least two are dead after a charter bus overturned along a North Texas highway. The crash happened Thursday just east of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Irving. Emergency workers are pulling passengers from emergency exits in the roof. Las Colinas Medical Center in... more »

• More than a dozen hurt in Texas college stabbing

  April 9, 2013 5:21 PM

  CYPRESS, Texas - Authorities have a suspect in custody in today's stabbing attack at a Texas college campus that left more than a dozen people wounded. They say he's a student at the school. They initially believed that there might be a second suspect -- but they now say there... more »

• Google to pick Austin for ultra-fast internet

  April 9, 2013 11:27 AM

  AUSTIN, Texas - Google Inc. is expected to name tech-savvy Austin as the second city where the search giant will offer its ultra-fast home Internet service. Google and Texas Gov. Rick Perry scheduled a Tuesday morning announcement in Austin. Industry groups and observers are widely expecting Austin to receive Google's... more »

• Extra security after Texas prosecutor, wife shot

  April 1, 2013 1:12 PM

  KAUFMAN, Texas - Deputies have been escorting some county employees into the courthouse today in Kaufman County, Texas. The extra security is in place two days after the county's district attorney and his wife were found shot to death in their home. The shooting came two months after an assistant... more »

• Texas prosecutors on high alert after DA's killing

  April 1, 2013 8:20 AM

  KAUFMAN, Texas- Law enforcement is beefing up security for prosecutors in Texas following the killing of a district attorney and his wife. Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife were found shot to death Saturday in their home near Forney, about 20 miles east of Dallas. Their... more »

• Astros strong in AL debut, top Rangers in MLB opener

  March 31, 2013 10:46 PM

  HOUSTON - Rick Ankiel and the Houston Astros made an impressive debut in the American League, trouncing the Texas Rangers 8-2 Sunday in the major league opener and giving Bo Porter a win in his first game as manager. Ankiel launched a pinch-hit three-run shot for the first homer this... more »

• New AL West foes Astros, Rangers open 2013 season

  March 30, 2013 5:26 PM

  HOUSTON - The Houston Astros make their move to the American League official after 50 years in the NL when they open the season against the Texas Rangers on Sunday night. Houston has the league's lowest payroll and is coming off consecutive 100-loss seasons. The Astros get an early look... more »

• Florida the favorite in a wide-open SEC Tournament

  March 12, 2013 1:57 PM

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Almost every team in the Southeastern Conference has at least some hope of taking home the tournament championship after a wild season. Florida. Tennessee. Kentucky. Mississippi. Alabama. Shoot, maybe even Vanderbilt playing a couple miles away from home has a shot. Gators coach Billy Donovan... more »

• Lady Vols clinch regular season title

  February 28, 2013 8:40 PM

  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Kamiko Williams scored a career-high 18 points in the final home game of her career and No. 8 Tennessee beat No. 13 Texas A&M 82-72 on Tuesday night to clinch its 17th Southeastern Conference regular-season title. Tennessee (23-5, 14-1), which had already wrapped up a share of... more »

• Call 911 for smoke

  February 19, 2013 7:30 PM

  A woman who wanted to make sheriff's deputies the butt of a joke picked the wrong number to call when she wanted cigarettes delivered to her house. It happened in Granbury, Texas and sheriff's Lt. Kathy Jividen says the woman was "very intoxicated" when she requested the special delivery. Instead,... more »

• 2 Texas women convicted of hiding boy for 8 years

  February 19, 2013 2:26 PM

  SAN AUGUSTINE, Texas- A jury in east Texas has convicted two women of kidnapping a Houston boy when he was 8 months old and hiding him for eight years before he was found. Jurors deliberated for two hours before finding Krystle Tanner and her mother, Gloria Walker guilty. ... more »

• Cruise passengers arrive at home port in Texas

  February 15, 2013 8:49 AM

  GALVESTON, Texas- Weary passengers of the crippled Carnival cruise ship Triumph are returning to the ship's departure port in South Texas after five days at sea on a liner left powerless by an engine-room fire. Buses began arriving at the Port of Galveston on Friday morning after an eight-hour drive... more »

• Sheriff: Vet charged in shootings won't see lawyer

  February 6, 2013 6:22 AM

  FORT WORTH, Texas - A Texas sheriff says the Iraq War veteran charged with gunning down a former Navy SEAL sniper and his friend has refused to meet with his family or court-appointed attorney. Erath County Sheriff Tommy Bryant says Eddie Ray Routh remained in his cell Tuesday instead of... more »

• Iraq War vet accused in shooting on suicide watch

  February 5, 2013 6:30 AM

  STEPHENVILLE, Texas - A Texas sheriff says the man charged with killing a former Navy SEAL and his friend was shocked with a stun gun and restrained in his jail cell after becoming aggressive. Erath County Sheriff Tommy Bryant says 25-year-old Eddie Ray Routh is on suicide watch. Bryant says... more »

• Ex-Navy SEAL died pursuing his passion

  February 4, 2013 2:47 AM

  STEPHENVILLE, Texas - Former Navy SEAL and expert sniper Chris Kyle was devoted to helping his fellow veterans navigate life after active duty. Authorities say the 38-year-old Kyle was doing just that Saturday when he was slain along with a friend at a Texas gun range. Police have charged 25-year-old... more »

• Texas prosecutor's slaying rattles colleagues

  February 1, 2013 2:56 AM

  KAUFMAN, Texas - Some prosecutors say the fatal shooting of a Dallas-area prosecutor is disturbing for all those trying to protect the public from criminals and their misdeeds. That's after a masked gunman confronted Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse of Kaufman County in a parking lot and shot him multiple... more »

• County prosecutor killed near Texas courthouse

  January 31, 2013 11:17 AM

  KAUFMAN, Texas - Authorities say an assistant district attorney has been shot and killed near the North Texas county courthouse where he worked. The shooting occurred just before 9 a.m. Thursday outside a building across from the main Kaufman County courthouse. Authorities say they are seeking two suspects in the... more »

• Mexico breaks up alleged border sex-slavery cult

  January 30, 2013 10:22 AM

  MEXICO CITY - Mexican officials say they have broken up a bizarre cult that allegedly ran a sex-slavery ring among its followers on the U.S. border. Mexico's National Immigration Institute says 14 foreigners have been detained in the raid on a house near Nuevo Laredo, across the border from Laredo,... more »

• District judge postpones Texas woman's execution

  January 29, 2013 2:16 PM

  HUNTSVILLE, Texas - A Dallas judge has halted the scheduled execution of a Texas woman that was set for Tuesday evening. She would have been the first woman put to death in the U.S. in three years. The order from state District Judge Larry Mitchell moves the execution of 51-year-old... more »

• Texas to execute woman for neighbor's stabbing

  January 29, 2013 10:43 AM

  HUNTSVILLE, Texas - The execution of a Texas woman convicted of murdering her 71-year-old neighbor will mark the first time in three years that a woman has been put to death in the U.S. Fifty-one-year-old Kimberly McCarthy is scheduled for lethal injection Tuesday evening for the 1997 fatal stabbing of... more »

• Texas to execute woman for neighbor's stabbing

  January 29, 2013 2:45 AM

  HUNTSVILLE, Texas - The execution of a Texas woman convicted of murdering her 71-year-old neighbor will mark the first time in three years that a woman has been put to death in the U.S. Fifty-one-year-old Kimberly McCarthy is scheduled for lethal injection Tuesday evening for the 1997 fatal stabbing of... more »

• Texas police seek 2nd suspect in college shooting

  January 24, 2013 5:57 PM

  HOUSTON - Texas authorities are still seeking a second suspect charged after an argument at a Houston-area community college erupted in gunfire that wounded three people. Court documents released Thursday say the Tuesday shooting happened when two men argued after bumping into each other. One suspect was arrested that day,... more »

• Wounded suspect booked in connection with campus gunfire

  January 23, 2013 10:09 AM

  HOUSTON - One of the people hospitalized after yesterday's shooting on a Texas community college campus has been booked on two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Sheriff's officials say Carlton Berry will be arraigned tomorrow. His condition, and the condition of the other person believed to have... more »

• Man charged in Houston shootings

  January 23, 2013 6:47 AM

  HOUSTON - A 22-year-old man has been charged in the shootings at a Houston-area community college campus that left him and two others wounded. A statement from the Harris County Sheriff's Office identifies the suspect as Carlton Berry. Spokesman Alan Bernstein says Berry is charged with aggravated assault but remains... more »

• Four taken to hospitals after campus gunfire

  January 22, 2013 1:11 PM

  HOUSTON - Authorities say the shooting at a Texas community college was the result of an altercation between two people, and at least one was a student. Harris County Sheriff's Maj. Armando Tello says a college maintenance man was injured in the crossfire. Tello says officers were called to the... more »

• AP source: Armstrong tells Oprah he doped

  January 14, 2013 6:26 PM

  AUSTIN, Texas - A person familiar with the situation says Lance Armstrong confessed to Oprah Winfrey during an interview Monday that he used performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the interview is to be broadcast Thursday on Winfrey's network. Armstrong... more »

• Ex-President George H.W. Bush leaves the hospital

  January 14, 2013 10:35 AM

  HOUSTON - Former President George H.W. Bush has left a Houston hospital where he spent nearly two months recovering from an illness that began with a bronchitis-related cough. Bush spokesman Jim McGrath says the 88-year-old Bush was released Monday from Methodist Hospital. He was admitted Nov. 23, the day after... more »

• Report shows Randy Travis was drunk in crash

  January 11, 2013 7:31 PM

  Blood alcohol results in Texas show country star Randy Travis was almost twice the legal limit and drunk when he was arrested naked following a traffic crash in the town of Tioga, north of Dallas. The arrest was in August and he also faces charges for threatening officers. The D.A.... more »

• Mom and daughter face music for bank job

  January 7, 2013 7:32 PM

  A mother and daughter bank robbing duo was sentenced for pulling a bank job in Gulfport, Mississippi and face charges in two other states. Evie Mearline Herrin and her daughter, Amelia Darci Crew pleaded guilty in October for robbing a bank using a BB gun. They are also charged with... more »

• Texas A&M DE Moore bypassing senior season for NFL

  December 31, 2012 10:57 AM

  DALLAS - Texas A&M leading tackler Damontre Moore says he went back and forth before deciding that the Cotton Bowl will be his last game for the Aggies. Moore says there were a lot of pros and cons about foregoing his senior season to enter the NFL draft. He said... more »

• Texas builds 'hurricane domes' for double-duty

  December 28, 2012 1:57 PM

  EDNA, Texas- Texas is building specially designed "hurricane domes" along its Gulf Coast that will offer shelter during major storms and serve the rest of the time as gyms or community centers. The proposed 28 domes are part of the Texas Safe Shelter Initiative, created to protect sick and elderly... more »

• Bush spokesman says ex-president's fever rising

  December 26, 2012 1:53 PM

  HOUSTON- A spokesman says the fever that kept former President George H.W. Bush in a Houston hospital over Christmas has worsened, and doctors have put him on a liquids-only diet. Jim McGrath had said earlier Wednesday that the fever had gone away. He later corrected himself and said the fever... more »

• 3rd person charged with murder in Longview case

  December 26, 2012 1:40 PM

  LONGVIEW, Texas- Louisiana authorities have arrested a third person now facing capital murder charges for the slaying of a Texas man whose beaten and burned body was found a week ago in East Texas's Upshur County. Vernon Parish officials tell the Longview News-Journal 21-year-old Andrew Conrad Norwine was arrested Tuesday,... more »

• Beaumont news anchor dies in La. accident

  December 22, 2012 12:48 PM

  LAFAYETTE - Louisiana State Police say a Carencro man has been booked with driving while intoxicated following a traffic accident that killed a news anchor for a Texas television station. Forty-eight-year-old William Leger, of Beaumont died early Saturday after the 2012 Jeep he was driving ran off Louisiana Highway 93... more »

• Texas man pleads guilty to threatening La. resident

  December 20, 2012 9:52 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - Federal prosecutors say a 46-year-old Texas man faces up to five years in prison and $250,000 in fines after pleading guilty to making calls and text messages threatening to injure a Louisiana resident. A news release says Isaac Medrano of Corpus Christi pleaded guilty Wednesday to... more »

• Texas man accused of carving pentagram into son

  December 12, 2012 1:47 PM

  RICHLAND HILLS, Texas - A North Texas man is accused of carving a pentagram on his 6-year-old son's back, telling a 911 dispatcher that he did it because "it's a holy day." Richland Hills police say Brent Troy Bartel faces charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He's jailed... more »

• 2 children burned in Covington house fire

  December 6, 2012 12:29 PM

  COVINGTON - Two children pulled from a burning home in Covington have been taken to a burn center in Galveston, Texas. Authorities say three other people, including two other children made it out of the house uninjured. The Times-Picayune reports the fire broke out around 1 a.m. Thursday. State Fire... more »

• Heisman finalists: Manziel, Te'o and Klein

  December 3, 2012 5:24 PM

  NEW YORK - Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel, Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o and Kansas quarterback Collin Klein are the finalists for the Heisman Trophy. Manziel is the favorite to win college football's most famous player of the award when it is presented Saturday night in New York. He would... more »

• George H.W. Bush stable after weekend in hospital

  December 3, 2012 10:13 AM

  HOUSTON - Former President George H.W. Bush is starting the week in a Houston hospital where he's spent several days for treatment of a lingering cough related to bronchitis. George Kovacik with Methodist Hospital says the 88-year-old Bush remains in stable condition at the facility Monday. Aides earlier said the... more »

• Texas out to seize Warren Jeffs' polygamist ranch

  November 28, 2012 10:52 AM

  AUSTIN, Texas - The state of Texas is trying to seize ownership of Warren Jeffs' polygamist ranch where prosecutors say the convicted sect leader and a dozen followers sexually assaulted children. The Texas attorney general's office filed a seizure warrant Wednesday in rural Schleicher County. A judge will determine whether... more »

• Private memorials for "Dallas" star Larry Hagman

  November 26, 2012 2:55 PM

  DALLAS - "Dallas" actor Larry Hagman will be remembered this week during private, invitation-only services in Dallas and Los Angeles. The television actor known for starring as slick oilman J.R. Ewing on "Dallas" and Major Tony Nelson on "I Dream of Jeannie" died Friday of complications from cancer. He... more »

• Wreck victims on family's 1st Thanksgiving apart

  November 23, 2012 4:49 PM

  BEAUMONT, Texas - The children of a Houston-area couple killed during Thursday's massive highway wreck in Texas say this was the family's first Thanksgiving apart. V.J. and Richard Leggio tell KHOU-TV that their parents - 64-year-old Vincent Leggio and 60-year-old Debbie Leggio of Pearland - were driving east on Interstate... more »

• I-10 open after deadly 100 vehicle crash

  November 22, 2012 8:39 PM

  BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) - A massive vehicle pileup on an Interstate highway in Southeast Texas has left two people dead and more than 80 injured. At least 100 vehicles collided in extremely foggy conditions at about 8:45 a.m. Thanksgiving Day on Interstate 10 southwest of Beaumont, a Gulf Coast city... more »

• Prosecutor: Children left at day care were doomed

  November 19, 2012 1:28 PM

  HOUSTON - A prosecutor tells jurors a Texas woman doomed the children in her home day care when she left them alone to go shopping before a deadly fire broke out. Jurors in Houston began deliberating the sentence of Jessica Tata after closing arguments in her trial's punishment phase Monday.... more »

• Cowboys RB DeMarco Murray doubtful for Browns

  November 16, 2012 11:01 AM

  IRVING, Texas - Injured Dallas running back DeMarco Murray is unlikely to return from a four-game absence Sunday against Cleveland. Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said Friday that Murray is doing more each day in recovering from a sprained right foot but is doubtful this weekend. Murray injured the foot while... more »

• Deadly train-parade float crash in Texas probed

  November 16, 2012 9:23 AM

  DALLAS - Federal officials are joining investigators in West Texas to look into why a freight train slammed into a parade float carrying wounded veterans, killing four people and injuring 17 others. Witnesses described a harrowing scene Thursday afternoon as the Union Pacific locomotive beard down on the decorated... more »

• Four dead after train hits wounded veterans parade

  November 15, 2012 6:28 PM

  MIDLAND, Texas - Authorities say four people are dead and 17 others are injured after a train slammed into a parade float headed to a West Texas event honoring wounded veterans. City of Midland spokesman Ryan Stout says the crash happened at a Union Pacific railroad crossing around 4:30 p.m.... more »

• Johnny Football has Aggies riding high in SEC

  November 15, 2012 4:42 PM

  COLLEGE STATION, Texas - In his Hill Country hometown of Kerrville, Texas, Johnny Football never would have been known by such a specific nickname. Mark Smith, the high school coach of Johnny Manziel, says he could have been Johnny Baseball or Johnny Golf - "he could have been anything he... more »

• State orders Texas Brine to take further sinkhole steps

  November 12, 2012 6:41 PM

  BAYOU CORNE - State conservation officials issued a series of orders today for Texas Brine to follow as they continue to clean up a sinkhole which formed on their property in Assumption Parish. State Commissioner of Conservation James Welsh ordered the company to install a network of observation and... more »

• Saban: No. 4 Alabama played poorly last 2 games

  November 12, 2012 4:27 PM

  TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Nick Saban puts Alabama's past two games in the same category. He doesn't mean it as a compliment. The fourth-ranked Crimson Tide lost for the first time against No. 9 Texas A&M a week after barely beating No. 8 LSU. Saban says Alabama didn't play well as... more »

• SEC names Manziel offensive player of week

  November 12, 2012 4:00 PM

  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel is the Southeastern Conference offensive player of the week. Manziel produced 345 total yards and two passing touchdowns to lead the Aggies to an upset of Alabama. Defensive backs D.J. Swearinger of South Carolina and LSU's Craig Loston share league defensive honors.... more »

• State bills Texas Brine $3.5M for sinkhole costs

  November 9, 2012 5:54 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The state has sent a $3.5 million bill to the Texas company it blames for a massive sinkhole that has swallowed more than 5 acres of land in Assumption Parish and contaminated an aquifer. Attorney General Buddy Caldwell sent a letter this week to lawyers for Texas... more »

• Texas A&M bomb threat suspect charged in 2nd case

  November 9, 2012 3:45 PM

  COLLEGE STATION, Texas - A man charged with a bomb threat at Texas A&M University is now facing charges for a similar scare at Texas State University. A complaint unsealed this week accuses 19-year-old Dereon Kelly of using the email account of his girlfriend, Brittany Henderson, to send an Oct.... more »

• Katrina evacuee on Texas death row gets life term

  November 7, 2012 2:12 PM

  DALLAS- A Louisiana man's death sentence in Texas has been reduced to life in prison without parole in the killing of a woman who helped him when he relocated after Hurricane Katrina. Attorneys for 50-year-old Roosevelt Smith Jr. contended he's mentally impaired and ineligible for execution under Supreme Court guidelines.... more »

• Texas college exec. looked at for UL System head

  November 1, 2012 4:52 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A vice chancellor at the University of Texas System is being considered to run the University of Louisiana System. Sandra Woodley, vice chancellor for strategic initiatives at the Texas college system, has been invited to interview for the job on Nov. 9, the UL System board of... more »

• Authorities: 33 year-old man killed Texas pastor

  October 30, 2012 2:39 PM

  FOREST HILL, Texas - A suburban Fort Worth medical examiner's office has released the name of the man who died in police custody after ramming his car into a church wall and then fatally beating the pastor. Thirty-three-year-old Derrick Birdow died Monday after being found unresponsive in the back of... more »

• Texas pastor fatally beaten was 'man of integrity'

  October 30, 2012 12:43 PM

  FOREST HILL, Texas - Rev. Danny Kirk Sr. greeted everyone walking into his Texas church on Sundays with a big hug. He spent weekdays visiting folks in the hospital or doing household repairs for the needy. Church members are now looking for answers following the violent death of a pastor... more »

• Police: Pastor of north Texas church killed

  October 29, 2012 3:20 PM

  FOREST HILL, Texas- Authorities say a North Texas pastor died after a man drove his car into the church and attacked the pastor with an electric guitar. Forest Hill Police Chief Dan Dennis said officers arrived at the Greater Sweethome Missionary Baptist Church on Monday to find an assault in... more »

• Texas inmate set to die this week loses appeal

  October 29, 2012 10:10 AM

  HOUSTON - The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to review the case of a Louisiana parole violator set to die this week in Texas for the slaying of an East Texas woman at her home nine years ago. Forty-one-year-old Donnie Lee Roberts is set for lethal injection Wednesday evening in... more »

• Plans finalized for Gulf lease sale off Tex. coast

  October 26, 2012 11:04 AM

  NEW ORLEANS- Federal regulators have firmed up plans to put more than 20 million acres off the coast of Texas up for bid to offshore energy producers next month. The Obama administration says the lease sale will be held Nov. 28 in New Orleans. The Times-Picayune reports the U.S. Bureau... more »

• Cowboys lose leading tackler Lee to toe injury

  October 24, 2012 10:29 AM

  IRVING, Texas - Dallas Cowboys leading tackler Sean Lee has been placed on injured reserve and will miss the rest of the season because of a right big toe injury. Coach Jason Garrett said Wednesday that Lee will have surgery in the "next week or so." Garrett says an MRI... more »

• Texas A&M campus reopens after bomb threat

  October 19, 2012 4:43 PM

  COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Texas A&M University police say the school's campus has reopened after an emailed bomb threat prompted an evacuation and building-by-building search. A&M Police Lt. Allan Baron says officials still are searching some buildings Friday afternoon, but no bombs have been found and people are being allowed... more »

• Texas A&M evacuated, searched after bomb threat

  October 19, 2012 12:06 PM

  COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Authorities at Texas A&M said a building-by-building search is going on now at the campus, after a bomb threat was called in this morning. The university posted on their website they'd received a bomb threat, and classes the rest of the day had been canceled.... more »

• LSU and A&M need win to keep pace in SEC West

  October 19, 2012 11:25 AM

  COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Sixth-ranked LSU and No. 20 Texas A&M don't have a lot in common. The Tigers (6-1, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) are known for their tremendous defense and the Aggies (5-1, 2-1) succeed with a prolific offense. They do share one thing this season: They have both lost... more »

• Judge expected to rule in Bible verse banner suit

  October 18, 2012 7:28 AM

  AUSTIN, Texas - A group of teenage cheerleaders are expecting find out from a Texas district judge whether they can continue to display Bible verses at high school football games. The cheerleaders at Kountze High School sued the district after officials said they could no longer use scripture on... more »

• Aggies want to clean up ugly play before hosting LSU

  October 17, 2012 4:15 PM

  COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Texas A&M has won five straight games. The last two wins for the 20th-ranked Aggies have been far from perfect. They had six turnovers in a 30-27 win over Ole Miss two weeks ago and piled up 19 penalties in a 59-57 victory against Louisiana Tech... more »

• La. Tech brings perfect record into game with A&M

  October 12, 2012 11:36 AM

  SHREVEPORT - Texas A&M and Louisiana Tech were supposed to meet to open the season, when neither team was a Top 25 candidate. On Saturday, when the Aggies and Bulldogs play their game that was postponed because of Hurricane Isaac, both teams are ranked and ready to move up. For... more »

• Texas helicopter pilot killed in La. crash

  October 11, 2012 10:23 AM

  KAPLAN - A low-flying helicopter crashed after striking one of the guy-wires supporting a radio tower in rural south Louisiana, killing the 66-year-old pilot. Maxine Trahan, a spokeswoman for the Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office, said it happened just before noon Wednesday. The pilot was believed to be the only person... more »

• Mom: Toddler 'didn't deserve' to have hands glued

  October 10, 2012 3:39 PM

  DALLAS - A Dallas mother who admitted to beating her toddler and gluing the child's hands to a wall says her daughter "didn't deserve that." Elizabeth Escalona took the stand Wednesday at a sentencing hearing after she pleaded guilty in July to felony injury to a child. Police say the... more »

• Texas mother charged in deaths of 2 infant sons

  October 10, 2012 1:13 PM

  HOUSTON - Police say a Southeast Texas woman who is pregnant with her fourth child has been charged in the deaths of her two infant sons. Kristi-An Walker remained jailed Tuesday on murder and two other charges relating to the deaths that occurred separately. One was in April 2011 and... more »

• Mom who glued kid's hands to wall faces life term

  October 8, 2012 12:47 PM

  DALLAS - A doctor has testified that a Texas mother who glued her 2-year-old daughter's hands to a wall also beat the toddler so badly that she suffered significant brain trauma and bleeding inside her skull. Elizabeth Escalona pleaded guilty July 12 to injury to a child. The 23-year-old mother... more »

• Texas test scandal ex-school chief gets 3.5 years

  October 5, 2012 2:40 PM

  EL PASO, Texas - A federal judge has sentenced the former El Paso Independent School District superintendent to three and half years in prison for his participation in a scheme to bolster high-stakes testing scores by getting rid of students deemed likely to fail. Lorenzo Garcia pleaded guilty in... more »

• AA says it knows why seats came loose on planes

  October 4, 2012 5:42 PM

  FORT WORTH, Texas - American Airlines has canceled dozens of flights as it scrambles to fix seats that could pop loose during flight. The airline said Thursday that it has come up with a fix, and it began pulling planes out of service to make repairs. Airline officials say the... more »

• Crickets causing a stink in Central Texas city

  October 1, 2012 12:42 PM

  WACO, Texas - Several businesses in the Central Texas town of Waco are dealing with a smelly problem that won't go away: decaying cricket carcasses. A bank, a drugstore and other businesses have been inundated with the odorous onslaught of dead crickets that have been trapped inside walls and have... more »

• Texas man dies in E. Feliciana wreck

  October 1, 2012 10:37 AM

  CLINTON - State Police identified the victim of a deadly single-vehicle wreck last night in East Feliciana Parish as a Texas man. State Police said Richard Kennedy Jr., 25, of Austin died in the wreck just after midnight last night. Investigators said Kennedy was in a pickup pulling... more »

• Officials gather for contract ratification vote

  September 28, 2012 3:42 PM

  IRVING, Texas - NFL referees and other game officials who are starting to vote on a new contract say they're excited to get back to work. The officials started arriving today at a hotel near Dallas to discuss and vote on the agreement that was reached with the league late... more »

• Soldier with hiccups allegedly killed by soldier

  September 26, 2012 12:42 PM

  KILLEEN, TX - A Texas man was reportedly trying to help cure a friend's case of the hiccups. But police say the Fort Hood soldier's efforts went terribly wrong. Police say the men were drinking alcohol and watching football on Sunday night, when Private First Class Isaac Young got... more »

• 41-pound cat named Skinny up for adoption in Texas

  September 24, 2012 12:49 PM

  RICHARDSON, Texas - Don't be fooled by the name: Skinny the cat is one hefty feline. And all 41 pounds of her needs a home. A Dallas-area animal shelter has cared for the 5-year-old orange tabby since getting a call about a stray in a yard about a week ago.... more »

• Singer joins list of entertainers busted in same town

  September 20, 2012 7:29 PM

  Singer Fionna Apple joins Willie Nelson, Snoop Dogg and actor Armand Hammer for being busted for pot in the West Texas border town of Sierra Blanca. A border patrol drug-sniffing dog detected marijuana on her tour bus and authorities say Apple had a small amount of pot and hashish. Any... more »

• University of Texas campus reopening after threat

  September 14, 2012 12:11 PM

  AUSTIN, Texas - The University of Texas says all university buildings have been cleared and are reopening after a bomb threat prompted an evacuation of the Austin campus. The university posted on its website that all classes have been canceled for the remainder of the day Friday but other university... more »

• Lt. Gov. Dardenne promotes state in Dallas

  September 13, 2012 7:38 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Louisiana Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne is promoting the state's assets in neighboring Texas. Dardenne is in Dallas to promote Louisiana Culinary Trails through a partnership with the Louisiana Travel Promotion Association and Texas Monthly magazine. The magazine is co-hosting Thursday's event for news media and food... more »