Month: January 2009

SAN ANTONIO (AP) _ One person jumped from a second-floor balcony to escape a three-alarm fire that destroyed an apartment building — and firefighters rescued two others.

HOUSTON (AP) _ It’s a battle of dueling scientists in the case of Texas death row inmate Larry Swearingen.

HOUSTON (AP) _ A 2005 hurricane evacuee from the Beaumont area must serve life in prison without parole over the death of a Pasadena woman who helped him.

BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) _ Personal information of about 500 current and former Beaumont city workers accidentally was posted online. The information, including birth dates and Social Security numbers, was put on the city’s Web site [Read More…]

Some Bryan residents woke up to some unpleasant news Tuesday morning: finding their tires slashed.

The Bryan City Council will consider a land acquisition for the Twin Oaks Landfill Project at their Tuesday

It was a close call at a Bryan home Tuesday morning after a pickup truck driver ran off the road and drove into a home.

DALLAS (AP) _ Some superintendents in Texas are calling for an overhaul of public schools to better prepare students — in ways that aren’t boring. Details are in a 48-page report called “Creating a New [Read More…]

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) _ Opening statements were scheduled Tuesday in the trial of a woman accused of beating her 2-year-old daughter to death, hiding the body for nearly two months and later dumping the remains [Read More…]

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) _ A Texas woman is facing child endangerment charges after allegedly bringing her 10-year-old son into the cab of a tractor-trailer at a New Hampshire truck stop and having sex with the [Read More…]