Month: February 2009

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) _ Fort Worth police say a 15-year-old boy is accused of pulling a hammer from his pants during class and striking another boy in the head several times. The suspect was [Read More…]

EL PASO, Texas (AP) _ More than 2,100 diabetic patients treated at William Beaumont Army Medical Center are at risk for hepatitis or HIV because of potentially flawed insulin injections. The center in El Paso [Read More…]

PECOS, Texas (AP) _ A law enforcement official says all prisoners at a remote West Texas prison where inmates started rioting Saturday have now returned to secured housing facilities. Reeves County Chief Deputy Victor Prieto [Read More…]

Five local residents are going to prison after being convicted of human smuggling on January 24. Porfirio Ortiz, Bernardino Ortiz, Baudel Ortiz, Calixtro Ortiz and Sandra Ortiz of Bryan were all sentenced for their roles [Read More…]

The economic recession has claimed a well-known victim in the area.

A Bryan woman is in critical condition after being stabbed.

A guilty plea on aggravated robbery charges will send a Hempstead man to prison for up to 13 years. The Brazos County District Attorney’s Office says

The Secretary of Agriculture has designated Burleson, Brazos, Grimes and Robertson counties natural disaster areas because of drought. Farm Service Agency Loan Manager Nathan Philipello

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Before the House voted Speaker Tom Craddick out of his powerful job, state officials wiped his computers clean and deleted scores of electronic files — raising concerns that important public records [Read More…]