Month: May 2009

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Two recently elected members of the Bryan City Council were sworn in Tuesday night. Mike Southerland returns for his second three year term as the at large representative. Southerland says he is really looking forward [Read More…]

SHERMAN, Texas (AP) _ The father of a Texas soldier accused of killing five fellow U.S. troops in Iraq believes counselors in a military stress center “broke” his son. Seventy-three-year-old Wilburn Russell spoke today with [Read More…]

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) _ Some Texas researchers are trying a new weapon against fire ants. It’s an air war with parasitic flies that turn the pesky insects into zombies whose heads fall off. The [Read More…]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Rep. Ed Kuempel of Seguin was found collapsed in an elevator late Tuesday evening as the daily session of the Texas House wound down shortly before 10:30 p.m. The Capitol staffer [Read More…]

HOUSTON (AP) _ It’s taking a while for one consequence of Hurricane Ike to take effect — nine months, to be exact. Many people were stranded at home with no electricity for days or even [Read More…]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The Texas House has approved changing the tax on smokeless tobacco to fund a loan repayment program for doctors working in underserved areas. Chewing tobacco is currently taxed as a percent [Read More…]

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) _ A museum in Texas will soon be the only U.S. museum to display a Michelangelo painting after acquiring his earliest known work. The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth declined [Read More…]