Month: July 2009

The Veterans of Foreign Wars in Bryan will be hosting a variety of events on July 4th as one of their largest annual fundraisers. Click to hear WTAW’s Chris Clift talk with VFW Post 4692 [Read More…]

HOUSTON (AP) _ An 11-year-old student with special needs was pulled over by police for running a stop sign after he took his teacher’s car for a joy ride earlier this week. The boy took [Read More…]

WEBSTER, Texas (AP) _ Webster police used a Taser on a pastor and pepper spray to disperse members of his congregation after police say the pastor tried to interfere with a traffic stop of a [Read More…]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ A nondenominational church is conducting Sunday services in a bar and allowing dogs to attend with their owners. The City Community Church meets Sunday mornings at La Zona Rosa, a music [Read More…]

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) _ The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission says it’s investigating a joint police raid on a Fort Worth gay bar that left one man hospitalized with a head injury and sparked claims [Read More…]

HOUSTON (AP) _ An attorney for the former chief financial officer of indicted Texas financier R. Allen Stanford’s business empire says his client has reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors. Defense attorney David Finn [Read More…]

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) _ A four-time world champion rodeo clown has been sentenced to five years probation and ordered to pay $15,000 in restitution for helping abscond with 300 head of cattle. The Texas [Read More…]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ A special session of the Texas Legislature is in full swing. Lawmakers convened the special session Wednesday and immediately took steps to extend the life of several key state agencies. Lawmakers [Read More…]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _The House sponsor of a measure that would allow the state to continue contracting for privately built toll roads said he’s not sure the bill can pass before Friday, if at all. [Read More…]

McALLEN, Texas (AP) _ A suspected illegal immigrant is in stable condition after he was shot during an altercation with a Border Patrol agent in a Kingsville convenience store. Border Patrol spokesman John Lopez says [Read More…]