McALLEN, Texas (AP) _ A former Texas sheriff has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for helping Mexican drug traffickers smuggle drugs through his border county in exchange for cash. Former Starr [Read More…]
District 17 Congressman Chet Edwards held the first of three in-person town hall meetings to discuss health care reform Wednesday night. Click to hear the story from WTAW’s Chris Clift: The Brazos Center was packed [Read More…]
A Brazos County jury needed less than two hours
A growing population means more court cases in Brazos County, and right now some are waiting for their time in front of the judge. Click to hear WTAW’s Chris Clift talk with District Court Judge [Read More…]
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) _ At least 30 Texas Christian University students are sick with flu-like symptoms. Dallas-Fort Worth television station KTVT reports that number has nearly tripled in the past two days. The Fort [Read More…]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Records show U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and her husband, Ray, made $6.8 million and paid $1.9 million in federal taxes since 2001. The figures come from their past eight tax [Read More…]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Democrat Tom Schieffer has picked up endorsements for his run for governor from Democratic leaders in the Texas House. The endorsements announced Wednesday seem to indicate the Democratic legislators don’t expect [Read More…]
IRVING, Texas (AP) _ AAA Texas expects about 2.8 million people across the state will travel over the long Labor Day holiday weekend. AAA on Wednesday estimated that 39.1 million people will travel at least [Read More…]
NEW YORK (AP) _ The FDIC will reveal Thursday how much its reserves have been depleted by all the bank failures this year — 81 so far. That may give a clue whether it will [Read More…]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ More than 200 Texas state inmates were sent federal economic stimulus checks even though most were ineligible to receive them. Most were intercepted by prison officials, but nine inmates were allowed [Read More…]
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