Month: September 2009

NEW YORK (AP) _ Nearly seven miles below the Gulf of Mexico, the British oil company BP has tapped into a vast pool of crude after drilling the deepest oil well in the world. The [Read More…]

DALLAS (AP) _ It’s practically fattening just thinking about it. Deep fried butter is among eight creative food items by vendors at this year’s State Fair of Texas in Dallas. Fair officials say a Labor [Read More…]

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) _ Texas Tech University says it has raised $24.3 million in private donations and will receive the remaining dollars from a state matching fund designed to help Texas’ seven emerging research universities. [Read More…]

Two public forums are on the schedule for anyone interested in learning more about the search for the next president of Texas A&M University.

The City of College Station has been working on a number of

This week the Bryan PD is reminding the public that burglary from vehicles is likely to increase

College Station ISD has announced that four of their schools made the 2009 Texas Business and Education Coalition Honor Roll. Click to hear WTAW’s Chris Clift talk with Deputy Superintendent for Administrative Services Clark Ealy: [Read More…]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The Department of Public Safety says a third suspect has been arrested over the slaying of a Houston physician at his ranch in Austin County. Dr. Jorge Mario Gonzalez was fatally [Read More…]

HOUSTON (AP) _ Three people are facing child abuse charges in connection to the fatal beating of a 3-year-old Conroe boy whose blended family had been investigated four times by Texas Child Protective Services. Montgomery [Read More…]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The University of Texas at Austin is pulling out of the National Merit Scholarship Program to focus on needs-based financial assistance. In a statement Tuesday, the UT Office of Student Financial [Read More…]