Month: December 2009

The Texas Department of Transportation has announced work plans that will impact drivers over the weekend. Saturday night

PLANO, Texas (AP) _ Former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s book-signing tour is bringing her to Texas, and will include a stop at Fort Hood. Palin planned to make a midmorning [Read More…]

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) _ A 44-year-old Texas man has been executed for raping and murdering an 11-year-old girl, despite his attorneys’ pleas that he was too mentally impaired to qualify for capital punishment. Bobby Wayne [Read More…]

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) _ One of two civilian police officers who brought down the alleged Fort Hood shooter says her wounds from the attack will cut short her career as street police officer. Sgt. [Read More…]

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) _ Just a month after some of its soldiers were killed or wounded in a mass shooting at Fort Hood, an Army Reserve unit will deploy to Afghanistan as scheduled early [Read More…]

HOUSTON (AP) _ Houston Mayor Bill White plans to disclose if he’s abandoning his campaign for U.S. Senate in favor of a race for Texas governor. White has an event scheduled for midday Friday in [Read More…]

HOUSTON (AP) _ Retail gasoline prices held firm this week in Texas. The AAA Texas price survey released Thursday shows the average price of regular-grade gasoline remained unchanged from last week at $2.50 per gallon. [Read More…]

All week long talk of snow has been building in the Brazos Valley. Now it looks like for the second year in a row that could actually happen. The National Weather Service in Houston/Galveston has [Read More…]

Despite major changes in the race on

Rick Starnes announced his plans Thursday to seek the Precinct 3 Constable position in Brazos County as a Republican. Click to hear WTAW’s Chris Clift talk with Starnes: Press release from Rick Starnes: Rick Starnes [Read More…]