Month: March 2010

The Texas Department of Transportation is closing portions of Highway 6 to install beams for the new MLK/Old Reliance Bridge. The bridge is expected to open this fall. Click to hear WTAW’s Chelsea Wade talk [Read More…]

After a downturn in 2009, more U.S. medical students have chosen family medicine as their specialty this year, resulting in the highest percentage for that branch of medicine ever, according to the results of the [Read More…]

EL PASO, Texas (AP) _ More than 200 law officers swept through El Paso today — picking up suspected members of the Barrio Azteca gang. “Operation Knock Down” is meant to find new leads into [Read More…]

SAN ANTONIO (AP) _ A Defense Department official under investigation for allegedly running an off-the-books spy program says the operation was authorized and saved lives in Afghanistan and Pakistan. In an interview published Thursday, Michael [Read More…]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has affirmed the conviction of a fan serving life in prison for the 1995 killing of Tejano singing star Selena. The appeals court in Austin [Read More…]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Gov. Rick Perry has ordered Texas National Guard helicopters to the border to support law enforcement efforts to block any spillover of Mexican border violence. A statement issued by Perry’s office [Read More…]

IRVING, Texas (AP) _ Retail gasoline prices rose for a fourth week in a row in Texas and nationwide. The weekly AAA Texas gasoline price survey released Thursday shows the average price of regular unleaded [Read More…]

NEW YORK (AP) _ Continental Airlines has asked regulators for an exemption from new rules to punish airlines for long tarmac delays. Houston-based Continental says construction at New York’s Kennedy Airport will slow operations at [Read More…]