Ben Downs, general manager of WTAW parent company Bryan Broadcasting, was named 2010 Broadcaster of the Year by the Texas Association of Broadcasters. The award is the highest honor the organizations bestows on an individual [Read More…]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Texas’ high school steroids testing program that has caught only a handful of cheaters has survived budget cuts across most state agencies. But the program is shrinking. Agencies were ordered Tuesday [Read More…]
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) _ The state medical institution that provides health care for state inmates across Texas is laying off more than 360 workers, citing state budget cuts. The president of the University of Texas [Read More…]
It is a trial that, if the jury finds him guilty, could result in the death penalty.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ A State Board of Education committee has recommended indefinite postponement of new science book orders for Texas classrooms. They’re preparing for an anticipated state budget crunch projected to be as much [Read More…]
McALLEN, Texas (AP) _ Fishermen on Falcon Lake, the large-mouth bass haven deep in south Texas, have encountered assault rifle-toting robbers in recent weeks in what could be an emerging revenue stream for Mexico’s drug [Read More…]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Republican Don McLeroy helped ignite a national firestorm this year with his ideological approach to rewriting Texas school social studies standards. But even after losing his seat in the March GOP [Read More…]
DALLAS (AP) _ Officials say an 87-year-old man has died after the car he was in crashed into the wall at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth over the weekend. Troy Taylor of the Denton [Read More…]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Texas Republican leaders are ordering most state agencies to cut their budgets to brace for a shortfall of up to $18 billion. Gov. Rick Perry, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and House [Read More…]
BURNET, Texas (AP) _ Emergency personnel searched for a Texas trooper who was off duty and in a small boat on Lake Travis when he disappeared during bad weather. Department of Public Safety Trooper Robbie [Read More…]
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