Month: May 2010

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) _ Fort Worth officials have approved a $2 million settlement with the family of a man who died after police used a Taser gun on him. The city admits no wrongdoing [Read More…]

CONROE, Texas (AP) _ A jury in Conroe has convicted an east Texas man in the 2008 killing of his girlfriend’s toddler daughter. The penalty phase was scheduled Tuesday for 20-year-old Blaine Milam. Jurors late [Read More…]

HOUSTON (AP) _ A teacher who witnessed another instructor allegedly beat a student in a videotaped attack at Jamie’s House Charter School in Houston has resigned. Principal David Jones says 33-year-old social studies teacher Gabriel [Read More…]

CUERO, Texas (AP) _ Funeral arrangements are pending for a Cuero teen whose body has been recovered from debris in the rain-swollen Guadalupe River. Counselors were available Tuesday at Cuero High School over the death [Read More…]

HOUSTON (AP) _ Experts blame declining Medicare reimbursement for hundreds of Texas doctors dropping out of the federal health care program for senior citizens. The Houston Chronicle reported Tuesday that more than 300 Texas doctors [Read More…]

SAN ANTONIO (AP) _ San Antonio City Manager Sheryl Sculley is doing her part to help municipal workers stay in shape. Sculley has asked the staff to remove sugary sodas from the city’s 250 beverage [Read More…]

Two new members of the College Station City Council led a renewed effort to come to terms with supporters of incorporating Wellborn. At a Monday afternoon workshop, the council unaminously decided to hold a special [Read More…]

The second week of the John Thuesen capital murder trial began

College Station’s aquatic centers will run on a reduced schedule this summer, but the grass will be mowed for the season’s big events. Those were among the decisions during a City Council workshop Monday after [Read More…]