Month: May 2010

The Superintendent of the College Station public schools is happy with the preliminary numbers of this year’s TAKS tests.

The Texas A&M System Board of Regents is in town for

HOUSTON (AP) _ U.S. Homeland Security officials have asked Houston authorities to watch for a member of a Somalia-based terror group who may be coming to Texas through Mexico. The federal agency last week issued [Read More…]

SAN ANTONIO (AP) _ The Texas Democratic candidate for governor is accusing GOP incumbent Rick Perry of mismanaging the state’s transportation money and hurting communities. Bill White held a news conference in San Antonio on [Read More…]

HOUSTON (AP) _ Federal regulators said Wednesday they will take over the entire job of regulating air quality in Texas if the state continues to violate the U.S. Clean Air Act. The announcement by the [Read More…]

The John Thuesen capital murder trial winds down, as both legal teams close their cases Wednesday in the punishment phase.

TYLER, Texas (AP) _ A district attorney says a grand jury has indicted two men suspected in a string of arsons at churches in Texas. The Tyler Morning-Telegraph says Smith County District Attorney Matt Bingham [Read More…]

HILLSBORO, Texas (AP) _ A plea agreement means life in prison without parole for a 33-year-old woman over the slashing death of one of her daughters and the wounding of the other. Debra Janelle Jeter [Read More…]

CLEVELAND, Texas (AP) _ Child Protective Services has taken custody of three brothers after one, who is 8, allegedly was

WASHINGTON (AP) _ A new census report finds a sharp jump in the population of U.S. coastal counties along the Gulf of Mexico. But demographers warn the trend may not last long, partly because of [Read More…]