Month: July 2010

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Utilities in Texas could be required to replace decades-old steel natural gas pipelines with plastic versions to help prevent explosions. The Dallas Morning News reports Texas Railroad Commission member Michael Williams [Read More…]

Several College Station apartment residents were evacuated this morning as police tried to get a knife-wielding suspect to surrender.

DALLAS (AP) _ Public support for the use of red light cameras in Texas and across the country could be switching from green to yellow. The Dallas Morning News reported Monday that three states banned [Read More…]

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) _ A top Texas official says tar balls from the Gulf oil spill have been found on state beaches. It’s the first known evidence that gushing crude from the Deepwater Horizon well [Read More…]

HOUSTON (AP) _ Authorities say a carjacking suspect crashed into several parked cars in Houston after sexually assaulting the two women whose vehicle he is accused of stealing during a four-hour ordeal. Harris County Sheriff’s [Read More…]

Gunshot calls on the 4th of July that turn out to be fireworks are commonplace.

AUSTIN, Texas(AP) _ Texas Education Commissioner Robert Scott says Washington has “painted a target on Texas.” He’s talking about a U.S. House measure approved this week that cuts state education officials out of the decision [Read More…]

ALPINE, Texas (AP) _ All five people aboard a small aircraft died when the air ambulance crashed shortly after takeoff from a West Texas airport. The crash happened about 12:15 a.m. Sunday about a mile [Read More…]

BOLING-IAGO, Texas (AP) _ A volunteer firefighter’s body has been found in the charred ruins of a southeast Texas egg plant. The first report of the fire came in about 9:30 p.m. Saturday from the [Read More…]