Month: July 2010

Do you have $2,000 handy to pay a fine for possessing fireworks inside the Bryan city limits? That’s one of the messages Fire Marshal William Bouse is sending out this weekend. Last year during the [Read More…]

The Brazos County Health Department is reminding residents of the county ordinances pertaining to aerobic on-site sewage facilities, after an alarming number of systems were found without chlorine.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Gov. Rick Perry says U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano turned “testy” when he steered a phone call about hurricane preparedness toward border security. The Texas Republican says Napolitano called Wednesday [Read More…]

CHICAGO (AP) _ Emergency rooms are the only choice for patients who can’t find care elsewhere. They may grow even more crowded under the nation’s new health law. That may come as a surprise to [Read More…]

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) _ Convicted killer Michael James Perry has been executed for gunning down a nurse nine years ago at her suburban Houston home and stealing her red convertible. The 28-year-old Perry was put [Read More…]

IRVING, Texas (AP) _ Retail gasoline prices across Texas held steady this week at an average $2.61 a gallon going into the July Fourth holiday weekend. AAA Texas on Thursday reported the state remains below [Read More…]

SAN ANTONIO (AP) _ A woman accused of mutilating and killing her newborn son in San Antonio last year has been found not guilty by reason of insanity. Attorneys for Otty Sanchez had entered the [Read More…]

DALLAS (AP) _ A federal appeals court has ruled that two Plano elementary school principals can be held personally liable in a lawsuit over a student’s distribution of religious Christmas candy canes. Principals Lynn Swanson [Read More…]

UVALDE, Texas (AP) _ About 1,500 mourners, including current and ormer elected leaders, gathered at a Uvalde church to remember former Texas Gov. Dolph Briscoe Jr. Briscoe, who died at age 87 on Sunday, was [Read More…]