Month: August 2010

RICHLAND HILLS, Texas (AP) _ A freight train derailment in the Fort Worth area left several cars off the tracks and interrupted passenger rail service. Crews worked Monday to fix the torn-up tracks in the [Read More…]

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) _ A series of unfortunate coincidences led to a case of mistaken identity that put a Louisiana minister behind bars for nearly eight hours. Gregory Jones, pastor at Eden Worship Center, was [Read More…]

A doctor at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Bryan wound up in his employer’s emergency room after he was injured by an accused drunk driver. This was in the parking lot of the Shell convenience [Read More…]

College Station’s Parks and Recreation Director is leaving.

The College Station Police Department goes under the microscope in the upcoming week from a national assessment team. Officer Rhonda Seaton says the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) visits every three years. [Read More…]

HOUSTON (AP) _ A three-alarm at a Houston warehouse that stores voting machines could complicate elections for Harris County voters later this year. A fire that broke out before dawn Friday at the Harris County [Read More…]

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) _ A life-size bronze statue of famed rock and roller Buddy Holly is being moved at his hometown of Lubbock. The transfer process began Friday as workers renovate a nearby broken fountain [Read More…]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Texas will apply for about $830 million in education aid from Washington even though officials are expecting a legal fight over the money. Gov. Rick Perry has said that to comply [Read More…]

McKINNEY, Texas (AP) _ A Louisiana man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in the 2008 deaths of a Texas family headed home from church. David Calhoun Jones of Metairie, La., was also [Read More…]