Month: August 2010

McKINNEY, Texas (AP) _ A jury has convicted a Louisiana man on five counts of manslaughter in the 2008 deaths of a Texas family headed home from church. David Calhoun Jones of Metairie, La., was [Read More…]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ An independent ombudsman for the Texas Youth Commission is quitting, effective Sept. 1. John Moore of Denison earlier this month notified the TYC of his decision, saying he has another job [Read More…]

DALLAS (AP) _ Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White says he wants Texas to require companies to get prior approval before raising insurance rates for homeowners. White spoke Thursday in Dallas, saying “Texas has a crisis [Read More…]

CARROLLTON, Texas (AP) _ Police say six people escaped from a Dallas-area house fire but the body of a toddler has been found in the burned residence. Carrollton police spokesman Officer Dustin Bartram says the [Read More…]

DALLAS (AP) _ A judge denied bond for a former FBI agent accused of making death threats against his estranged wife and the head of the Dallas FBI office. Judge Irma Ramirez ruled in federal [Read More…]

IRVING, Texas (AP) _ The cost of gasoline dropped 4 cents this week in Texas and is at the same price it was exactly five years ago. The weekly AAA Texas gasoline price survey released [Read More…]

STONEWALL, Texas (AP) _ Luci Baines Johnson remembers as a teenager riding in a shiny jet trimmed with sky blue and white paint and emblazoned with black letters proclaiming “United States of America.” It would [Read More…]

TYLER, Texas (AP) _ An inmate awaiting transfer to the Texas prison system has died after being found hanged at the Smith County Jail. Sheriff J.B. Smith says 24-year-old Duantes Harrison of Tyler was discovered [Read More…]

TRINITY, Texas (AP) _ A Texas boy died in a traffic accident while driving his father’s vehicle and being pursued by officers in a wreck the day after he started sixth grade. The Department of [Read More…]