AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The state will have less oversight of some schools in Austin that have shown academic improvement. The Texas Education Agency has ended the assignment of a state management team to the [Read More…]
HOUSTON (AP) _ A former hand surgeon in Houston whose TV commercials tout family values has been charged with beating his fourth wife, eight years after he pleaded guilty to assaulting his third wife. Court [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…]
HOUSTON (AP) _ A former letter carrier technician for the U.S. Postal Service has been arrested after his indictment on a charge of theft of U.S. mail. The United States Attorney’s office in Houston said [Read More…]
ORANGE, Texas (AP) _ A traffic stop on Interstate 10 in southeast Texas has led to counterfeiting charges against three people from Georgia. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office identified the trio as the driver, 60-year-old [Read More…]
SAN ANTONIO (AP) _ A 63-year-old San Antonio businessman and former research executive must serve eight years in federal prison in a child pornography case. Nigel Gale in February pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography [Read More…]
CARROLLTON, Texas (AP) _ A Dallas woman told police she fatally shot her co-worker because she received “signs from God.” Theresa Gail Robbins remains in the Dallas County Jail on Thursday on a murder charge. [Read More…]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ A federal judge is recommending approval of a $12 million settlement for those sickened or killed in last year’s salmonella outbreak tied to a Virginia-based peanut processor. U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael [Read More…]
DALLAS (AP) _ American Airlines says it will fight today’s record penalty of $24.2 million over maintenance lapses that caused thousands of canceled flights in April 2008. The Federal Aviation Administration says Fort Worth-based American [Read More…]
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) _The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, nearly two years since being hit by Hurricane Ike, has reduced its level of indigent care during tough economic times. The Houston Chronicle reported [Read More…]
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