Month: October 2010

The academic leadership team at Texas A&M University continues to change. Two positions that reported to the Provost are going away. Interim Provost Karan Watson announced existing staff will pick up duties held by Vice [Read More…]

HOUSTON (AP) _ A man sent to Texas death row for the 1992 slaughter of a central Texas family is now a free man after prosecutors dropped the capital murder charges against him. Anthony Graves [Read More…]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ A South Texas lawmaker accused of using his elected position to sell legislative favors was convicted Wednesday of multiple counts of tampering with government records and perjury. Rep. Kino Flores, 52, [Read More…]

A former employee of a College Station motel is in jail accused of an armed robbery. Police picked up 43 year old Marcus Gutierrez of Bryan less than 24 hours after the Monday evening holdup [Read More…]

McALLEN, Texas (AP) _ An illegal immigrant from Mexico must serve 15 years in a U.S. prison over the deaths of nine people who drowned in a Texas smuggling attempt. Investigators say a vehicle overturned, [Read More…]