Month: February 2012

DEER PARK, Texas (AP) _ A sting operation by a suburban Houston police department netted one of their own when surveillance cameras caught an officer repeatedly stealing colleagues’ food and drinks from the refrigerator in [Read More…]

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) _ South Texas police arrested a suspect in burglary, auto theft and arson cases after tracking him to his house and finding him hiding beneath a pile of dirty laundry. Brownsville police [Read More…]

EL PASO, Texas (AP) _ A West Texas county official will spend the weekend in jail as he faces federal drug trafficking charges. A magistrate has ordered El Paso County Commissioner Willie Gandara Jr. held [Read More…]

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) _ A crude oil tank exploded and was burning on Galveston’s waterfront docks, rattling the island city but leading to no reports of injuries. Fire companies from Texas City and La Marque [Read More…]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ A lawsuit by a small group of parents charges that Texas is not getting enough bang for its educational buck. It asks state courts to declare the school finance system unconstitutional [Read More…]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The Texas Department of Health and Human Services has announced it will enforce a new state law that could shut down the Women’s Health Program. The new rule stipulates that the [Read More…]

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) _ A competition aimed at curbing the feral hog problem in Texas has resulted in the demise of over 12,600 of the animals that damage or destroy hundreds of millions of dollars [Read More…]