AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Cyclist Lance Armstrong joined forces with anti-smoking groups — urging Texas lawmakers to pass a statewide ban on smoking in bars, restaurants and other indoor work and public place. Armstrong battled [Read More…]
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) _ Prosecutors are scheduled to wrap up their case today in the capital murder trial of a woman accused of beating her 2-year-old daughter to death and dumping the body in the [Read More…]
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) _ A high-ranking prison gang member who was convicted of fatally injecting a fellow prisoner with an overdose of heroin has been executed in Huntsville.
HOUSTON (AP) _ Documents in an open records lawsuit say the Houston Police Department tried to sway the outcome of a study of red-light cameras installed in Houston. The controversial city-commissioned study showed traffic accidents [Read More…]
DALLAS (AP) _ A Collin County jury has found 28-year-old Raul Cortez guilty of a 2004 quadruple murder. The jury reached its verdict in the capital murder case Thursday night. Cortez could get the death [Read More…]
VICTORIA, Texas (AP) _ Texas environmental regulators are investigating the death of thousands of fish in the Victoria Barge Canal after a spill of two gallons of acetone cyanohydrin. The chemical is used in the [Read More…]
ANAHUAC, Texas (AP) _ A single-engine plane crashed in Chambers County today, killing all three people aboard. Kay Ray, office manager of the Chambers County airport, says the plane crashed in an open pasture near [Read More…]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The Lone Star State’s capital city may soon be tapping into some serious solar power. Austin’s municipal electric utility wants to set aside 300 acres for a solar panel array to [Read More…]
AUSTIN (AP) _ Hackers with time to kill apparently brought a raised eyebrow or two to the faces of motorists at a busy Austin intersection. Electronic signs intended to warn motorists of construction near the [Read More…]
AUSTIN (AP) _ The newly harmonious Texas House is trying to avoid the nastiness that roiled the chamber two years ago. The chamber is debating new operating rules, including a provision to institute guidelines over [Read More…]
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