AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Republican Don McLeroy helped ignite a national firestorm this year with his ideological approach to rewriting Texas school social studies standards. But even after losing his seat in the March GOP [Read More…]
DALLAS (AP) _ Officials say an 87-year-old man has died after the car he was in crashed into the wall at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth over the weekend. Troy Taylor of the Denton [Read More…]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Texas Republican leaders are ordering most state agencies to cut their budgets to brace for a shortfall of up to $18 billion. Gov. Rick Perry, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and House [Read More…]
BURNET, Texas (AP) _ Emergency personnel searched for a Texas trooper who was off duty and in a small boat on Lake Travis when he disappeared during bad weather. Department of Public Safety Trooper Robbie [Read More…]
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) _ Fort Worth officials have approved a $2 million settlement with the family of a man who died after police used a Taser gun on him. The city admits no wrongdoing [Read More…]
CONROE, Texas (AP) _ A jury in Conroe has convicted an east Texas man in the 2008 killing of his girlfriend’s toddler daughter. The penalty phase was scheduled Tuesday for 20-year-old Blaine Milam. Jurors late [Read More…]
HOUSTON (AP) _ A teacher who witnessed another instructor allegedly beat a student in a videotaped attack at Jamie’s House Charter School in Houston has resigned. Principal David Jones says 33-year-old social studies teacher Gabriel [Read More…]
CUERO, Texas (AP) _ Funeral arrangements are pending for a Cuero teen whose body has been recovered from debris in the rain-swollen Guadalupe River. Counselors were available Tuesday at Cuero High School over the death [Read More…]
HOUSTON (AP) _ Experts blame declining Medicare reimbursement for hundreds of Texas doctors dropping out of the federal health care program for senior citizens. The Houston Chronicle reported Tuesday that more than 300 Texas doctors [Read More…]
SAN ANTONIO (AP) _ San Antonio City Manager Sheryl Sculley is doing her part to help municipal workers stay in shape. Sculley has asked the staff to remove sugary sodas from the city’s 250 beverage [Read More…]
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