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College Station Police have found an accused drive-by purse thief. Police say

A familiar name to the Texas banking industry is returning to the local financial scene. Click to hear the unedited interview with Don Adam. Don Adam, former chairman and chief executive officer of First American [Read More…]

AUSTIN (AP) _ Senate Republicans, hoping to pass reforms that Gov. Rick Perry vetoed last year, promoted legislation Tuesday to put curbs on government condemnation powers. The bill restricting eminent domain authority would forbid governmental [Read More…]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Gov. Rick Perry is keeping up his criticism of federal bailout programs with a new Web site his campaign launched — that asks Texans to join an online petition. The site [Read More…]

ATLANTA (AP) _ Texas health officials say private lab tests show there may have been salmonella at a Texas peanut plant that was closed. The Plainview plant is operated by the Peanut Corp. of America. [Read More…]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Humorist and author Kinky Friedman may run for Texas governor again — but if he does, he says he’s serious this time. First, he’d run with the help of a major [Read More…]

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) _ Texas has executed a Louisiana man for strangling a suburban Dallas woman and leaving her body in a bathtub in her home. Dale Devon Scheanette, who became known as the “Bathtub [Read More…]

KOUNTZE, Texas (AP) _ A Lumberton man was indicted Thursday on a lesser assault charge over the burns his girlfriend’s toddler suffered from being inside a clothes dryer. A Hardin County grand jury indicted Bobby [Read More…]

HOUSTON (AP) _ A 13th juror in a man’s murder trial resulted in a mistrial. State District Judge Mark Kent Ellis declared the mistrial on Tuesday after realizing an extra juror was allowed to deliberate [Read More…]

DALLAS (AP) _ Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas is where a man died last year after waiting 19 hours for emergency room treatment. The hospital on Tuesday announced it’s made several changes to improve care [Read More…]