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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The state is giving $50 million from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund to the Texas A&M University System for a new center to combat diseases like cancer and diabetes. A university [Read More…]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ A key Senate committee has approved spending almost $11 billion in federal stimulus funds in the next state budget. Still a long way from becoming law, using the federal money would [Read More…]

HOUSTON (AP) _ The Texas insurance industry lost nearly $1.4 billion in 2008 as the state was hammered by three hurricanes as well as several other major weather events. According to figures released Monday by [Read More…]

KILLEEN, Texas (AP) _ Charges have been filed against three men in an SUV allegedly involved in dragging a police officer through a parking lot before he fatally shot the driver, a Fort Hood soldier. [Read More…]

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) _ A 14-year-old middle school girl in Fort Worth was stabbed in the chest with scissors after fighting with another girl over postings on a MySpace page. Police say the girl [Read More…]

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) _ American Eagle said Monday it would start nonstop jet service from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport to six cities later this year. The sister carrier of American Airlines said it would [Read More…]

CORSICANA, Texas (AP) _ A Texas woman has received a 99-year prison sentence for her role in a $3 million mortgage fraud scheme. A Navarro County jury sentenced Kandace Yancy Marriott to 99 years in [Read More…]

The College Station ISD Board of Trustees will meet Tuesday night. Click to hear WTAW’s Chris Clift talk with Superintendent Dr. Eddie Coulson: The Board will get an update regarding community education efforts for the [Read More…]

College Station Utilities has earned the Reliable Public Power Provider recognition. The city’s Wayne Larson says less than 30 percent of public utilities across the nation have earned this distinction. Prior to 2009 there were [Read More…]

College Station Mayor Ben White is announcing a new slogan contest for the Mayor’s Council on Physical Fitness. Click to hear White talk with WTAW’s Chris Clift: Press release from the City of College Station: [Read More…]