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A College Station woman faces felony charges after an argument turned violent Thursday night.

HOUSTON (AP) _ Gov. Rick Perry today rejected $555 million in federal stimulus money that would expand state unemployment benefits. Republican Perry has been an outspoken critic of Democratic President Barack Obama’s $787 billion stimulus [Read More…]

LAIRD HILL, Texas (AP) _ A suspected gunman was sought after shootings near an East Texas church left one person dead and another wounded. Rusk County Sheriff Danny Pirtle said the gunfire Thursday afternoon at [Read More…]

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) _ Corpus Christi Police have issued warrants for six workers at a state facility for the mentally and developmentally disabled over a “fight club.” The employees allegedly organized fights where residents [Read More…]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The Travis County District Attorney’s Office has launched a criminal investigation into the actions of three Texas military commanders. Gregg Cox with the DA’s Public Integrity Division says the office is [Read More…]

HOUSTON (AP) _ A federal judge in Houston approved a highly criticized plea deal that fines BP $50 million for its criminal role in a deadly 2005 blast. The explosion at BP’s Texas City refinery [Read More…]

TEMPLE, Texas (AP) _ Breakfast proved to be the most important meal of the day for the occupants of one Temple hotel room. A tractor-trailer rig loaded with auto parts veered off Interstate 35 and [Read More…]

A suspicious package at the College Station Medical Center has authorities evacuating part of the building. Officials at the Med say a box marked “bomb” was found in the third floor bathroom of the East [Read More…]

A broken arm on an electric pole is to blame for a power outage in Bryan Wednesday night.

A total of 13 public schools in Bryan and College Station have been declared High Performing Schools for 2008 by the National Center for Educational Accountability. Bryan ISD Communications Director Sandy Farris says the schools [Read More…]