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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…]

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality granted a permit

The Bryan/College Station Chamber of Commerce held their Economic Outlook Conference Wednesday. Click to hear the story from WTAW’s Chris Clift: The keynote speaker was Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett, who says obesity is the [Read More…]