Man linked to Mexican cartel gets 16 years
|Friday, May. 24, 2013
McALLEN, Texas — Prosecutors say a man who helped get loads of cocaine moved from Mexico to Texas has been sentenced to 16 years in a U.S. prison.
Tax break weekend in Texas for Energy Star items
|Friday, May. 24, 2013
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas shoppers can get a tax break this Memorial Day holiday weekend when buying certain power-saving appliances.
Insured Texas tornadoes damage could reach $250M
|Friday, May. 24, 2013
AUSTIN, Texas — An industry group says insured damage from last week's deadly tornadoes in North Texas could reach $250 million.
Texas officer on leave after cat shot with arrow
|Friday, May. 24, 2013
BOERNE, Texas — A South Texas police officer has been put on administrative leave after being charged with shooting an arrow into a neighbor's cat.
Suspect in Port Allen slaying arrested in Texas
|Friday, May. 24, 2013
PORT ALLEN, La. — West Baton Rouge Parish sheriff's deputies say an Addis man accused of fatally shooting a 36-year-old Plaquemine man during an alleged drug deal was arrested Wednesday in Texas.
Bush hosts 2nd day of bike ride for veterans
|Friday, May. 24, 2013
CRAWFORD, Texas — Former President George W. Bush is hosting the second day of a 100-kilometer mountain bike ride at his Central Texas ranch for military members wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.
DOTD installs enhanced equipment at sinkhole
|Friday, May. 24, 2013
BATON ROUGE, La. — State officials have installed enhanced monitoring equipment along Louisiana 70, near the Assumption Parish sinkhole.
Officials to remind boaters about zebra mussels
|Friday, May. 24, 2013
DALLAS — Wildlife officials are reminding boaters headed to some Texas lakes for the Memorial Day weekend to drain, clean and dry their watercraft to help prevent the spread of zebra mussels.
Cliburn piano contest kicks off in Fort Worth
|Friday, May. 24, 2013
FORT WORTH, Texas — The 14th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition kicks off Friday in North Texas.
UT, Texas A&M systems to open joint library
|Friday, May. 24, 2013
BRYAN, Texas — The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems will dedicate a new joint library to house about 1 million books culled from the general and reference holdings of the state's top universities.
