Sources: Crime not ruled out in West blast
| |Thursday, May. 16, 2013
WEST, Texas — Investigators working in the remnants of an exploded Texas fertilizer plant sifted by hand through untold kernels of corn, moved tons of debris and conducted more than 400 interviews, while searching for the missing piece to solve what many officials compared to an extraordinary puzzle.
Texas House says ‘no’ to term limits on statewide offices
| |Thursday, May. 16, 2013
AUSTIN — More than half the Republicans vote against the measure, bucking their party’s platform.
Girls’ soccer coach at Cleburne High accused of having an ‘improper relationship’ with a student
| |Thursday, May. 16, 2013
Christopher Francis, 27, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion that he had sex with a female student, officials said.
Billie Sol Estes, the ‘king of Texas wheeler-dealers,’ dies
| |Thursday, May. 16, 2013
Legendary con man Billie Sol Estes, 88, was found dead Tuesday morning at his home in DeCordova near Granbury.
Texas Republicans get creative in sounding off against “Obamacare”
| |Wednesday, May. 15, 2013
What would William Travis, Sam Houston and Davey Crockett do? They’d join other “God-fearing Texans” in fighting “Obamacare,” a Republican activist declares — in song.
American jet makes emergency landing in Amarillo
|Wednesday, May. 15, 2013
AMARILLO, Texas — An American Airlines flight from Dallas-Fort Worth to Albuquerque landed in Amarillo after the pilot reported an electrical smell in the cockpit.
Even for Texas, Billie Sol Estes was a big talker, a big dealer and a big storyteller
| |Wednesday, May. 15, 2013
Estes turned a childhood sheep herd into a fortune -- but then banks pulled back the wool
Water restrictions likely on the way for North Texans
| |Tuesday, May. 14, 2013
CHICO — Low lake levels mean that twice-a-week-watering restrictions will come sooner rather than later in Tarrant County.
NTSB wants states to lower legal blood-alcohol standard for drunken drivers
| |Tuesday, May. 14, 2013
AUSTIN — The National Transportation Safety Board recommends that states lower the definition of drunken driving to a blood-alcohol level of 0.05. Texas' level is now 0.08.
Texas Senate passes legislation requiring photo ID to get a marriage license
| |Tuesday, May. 14, 2013
AUSTIN — Fort Worth Sen. Wendy Davis says she fears the bill would prevent low-income couples in Texas from getting married.
Tougher drunken driving threshold recommended
| |Tuesday, May. 14, 2013
WASHINGTON — States should cut their threshold for drunken driving by nearly half - from .08 blood alcohol level to 0.05 - matching a standard that has substantially reduced highway deaths in other countries, a U.S. safety board recommends. That's about one drink for a woman weighing less than 120 lbs., two for a 160 lb. man.
Political disclosure bill nears final passage in Legislature
| |Tuesday, May. 14, 2013
AUSTIN — Fort Worth Rep. Charlie Geren derides questionable outside political contributions as “dark money.”
Possum Kingdom wildfire mostly contained by late Tuesday
| |Tuesday, May. 14, 2013
All residents of area near lake were allowed to return home Tuesday evening, a fire official said.
Political disclosure bill nears final passage in Legislature
| |Monday, May. 13, 2013
AUSTIN — Fort Worth Rep. Charlie Geren derides questionable outside political contributions as “dark money.”
Lack of rain leading to a dry spring for the books
| |Monday, May. 13, 2013
There are two more chances for rain in the National Weather Service forecast this week.
Texas House votes to weaken university regents
| |Monday, May. 13, 2013
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas lawmakers moved to assert more control over state higher education on Monday when the House voted to require that most university regents be appointed while lawmakers are in session, and limit their powers to fire campus presidents.
Texas House approves Morton criminal justice bill
| |Monday, May. 13, 2013
AUSTIN, Texas — The House on Monday approved the Michael Morton Act, a measure designed to prevent wrongful convictions and named in honor of a Texan who spent nearly 25 years in prison for a murder he did not commit.
Sheriff: Wise County man told deputies he killed his mom
| |Monday, May. 13, 2013
The body of the 75-year-old Wise County woman was found on Mother’s Day.
Child shot Saturday at Denton home dies
| |Monday, May. 13, 2013
Police say the boy, 5, was shot Saturday by an 8-year-old boy with a .22-cailber rifle.
Boy dies after being run over by Springtown school bus
| |Monday, May. 13, 2013
The accident occurred in front of the 10-year-old boy’s home early this morning.
