Austin attorney found guilty of racketeering
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A jury has convicted an Austin personal injury attorney of racketeering charges as part of a federal investigation into judicial bribery in South Texas.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A jury has convicted an Austin personal injury attorney of racketeering charges as part of a federal investigation into judicial bribery in South Texas.
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston police say one suspect has been captured and three others are sought in last summer’s slaying of a guard during an attempt to rob a game room
KILGORE (AP) — Leader of a Dallas-area junior college have defended their basketball team after police used pepper spray on the squad following a loss.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A South Texas man has been charged with using a sword to fatally stab a friend in the chest as the two men apparently argued about a woman. San Antonio police say the attack happened early Tuesday after several people had been drinking alcohol at an apartment complex. Officer Matt Porter [...]
BRYAN, Texas (AP) — Emergency responders from across the state will join other mourners to remember two Central Texas firefighters killed in an accidental blaze linked to an electrical short.
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Convicted killer Carl Blue never disputed filling a convenience store drink cup with gasoline, tossing it on his former girlfriend at the door of her Bryan apartment and setting her ablaze.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Investigators say the bodies of a music teacher at a San Antonio-area school and her boyfriend have been found at their home in an apparent murder-suicide.
(AP) — A North Texas hospital has closed amid regulatory questions over care after two patients died and failure to pay more than $425,000 in property taxes.
DALLAS (AP) — Police say a Florida detective who was stabbed during a prisoner escape near Dallas is in “delicate condition” but will recover.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Gov. Rick Perry is wrapping up his high-profile recruiting trip to California without having convinced any businesses to relocate to his state — at least not yet.
HOUSTON (AP) — A 21-year-old airline passenger from Mexico caught in Texas with nearly 4 pounds of heroin in her suitcases has pleaded guilty in an international drug smuggling case. Prosecutors in Houston say Yessica Chanel Cabanillas-Torres of Sonora, Mexico, pleaded guilty Thursday afternoon to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin. She faces [...]
DALLAS (AP) — A Texas death row inmate whose conviction was complicated by revelations that his trial judge and the prosecutor had been involved in a romantic relationship has pleaded guilty and agreed to a life sentence to settle his case. A new sentencing trial for Charles Dean Hood had been set for next week. [...]
TEXARKANA, Texas (AP) — A Texas man accused of fatally shooting a sheriff’s deputy at a county courthouse has been ruled incompetent to stand trial.
MARSHALL, Texas (AP) — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officials say an invasive plant that’s become a problem on Caddo Lake has been spread to at least four other East Texas lakes.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The state climatologist says Texas continues to experience a serious shortage of rainfall and is on track to experience the second-worst drought on record.
SANTA FE, Texas (AP) — Police in Southeast Texas are searching for two people posing as yard workers who made off with a widow’s collection of gold coins valued at $30,000.
AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — A former Amarillo elementary school teacher has received six months’ jail time after pleading guilty to engaging in illegal sexual contact with a minor.
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (AP) — Two people are dead and two injured after a fiery highway crash in the Dallas suburb of Grand Prairie.
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The district attorney in Fort Worth says he’s not bowing to calls for his resignation over a former prosecutor’s allegations of sexual harassment.
SHERMAN, Texas (AP) — Country music star Randy Travis is scheduled to appear in a North Texas court, where prosecutors say he is expected to plead guilty to driving while intoxicated.
