Texas Windstorm Insurance Association refocuses service models
Of all the calamities suffered by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association after Hurricane Ike, the quasi-governmental organization's reputation for slothlike service has endured.
View ArticleAir Force instructor asks for leniency in rape, sex assault conviction
A military jury convicted Staff Sgt. Luis Walker Friday of charges including rape and aggravated sexual assault
View ArticleVIDEO: 3 dead after shooting near Texas A&M, police say
A gunman and a law enforcement officer were among three people killed Monday
View ArticleOfficial: Driver dies in San Antonio school bus crash
Officials say a school bus struck another bus in San Antonio and that one of the drivers is dead.
View ArticleVIDEO: 3rd American Airlines plane had seats come loose on flight to Dallas
Passenger seats on a third flight came loose as the plane was airborne, and it's continuing to inspect other jets with similar seating.
View ArticleWindstorm hearing may be a tempest
Lawmakers on Thursday will convene a hearing on Windstorm Oversight that may prove tempestuous in light of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association recently deciding to divert another $100 million to...
View ArticleLouisiana ex-con executed for 2003 Texas killing
Donnie Lee Roberts was executed Wednesday for fatally shooting his girlfriend at her East Texas home in 2003.
View ArticleGroup demands Texas chopper shooting investigation
A trooper aboard a DPS helicopter fired at a fleeing truck in an effort to disable it and killed 2 Guatemalan immigrants.
View ArticleTexas parade honoring vets turns fatal as train crashes into float
Four fatalities were reported and 17 people were transported to Midland Memorial Hospital on Thursday after a train collided with a parade float carrying wounded veterans near downtown Midland,...
View ArticleAAA Texas: Retail gasoline prices drop nickel this week
Beaumont has least expensive gas in state, 12 cents per gallon less than Corpus Christi
View ArticleWindstorm executive board to mull Polak's tenure at meeting Tuesday in Corpus...
The quarterly meeting, scheduled to begin at 8 a.m., includes an agenda packed with updates from key personnel
View ArticleTexas teacher indicted for encouraging kindergarten students to hit bully
The parents of the boy, who wasn't hurt, dispute allegations that he was a bully
View ArticleAnnual bird counts give scientists climate clues
Bird count at 7,000-acre Mad Island preserve to be used along with thousands of others
View ArticleTexas school finance trial resumes after 3-week break
Witness: Decision to cut $5.4B from public schools came amid bad economy
View ArticleAuthorities: Fight led to Texas college shooting
One of the people involved in the fight was a student, and both people were wounded and hospitalized
View ArticleTexas community colleges face shortfall
Despite record enrollment numbers, community colleges in Texas are facing a drop in state funding this year, which could force them to raise tuition and local taxes.
View ArticleSuspect in Texas college shooting 'bumped into'
A young man accused of opening fire at a college after someone "bumped into" him was arrested Friday.
View ArticleAssistant DA killed in shooting outside North Texas courthouse
Shooting suspects on the loose
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