A motorcycle wreck on FM 729 in western Marion County killed a Diana man Saturday. Sixty-year-old James R. Patton was driving a motorcycle when he veered off the road and hit a mailbox, according to...

0 KERRVILLE — Ten hours of retirement proved to be enough for former District Attorney Ron Sutton, who traded places with Amos Barton, his former assistant who’s now the boss, in...

The Texas quarterback was just a wide-eyed freshman playing his second college game in 2006 when No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Texas met in Austin and the Buckeyes waltzed out of town with a 24-7...

ABILENE, Texas -- Jamie Meyer scored 49 points to help Abilene Christian overcome a 63-point effort by Renee Renz and beat Texas Woman's 147-143 in quadruple overtime on Monday night in a...

0 Bexar County authorities have arrested a man in connection with a slaying that took place on New Year’s Eve. Shawn Lewis, 25, was arrested on Friday and charged with murder in...

About 50 jobs at the U.S. Steel plant in Lone Star will be cut as the company stops making certain steel pipes used in the automotive and mining industries. The shutdown will allow the company to...

McALLEN, Texas (AP) -- Two contractors pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges Monday for offering thousands of dollars in kickbacks to four former Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District...

Commuters will soon face fewer aggravations thanks to city plans to upgrade the technology that controls many Fort Worth traffic lights.Russ Wiles, who is managing the project for Fort Worth...

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0 The Parks and Recreation Department will host a walk and discussion with city forester Michael Nentwich from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Eisenhower Park, 19399 N.W. Military Hwy. Nentwich...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Trailing by 17 points in the second half against the No. 3 ranked team in the country, Florida State coach Sue Semrau issued a challenge to her...

DALLAS (AP) -- President George W. Bush wants a gate installed along a public street to limit access to his new home in an affluent Dallas neighborhood, city officials...

— Former Police Chief Bryan Smith reported to his new assignment Monday as commander of the department's training division. The 27-year veteran of the police force last headed the division...

FORT WORTH — Vacant for more than eight years, the behemoth, former BF Goodrich landing-gear plant in far east Fort Worth has been bought by an investor group that has sold two parcels totaling...

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Left out of the national title game, Colt McCoy and Texas made the most of their trip to the Fiesta Bowl. They just hope they did enough to impress poll voters. McCoy...

By Josh Baugh - Express-News Citing the worsening global economy, Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff said Monday that the county is bracing for an $11.7 million shortfall in projected revenue...

Money that went unclaimed from a 2005 class-action fraud lawsuit settlement has resulted in a $100,000 boon for two Longview charities. The Nix, Patterson and Roach law firm, based in Daingerfield,...

Relatives grieve after learning about Sunday’s deadly helicopter crash in Terrebonne Parish, La. THE HOUMA DAILY COURIER/MATT STAMEY VIA...

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FORT WORTH — The scars on Craig Buford’s abdomen hinted at the shooting that almost took his life 35 years ago in Denver.The 54-year-old, who moved with his wife to Fort Worth about a...

State Rep. Joe Straus all but laid claim to the powerful office of House speaker Monday, holding a triumphant news conference in the Texas Capitol and laying out his vision for a new era of...

0 WASHINGTON — States and U.S. cities will receive $49 million in grants — including $97,853 for San Antonio — to provide job training for low-income people, Housing...

Keeping the new Fort Worth VA clinic on track for a 2010 opening, expanding CHIP, improving the economy, and creating jobs in Texas through tax cuts and federal investment in transportation and...

A cold, gray and, in places, icy day left 48,000 North Texas customers without power as of 8 p.m. Monday. Reports of outages rose steadily from the 17,000 reported early in the day as more people...

The company proposing to build a pipe manufacturing facility in Gregory plans to invest about $1 billion. Local economic development officials say it could be the largest investment in the United...

— A bus driver accused of pulling a pocket knife on three Mansfield sixth-graders has been fired by the district, officials said Monday. William Allen, 66, was arrested Dec. 19. He has been...

— A 34-year-old clerk received a cut to her left eye Monday night while working her shift at a Flour Bluff convenience store, police said. At about 9:37 p.m., a man entered the store in the...

David Lister has lived in Midlothian for a month and a half, and he’s still not happy about it.Lister’s 6 acres south of town were annexed into the city in a three-year process that ended...

Audrey and Will Pinkerton and daughters Kate, 7, and Alex, 12. They’re staying in their foreclosed-on rental house until they move into a house they bought. SPECIAL TO THE S-T/RICHARD W....

— The Cattery staff has been clawing its way to make its $4,200 monthly rent since the cat shelter moved to 4232 S. Padre Island Drive in May. Missie Bailey, volunteer and Cattery board...

Christian Gimenez , another sub off the bench, sent a perfectly-placed cross into the box where Benitez, who entered the match in the 58th minute, bounced a shot past Toluca...

This is the final week for people who had property damage from Tropical Storm Ike to register for state and federal disaster assistance with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The deadline is...

By Brian Chasnoff - Express-News A man and his son tried to break into a far West Side home on Monday, police said, but failed when the homeowner shot and injured the 15-year-old boy. The...

0 A citizen’s committee convened by the City Council to consider changes to Floresville’s charter sidestepped the council Monday and filed a petition to try to place 12 proposed...

— That goal of being better than .500 in non-conference play no longer is attainable for the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi men's basketball team, but it doesn't diminish the importance of the...

MIAMI (AP) -- Tim Duncan scored 19 points and grabbed nine rebounds, and the Southwest Division-leading San Antonio Spurs held off the Miami Heat 91-84 on Monday...

0 The Bexar County Performing Arts Center Foundation has hired Rodney J. Smith as its general director. Smith is the former general manager of the Denver Performing Arts Complex, a historic,...

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board canceled its meeting Monday to consider proposed rules that would affect uniform GPA calculations for high school students. Higher Education...

Students in the Hurst-Euless-Bedford school district should take fewer benchmark exams, according to a performance review issued last month by a state agency.However, H-E-B schools Superintendent...

— In a trial that could change the landscape of Hispanic television in the U.S., broadcasting giant Univision Communications Inc. squares off today against the supplier of its popular...

For all its flaws — and there were many — the Fiesta Bowl was a highly entertaining and competitive football game with a storybook ending. It also came with a message for the BCS: You guys really...

** CORRECTS NAME OF TEXAS PLAYER TO QUAN CROSBY, INSTEAD OF JORDAN SHIPLEY ** Texas' Quan Cosby celebrates his touchdown against Ohio State during the third quarter of the Fiesta Bowl NCAA college...

Apple Inc. founder and Chief Executive Steve Jobs (in 2007, above left, and in 2008, above right), looking to end health rumors, on Monday, said a hormone imbalance is to blame for his weight...

By Erin Quinn and Van Darden Tribune-Herald staff writers Waco police say an officer was forced to shoot an out-of-control pit bull just after noon Saturday in a neighborhood near Beverly Hills. ...

Austin Dufault had 13, Higgins 11 and Jermy Jackson-Wilson and Tomlinson each scored 10.Colorado led 33-32 at the half but SMU used a 9-3 run to start the second half to take the lead for...

Purdue guard Brittany Rayburn, front, drives to the basket and maneuvers around Texas guard Erika Arriaran in the second half of their game in West Lafayette, Ind. Rayburn led the Boilermakers with...

AUSTIN (AP) -- An Austin woman who put mothballs in soup at a store's self-serve kiosk in 2007 has been ordered to undergo mental health treatment and to stay away from the grocery chain unless...

. A spokeswoman for Craddick said Monday that Rep. Craddick is not seeking re-election as Speaker and has released his pledges. When asked the reason for Craddick’s withdrawal from the race,...

By Gary Martin - Express-News WASHINGTON — After decades of work to end racial injustice, the Rev. Claude Black Jr. of San Antonio will receive national recognition here on the eve of...

A firefighter looks out from a fire-damaged portion of a homeless shelter, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009, in Paris, Texas. The fire tore through the small-town homeless shelter early Monday, partially...