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Missing Girl Who Police Thought Was In Waco Found Closer To Home
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A missing Grand Prairie teenager who police thought was in Waco has turned up a little closer to home. (Full Story) |
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Four Victims Of Fort Hood Rampage Still Hospitalized
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Four victims of the Nov. 5 Fort Hood shooting rampage remained in hospitals Friday, but all were in either stable or fair condition, the post said Friday. (Full Story) |
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Fallen Central Texas Marine Laid To Rest Friday
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A 22-year-old Marine lance corporal who died in action in Afghanistan was laid to rest Friday in the small Central Texas town where he grew up and where he’s remembered as a jokester who loved the outdoors. (Full Story) |
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First Hearing For Accused Fort Hood Gunman Is Saturday
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The first hearing for accused Fort Hood gunman Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan will be held Saturday in a hospital room. (Full Story) |
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Local Jobless Rates Dropped Slightly In October
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Metropolitan unemployment rates dropped slightly last month in Central Texas, even as the statewide rate increased by a tenth of a percent. (Full Story) |
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Texas Supreme Court Favors Waco In Suit Over Deadly Cameron Park Fall
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The Texas Supreme Court ruled in favor of the City of Waco Friday in a lawsuit filed by the mother of a Baylor student who fell to his death in 2004 from a cliff in Cameron Park. (Full Story) |
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Fort Hood Soldiers Part Of Military Experiment Aimed At Predicting PTSD
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A military experiment of which Fort Hood soldiers are a part is aimed at trying to predict who’s most at risk for PTSD. (Full Story) |
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Central Texas Man Arrested After Mother Threatened With Knife
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The 22-year-old son of a Central Texas woman who was threatened with a knife during a disturbance was in the Coryell County Jail Friday. (Full Story) |
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Fire Causes Anxious Moments At Temple Assisted Living Facility
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A fire that broke out in a laundry room caused a few anxious moments at an assisted living facility in Temple. (Full Story) |
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Unoccupied Rural Falls County House Destroyed By Friday Morning Fire
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Firefighters were called early Friday morning to a rural address in Falls County where an abandoned house was destroyed by fire (Full Story) |
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Three Die Friday In Crash On Rain-Slick Texas Highway
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Three people died Friday in a head-on collision on a rain-slick Texas highway., (Full Story) |
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Group Opposes Addition To Texas Governor’s Mansion
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A group that made the first $10,000 private donation to the fund to rebuild the Texas Governor’s Mansion opposes plans for an addition to the historic structure. (Full Story) |
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Man Shot By Texas School District Police Officer Dies
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A man shot by a Texas school district police officer during an altercation Friday near an alternative school campus has died, school officials say. (Full Story) |
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Army Specialist From Texas Dies In Afghanistan
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A roadside bomb has claimed the life of a 26-year-old Army specialist from Texas. (Full Story) |
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Fire Knocks Landmark Texas TV Station Off The Air
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An electrical fire knocked the state’s longest-serving TV station off the air and did more than $400,000 in damage. (Full Story) |
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Unoccupied Rural Falls County House Destroyed By Friday Morning Fire
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Firefighters were called early Friday morning to a rural address in Falls County where an abandoned house was destroyed by fire (Full Story) |
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Perry Denies Clemency; Texas Death Row Inmate Executed
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Gov. Rick Perry rejected a recommendation that he commute the sentence of a Texas death row inmate convicted in a deadly convenience store holdup and the execution was carried out just after 6 p.m. Thursday in Huntsville. (Full Story) |
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Infant’s Mummified Body Found Under Sink In Texas Apartment
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Police have discovered the mummified body of an infant under a bathroom sink in a Houston apartment. (Full Story) |
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Activists Protest Texas Coal Plant Construction
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Activists rallied Thursday in Dallas to protest the construction of coal-fired power plants in Texas. (Full Story) |
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Texas Man Dies In Gas Well Blowout
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Authorities Thursday identified a Texas man who was killed in a natural gas well blowout. (Full Story) |
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Poor Pumpkin Harvest Doesn’t Bode Well For Pumpkin Pie Lovers
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Pumpkin pie lovers may find the holidays won’t be as sweet this year. (Full Story) |
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Muslim Countries Seek U.N. Ban On Blasphemy
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Islamic nations are seeking a U.N. treaty that would essentially ban blasphemy. (Full Story) |
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Army Orders Outside Review Of Body Armor Testing
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The Army says an outside review will be conducted of how body armor for soldiers is tested. (Full Story) |
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Christian Leaders Issue “Call Of Conscience”
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Conservative Christian leaders have issued “A Call of Christian Conscience.” (Full Story) |
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Driver Of Bus Involved In Deadly Crash Suffered Aneurysm
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The driver of a tour bus that veered off an interstate highway, killing two people and leaving 18 others injured, suffered an aneurysm before the crash. (Full Story) |
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Suicide Bomber Kills 13 In Afghanistan
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A suicide bomber has killed at least 13 people in western Afghanistan. (Full Story) |
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Texas Man Dies In Crash Of Miley Cyrus’ Tour Bus
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A Texas man who was driving one of Miley Cyrus’ tour buses died Friday when the bus overturned on an interstate highway in Virginia. (Full Story) |
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Four State Police Officers Killed In Ciudad Juarez
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Four state police officers have been killed in Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso. (Full Story) |
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Oprah Holds Back Tears As She Announces Her Show Will End
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Oprah Winfrey was holding back tears Friday as she told her viewers that her powerhouse show will end its run after 25 seasons on the air. (Full Story) |
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Services Held For Another Soldier Killed At Fort Hood
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Funeral services were held Thursday for another of the victims of the deadly Fort Hood shooting. (Full Story) |
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