Updated: 9:14 AM A local business owner has pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection with a food stamp fraud case.

Updated: 10:53 PM A reward of as much as $10,000 is offered for information as authorities continue to search for a robber dubbed the “Lone Ranger Bandit” who’s wanted in bank holdups here, around Texas, and in two other states.

Updated: 2:03 PM The landmark steeple that has towered above a local church for 25 years was raised back onto its perch Thursday nearly two months after it was removed for restoration.

Updated: 12:54 PM A group of volunteers began demolition of an apartment building that was left in shambles by the fertilizer plant explosion.

Updated: 9:17 AM A Houston man was convicted of murder Wednesday and sentenced to serve 30 years in state prison for the 2012 shooting death of a Central Texas man.

Posted: 3:49 PM Production will be phased out at a local milk plant and about 150 jobs will be cut as the company moves to streamline operations.

Updated: 11:44 AM FEMA has rejected Gov. Rick Perry’s request for a major disaster declaration that would have cleared the way for funds to help West rebuild.

Updated: 9:23 AM A Central Texas man was arrested after police say he stole his own dog from he local animal shelter.

Updated: 10:23 AM Fire early Wednesday left a local home damaged.

Updated: 9:13 AM A Central Texas woman was sentenced to serve 10 years in state prison Tuesday after she earlier pleaded guilty to intoxication manslaughter.

Updated: 12:14 PM A high-speed chase that started after a carjacking and shooting in Dallas ended in a crash on a Central Texas interstate.

Updated: 12:09 PM An electrical short in a lamp ignited a fire that destroyed a rural Central Texas home whose residents escaped safely thanks to their dog.

Posted: 5:13 PM A local hospital system will cut 52 jobs and will discontinue its child and adolescent psychiatric inpatient program in an effort to adapt to the changing health care environment.

Posted: 4:26 PM Quick action by swimmers and a lifeguard at a local pool saved the life of a preschooler who nearly drowned, officials said Tuesday.

Updated: 7:16 PM Searchers Tuesday found the body of a man who failed to return home after going fishing at a Central Texas lake.

Updated: 10:32 AM A Central Texas lawyer convicted of shooting at a census worker is headed to prison.

Updated: 10:47 AM Investigators say they think two brothers whose bodies were found in a Central Texas farmhouse died in a murder-suicide.

Updated: 8:49 AM A Central Texas woman has pleaded guilty to an intoxication manslaughter charge in a crash that left another woman dead.

Updated: 6:54 AM West ISD's superintendent has reversed his plan to repair the district damaged football field after he got a phone call and a letter from his Congressman.

Updated: 1:02 AM A 25-year-old man was in custody Monday, charged in connection with a stabbing that left another man dead in October 2012 after an argument outside of a local bar .

Posted: 4:16 PM A local store owner opened fire on a man who used a rifle to rob the business, police said Monday.

Updated: 4:12 PM A woman injured in a two-car crash was in critical condition Tuesday in a local hospital.

Updated: 10:16 AM A local man was in custody Monday after a weekend argument led to a shooting in which the mother of the intended victim was killed.

Posted: 10:35 AM A Central Texas woman was killed over the weekend in a hit-and-run accident as she rode a skateboard along a road on the Texas Gulf Coast.

Posted: 10:18 AM A Central Texas man who lay down on the tracks in the path of an oncoming train was struck and killed, authorities said Monday.