Posted: 10:08 AM A 24-year-old Texas man was jailed Thursday, charged with arson and murder after his grandmother was found dead in the rubble of the burned house in which the two lived.

Posted: 9:23 AM Two firefighters were injured while battling a house fire.

Posted: 5:16 PM The state Senate Wednesday approved a plan aimed at increasing the financial stability of the Texas Teacher Retirement System.

Posted: 3:11 PM Cheerleaders at a Texas High School can display banners on which Bible verses are written at football games, a state district judge ruled Wednesday.

Posted: 1:08 PM Dozens of protesters rallied Wednesday in Austin to demand the state expand Medicaid, but hopes for the program are fading.

Posted: 12:41 PM The University of Texas is stepping up security for its upcoming graduation ceremonies.

Posted: 11:59 AM Gov. Rick Perry says he’ll call Texas lawmakers back to Austin if they don’t send him a budget that includes $1.8 billion in tax cuts.

Updated: 11:41 AM A security guard made a gruesome discovery early Wednesday in the lobby of a Texas hotel.

Posted: 10:21 AM A Texas construction worker died when he was struck by a pipe at a job site.

Updated: 1:49 PM A jury decided on a death sentence Tuesday for a man convicted of killing an elderly woman outside of a Texas courthouse.

Updated: 12:43 PM A bill that would boost the prices of some brands of cigarettes narrowly won approval Tuesday in the Texas House.

Posted: 12:16 PM Six children were injured Tuesday in a school bus accident on a busy Texas highway.

Posted: 12:03 PM A Texas police chief was rescued from an old water well after falling in while helping round up loose cattle.

Posted: 10:54 AM A 19-year-old Texas soldier has died in a homemade bomb attack in Afghanistan, the military said.

Posted: 10:52 AM The uncle of a teenage Texas girl who disappeared after getting off of a school bus and whose body was later found in a trunk has been charged with capital murder in his niece’s death.

Updated: 5:26 PM A 14-year-old girl who was the focus of a statewide Amber Alert after she was kidnapped from outside of a church along with her younger sister and mother was rescued Monday.

Updated: 5:46 PM At noon on Saturday, gun rights advocates are planning to hold a rally to affirm their right to bear arms.

Updated: 9:22 AM The Air Force chose a woman to lead basic training at Lackland Air Force Base following a scandal in which dozens of female recruits say they were sexually assaulted.

Updated: 4:19 PM A Texas grocery store chain has reached its goal in collecting books for low-income children.

Updated: 4:42 PM A rapper was wounded early Wednesday in a deadly shooting outside of a strip club that left two men and a woman dead.

Updated: 9:13 AM Attorneys for a Texas man once on death row for a 1977 rape a murder want an outside judge to hear a new DNA request.

Updated: 6:25 PM Investigators say they’re getting a “clearer picture” of the circumstances surrounding the deaths of seven people on Christmas morning in a suburban Texas apartment.

Posted: 4:37 PM Six Thanksgiving Day feasts are prepared at Fort Hood.