| State News Headlines | |||||||||
|
|||||||||
Group Opposes Addition To Texas Governor’s Mansion
 2 Comments
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) |
|||||||||
|
Man Shot By Texas School District Police Officer Dies
4 Comments
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) |
|||||||||
|
Army Specialist From Texas Dies In Afghanistan
0 Comments
A roadside bomb has claimed the life of a 26-year-old Army specialist from Texas. (Full Story) |
|||||||||
|
Fire Knocks Landmark Texas TV Station Off The Air
1 Comment
An electrical fire knocked the state’s longest-serving TV station off the air and did more than $400,000 in damage. (Full Story) |
|||||||||
|
Unoccupied Rural Falls County House Destroyed By Friday Morning Fire
2 Comments
Firefighters were called early Friday morning to a rural address in Falls County where an abandoned house was destroyed by fire (Full Story) |
|||||||||
|
Perry Denies Clemency; Texas Death Row Inmate Executed
40 Comments
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) |
|||||||||
|
Infant’s Mummified Body Found Under Sink In Texas Apartment
10 Comments
Police have discovered the mummified body of an infant under a bathroom sink in a Houston apartment. (Full Story) |
|||||||||
|
Activists Protest Texas Coal Plant Construction
6 Comments
Activists rallied Thursday in Dallas to protest the construction of coal-fired power plants in Texas. (Full Story) |
|||||||||
|
Texas Man Dies In Gas Well Blowout
0 Comments
Authorities Thursday identified a Texas man who was killed in a natural gas well blowout. (Full Story) |
|||||||||
|
Texas Woman Arrested In Alleged Plot To Have Husband Killed
2 Comments
A Texas woman accused of offering to pay $20,000 for someone to kill her husband has been charged with solicitation of capital murder. (Full Story) |
|||||||||
|
Pilot Survives Crash Of Small Plane Thursday In Texas
1 Comment
A pilot survived the crash of a small plane early Thursday in Texas. (Full Story) |
|||||||||
|
Texas Man Awakes From Coma, Discover’s He’s A Crime Victim
4 Comments
A Texas man who spent two months in a coma awoke to discover that someone was using his stolen debit card. (Full Story) |
|||||||||
|
Texas Man Rescued From Storm Drain
1 Comment
A Texas man called 911 after he somehow got trapped in a storm drain. (Full Story) |
|||||||||
|
Texas Specialty License Plates On Sale Thursday
5 Comments
Want to customize your ride? An updated selection of personalized license plates is now available for purchase online. (Full Story) |
|||||||||
|
AP Source: Ex-Pentagon Official To Head Fort Hood Review
1 Comment
An announcement Thursday is expected to include plans to bring in a former senior defense official to head the wide-ranging probe. (Full Story) |
|||||||||
|
Gov. Perry Could Decide Condemned Killer's Fate
2 Comments
Robert Lee Thompson, 34, was not the triggerman but got the death penalty for a fatal shooting 13 years ago; the actual shooter was tried separately and got life in prison. (Full Story) |
|||||||||
|
Hearing Set Thursday on Fort Hood Shootings
0 Comments
Just two weeks to the day following the fatal shootings at Fort Hood, the first Capitol Hill hearing on the Fort Hood shootings was scheduled for Thursday morning. (Full Story) |
|||||||||
|
Body Recovered From Wreckage Of Navy Plane Off Texas Coast
0 Comments
A body was recovered Wednesday from the wreckage of a Navy training plane that crashed in the Gulf of Mexico off the Texas coast. (Full Story) |
|||||||||
|
State Regulators Reject Plan To Dump Sewage Into Central Texas Lakes
3 Comments
State regulators Wednesday rejected a proposal to dump millions of gallons of treated sewage in a string of popular Central Texas lakes. (Full Story) |
|||||||||
|
Texas Parole Board Urges Clemency For Death Row Inmate
4 Comments
In a rare move, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended Wednesday that the governor commute the death sentence of a convicted killer who’s scheduled to be executed Thursday. (Full Story) |
|||||||||
|
Bush Library Plans Unveiled
0 Comments
Former First Lady Laura Bush unveiled plans Wednesday for her husband’s presidential library and an affiliated think tank, which will be constructed on the SMU campus in Dallas. (Full Story) |
|||||||||
|
Texas Mayor Robbed After City Council Meeting
4 Comments
A Texas mayor who was robbed at gunpoint after a city council meeting escaped injury, authorities said. (Full Story) |
|||||||||
|
Whoever Wins The Texas Governor’s Race Will Face School Finance Mess
1 Comment
Whoever wins the Texas governor’s race next year will inherit a troubled school finance system, experts say. (Full Story) |
|||||||||
|
Convicted Texas Killer Changed Mind About Execution; State Didn’t
16 Comments
A convicted Texas killer who volunteered for execution and then changed his mind was put to death Wednesday evening in the state’s death chamber in Huntsville. (Full Story) |
|||||||||
|
Texas Man Sentenced In Murder Of Daughter’s Boyfriend
0 Comments
A 44-year-old Texas man is headed to prison for the shooting death of his daughter’s boyfriend. (Full Story) |
|||||||||
|
Texas Teen Accused Of Attacking Youth With Nail-Studded Board
0 Comments
A Texas teenager is accused of attacking another teen with a nail-studded board, causing more than two-dozen wounds. (Full Story) |
|||||||||
|
Cook Accused Of Spitting On Central Texas Police Chief’s Burger Acquitted
4 Comments
Jurors have acquitted a restaurant cook who was accused of spitting on a Central Texas police chief’s hamburger. (Full Story) |
|||||||||
|
Texas Ranks 39th On Healthiest States List
2 Comments
Texas listed at No. 39 in nationally recognized health organization’s annual list of healthiest and unhealthiest states. (Full Story) |
|||||||||
|
Mental Issues Raised as 2nd Texas Inmate of Week Set to Die
6 Comments
A condemned prisoner who volunteered for execution and in recent weeks changed his mind is hoping a court spares him from a trip to the Texas death chamber. (Full Story) |
|||||||||
|
Texas Lottery Commission Takes Step Toward Adding Powerball
4 Comments
The Texas Lottery Commission has taken a step toward adding Powerball to the state’s list of games. (Full Story) |
|||||||||
| More Headlines... | |||||||||
 |
H1N1 Flu Info News, Outbreak Map, and more. |
White House Watch
The Obama AgendaContact The White House
Weekly Video Address
White House Briefing Room
Congressional Resources
Latest Political News
| Poll Question |
KWTX.COM Features
Meet The TeamSchool Lunch Links
Jefferson Awards
CBS Video Player
What’s On KWTX
CW Texas
TV Blog
Texas Gas Prices
| AP Video |
|
|
