Friday 27th January, 2012
TWU president emphasizes global thinking and grassroots efforts
dianesmith@star-telegram.com FORT WORTH _ Texas Wesleyan University President Frederick G. Slabach outlined campus goals that incorporate a global approach to educate critical thinkers for the ...
Judges: April 3 primary in Texas still possible
SAN ANTONIO -; There's only one week left to salvage an April 3 primary in Texas. A San Antonio federal court on Friday ordered the state and minority groups to compromise on redrawn ...
Settlement talks under way in Texas redistricting
SAN ANTONIO -- A lengthy and contentious fight over Texas redistricting plans took a new twist Friday when the state and a minority group opposing the redrawn maps started negotiating over the ...
Korean immigrant bringing Texas-style doughnuts to Nevada desert
Las Vegas Sun/inline-content --> Victor Lee wants to bring Texas-style doughnuts and kolaches to the desert, and his first stop is Henderson. Lee, owner of KD's Donuts and Kolaches, opened the ...
Fort Worth Parks Department camps open during school breaks
ExaminerThe City of Fort Worth Parks and Community Services Department holds a variety of camps for children throughout the year, designed to entertain and educate the youngest city residents when ...
Texas Redistricting Dispute Returns to San Antonio Judges
Business WeekJan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- The Texas redistricting dispute is back in federal court in San Antonio, where three U.S. judges are seeking a compromise that can help them re-draw voter maps in time to keep ...
Selwyn School Officials Sift Through Ashes
NBC 5Denton ISD wants to help get kids back in the class room at The Selwyn School. Flames ripped through the prep school's main building on Thursday. Denton ISD saw the fire and donated six ...
Death Penalty Verdict in Valero Killings
NBC 5The jury deliberated for more than 13 hours over two days before sentencing Rockwell to death. Some of the jurors were in tears as the death sentence was ...
Carrollton Officer Involved in Car Crash
NBC 5The officer was nearly stopped in the intersection when a truck pulled around traffic yielding to the officer and collided with his police car, officials ...
75 MPH Texas Highway Speed Limits: The Autobahns of the Lone Star State
IBTimesAbout 1,500 miles of Texas highways will be getting 75 MPH speed limits under an increase approved by the Texas Transportation Commission on Thursday. The change came about after a series of ...
Texas Ren Fest doubles campground area for 2012 season
Business JournalThe Texas Renaissance Festival is expanding its campgrounds by 100 acres to provide visitors with more overnight festivities. The campgrounds, which are currently comprised of 70 acres, will more ...
Idaho-based sugar company expands in Dallas
Dallas Business JournalIdaho-based Amalgamated Sugar Company has roughly doubled its distribution space to 154,330 square feet at the Parkway Distribution Center in Grand Prairie. "It's a new business venture ...
Dallas, Fort Worth mayors discuss regionalism
Dallas Business JournalDallas Business Journal by Matt Joyce, Staff Writer Date: Friday, January 27, 2012, 2:57pm CST - Last Modified: Friday, January 27, 2012, 3:31pm ...
Jeff Sangalis to join ORIX Corporate Capital in Dallas
Dallas Business JournalJeff Sangalis will become its managing director of mezzanine and private equity co-investments. Sangalis is a former founder and managing partner of Capital Point Partners, a Houston-based ...
Students at Texas A&M…
Corpus Christi Caller-TimesTODD YATES/CALLER-TIMES Members of the Gamma Phi Beta Sorority build and paint pieces of their homecoming float Friday as they prepare for Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi's Homecoming ...
Jury sentences convenience store killer to death
Star-Telegramdhunt@star-telegram.com FORT WORTH - Convicted killer Kwame Rockwell was sentenced to death by lethal injection Friday afternoon for the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old convenience store clerk ...
Fort Worth woman shoots intruder found in home
Star-Telegrammitchmitchell@star-telegram.com FORT WORTH -- A woman shot and wounded an intruder Friday after coming back from picking up her son at ...
Firefighters honored at banquet
Little Elm JournalThe LEFD responded to 2,349 calls last year. Their busiest month was February, and their busiest days were Fridays. Little Elm firefighter Jeremy Fuller showed videos he had made about the fire ...
Dallas Symphony concert cutbacks seem to make fiscal sense
Business JournalFollow this company next year to 62 from 82 and the number of pops performances to 24 from 36. "We hope for a greater level of energy and a greater level of enthusiasm," Dallas ...
Texans are first to taste new Bud Light beer product
Business JournalFollow this company distributor rolled out Bud Light Platinum in local markets this week. The new light beer option won't be launched nationally until Jan. 30. With a slightly ...
Texas fugitive to be deported
Leader-PostREGINA -- A fugitive from Texas will be returned to the United States - but only after he completes a jail sentence north of the border.Gene Paul Hooks pleaded guilty in Swift Current court earlier ...
Drone discovers 'river of blood' in Texas
The ProvinceThe Trinity River near Fort Worth, Texas. A drone operator has discovered a "river of blood" in a creek near a Texas meatpacking plant. That creek is a tributary of the Trinity ...
Woman Shoots Intruder, Chases Him
NBC 5The woman picked her son up from school and arrived at her home on Peggy Drive around noon Friday. She said she walked inside her home and found a man in her ...
Gay Marriage Pledge Sparks Uproar in Dallas
NBC 5"Upon taking office, I made a conscious decision to focus on issues that create a healthy, viable city and not on those that are partisan and social in nature. I was asked to pledge my support ...
Dallas Construction Stalls Spaceship
NBC 5Road construction in Dallas, long known to cause traffic delays for Earthbound drivers, delayed vehicle a different kind of vehicle Friday -- a space ...
Texas Parks Dept. raises $1M toward budget shortfall
Dallas Business JournalFollow this company has raised more than $1 million in a statewide appeal launched nearly two months ago. Since the awareness campaign's launch on Dec. 6, donations to state parks ...
Texas Capital Tops Estimate - Analyst Blog
NasdaqTCBI ) reported fourth-quarter 2011 operating earnings of 67 cents per share, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 61 cents. The results were also above the prior-year quarter's ...
Paschal High School without power, but presses on
Star-Telegrameayala@star-telegram.com So far, officials at Paschal High School, which lost electricity Friday morning, said classes will not be canceled for the rest of the ...
Kaufman Financial Acquires London’s Chesterfield Group, Texas MGA
Insurance JournalThe H.W. Kaufman Financial Group, parent company of wholesale broker and underwriting manager Burns & Wilcox, has purchased Chesterfield Group Ltd., a London-based insurance broker and ...
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