Latest Texas News
RSS-
Serial bank robber in federal custody
ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) - A serial bank robber is in federal custody after being arrested by Round Rock police and the FBI Central Texas Violent Crime Task Force. Police said Jeffrey Wise, 49, entered the Branch Bank and Trust (BB&T) located at 110 North Interstate 35 in Round Rock on April 20 and April 30, demanding money. After approaching an employee and receiving an undisclosed amount of ...
-
Bill allowing concealed handguns on college campuses draws blanks
AUSTIN — One of the biggest gun bills this session — allowing students with concealed handgun licenses to carry their firearms on college campuses and in their classes — appeared to die quietly ...
-
Fort Hood suspect wants to represent himself
FORT WORTH, Texas -; The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood attack wants to represent himself at his upcoming murder trial, which means he could question the nearly three dozen soldiers he's accused of wounding in the shooting ...
More Texas News
RSS-
Siblings survive havoc of EF-5 twister
Nadia Hill / Managing Editor Keith Dennis heard the sirens wailing from two miles out, patiently listening and waiting for his sister's voice to reassure him she was alive. She was wrapped in blankets, padded by all of her pillows and huddled under a foam mattress topper. The wind screamed and windows shattered. He knew she was rain soaked, alone and in shock. Dennis picked apart his ...
-
Scout leaders take up lifting gay ban
Former Boys Scout leader Jennifer Tyrrell, left, rests her head on her son and current Boy Scout Cruz Burns, 8, before an news conference at the Equal Scouting Summit. (AP Photo/LM ...
-
Medical center hit patients survive
MOORE, Okla. (KXAN) - The medical complex adjacent to a hard-hit neighborhood in Moore, Okla., was battered to rubble by Monday's tornado but the patients made it out alive. Dozens inside a clinic were trapped for a time when the walls collapsed in on them. "The thing that actually saved us was this big electrical box," said Dawn Miles, nurse. pointing to the box. She took KXAN on ...
-
Emails show how Treasury delayed alerting Congress to Tea Party targeting
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa on Wednesday displayed a string of emails showing his failed efforts to get an update from the Treasury Department inspector general's office about its investigation into the IRS practice of targeting conservative groups who sought tax-exempt status. Emails seeking the information date back to September 2012, six weeks ...
-
Lagina Madre seagrass study
Rachel Denny Clow/Caller-TimesTexas A&M University-Corpus Christi students Tracy Weatherall (left) and Jennifer Klidies take a sample of seagrass in the Laguna Madre on Wednesday. A group of 11 undergraduate and two graduate students are spending the week at the university’s Laguna Madre Field Station collecting data on seagrasses for use in Klidies’ master’s ...
-
Mesquite Street Grill set for Fourth of July opening in Corpus Christi
MIKE BAIRD/CALLER-TIMES Mesquite Street Grill is planned for opening by July 4. The menu plans American comfort food, with daily lunch specials, food bars, steaks, and prime rib on Fridays. Seems that Mesquite Street is a swell place for a steak and prime rib ...
-
UTA hires new police chief
Lemaux, a graduate of UTA, has more than three decades of law enforcement experience and expertise in training, operations and event safety management, according to a news release issued Wednesday by the ...
-
Arlington man convicted in federal court of meth conspiracy
FORT WORTH — An Arlington man could be sentenced to life in federal prison and fined $5 million for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more, federal prosecutors said ...
-
Completion of boardwalk project just one year away
AUSTIN(KXAN) - It's been talked about for years, but now the boardwalk on Lady Bird Lake is much closer to becoming a reality. A boat tour Wednesday showed the progress of the project that will connect the current end of the hike and bike trail to Lakeshore Park. City officials currently say it is dangerous to exercise on certain parts of the trail that gets close to Interstate 35. The new ...
-
Dallas reportedly will shop pick save cap space
Could Dirk Nowitzki and Chris Paul be the next duo in the West? The Mavs will trade their 13th pick to make it happen. (Nathaniel S. Butler/Getty Images) The NBA Draft is still more than a month away and free agency doesn’t begin until July, but the Dallas Mavericks are wasting no time in the offseason to return to title contention next year with an aging leader in Dirk Nowitzki, who turns ...
-
Grimm faces familiar opponent in Seattle
Safeco Field will be a welcomed sight for the Mariners -- and left-hander Joe Saunders -- when they return home Friday to host the division-leading Rangers for a three-game set. Saunders will take the hill in the series opener, as Seattle kicks off its brief five-game homestand fresh off a disappointing nine-game road trip. The Mariners enter Wednesday night's series finale against the ...
-
Todays MLB starting lineups May 22
Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Arizona Diamondbacks: 1. ...
-
Lawmakers OK training Texas teachers as marshals
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Texas schools could train teachers as armed marshals to exchange gunfire with potential attackers under a bill approved by state lawmakers and sent to Gov. Rick Perry on Wednesday, while a key lawmaker said attempts to allow concealed handgun license holders to carry their weapons into college classrooms is likely ...
-
Chemical that sparked deadly Texas explosion found across U.S
The remains of a fertilizer plant burn after an explosion at the plant in the town of West, near Waco, Texas, in this April 18, 2013 file photo. The deadly explosion injured more than 100 people, leveling dozens of homes and damaging other buildings including a school and nursing home, authorities ...
-
A fathers fight to regain custody of his kids
AUSTIN (KXAN) - After his kids went missing last summer a central Texas father couldnt get help from law enforcement. Stephen James served 20 years in the Army with tours of duty in Iraq and Kosovo. He's decorated veteran who fought for his country. But when his kids were abducted, nobody would fight for him. So, he turned to KXAN. KXANs investigation has spanned nearly seven months, several ...
-
Multiband to be acquired by Texas network operator
Multiband Corp., which provides bundled television, Internet and telephone services to condo and apartment complexes, said Wednesday it is merging with Texas-based Goodman Networks Inc. Goodman, a wireless-telecommunications provider, will pay $3.25 per Multiband common share, redeem all of Multiband's outstanding preferred stock and repay Multiband's outstanding debt in an all-cash ...
-
Ola Tryon dedicated Corpus Christi public servant dies at 91
CORPUS CHRISTI -- Ola Tryon, a community leader who supported higher education efforts, died of lung cancer Friday. She was 91. Her daughter, Sylvia Tryon Oliver, said her mother had a passion for those in need. "She grew up with a large family where they took care of one another on a farm in East Texas, and that's how she went through life," Oliver said. "She loved to ...
-
Corpus Christi detective receives community service award
Garcia has been a robbery/homicide detective for 22 years. Corpus Christi Detective R.L. Garcia was recognized Wednesday for his public ...
-
Stripes pitched as largest in Corpus Christi opens Thursday
Look at the caption below the photo. It does not claim to be a photo of the new Stripes. It is a file photo of some dinky Stripes, probably used for every story that features a Stripes. So no, no one is obligated to honor the price on a sign in a file photo that claims to be nothing BUT a file ...
-
Griner looming large over WNBA
PHOENIX (AP) — Brittney Griner can dunk.Not only on breakaways and not those squeeze-it-over-the-rim ones that just don't look right.One-handed, two-handed, on the move, off a drop step, even on alley-oops, though she hasn't pulled that one off in a game — at least not yet.Emphatic, too, unlike any woman before her.Griner's dunking dexterity has made her a celebrity, a ...
-
Container Store CEO considers employees a top priority
Container Store CEO Kip Tindell said it's important for companies to focus on their employees to improve chances of success. Container Store CEO Kip Tindell thinks the keys to creating a successful corporate culture is communication and quality personnel. Tindell was the keynote speaker at the May 22 World Affairs Council luncheon, where he told Dallas business professionals and guests about ...
-
Bill to require drug tests for Texans on welfare derailed
AUSTIN — A North Texan’s plan to require drug tests for Texans on welfare was talked to death by Democrats this week, creating a near meltdown in the House of Representatives as dozens of bills died in its ...
Fort Worth Digest
-
Lack of City Council commitment to streetcar?
Fort Worth looks like it may be a long way off until the city has a proper streetcar system if current commitment to the project by local government is anything to go by.
In July of 2008 the City Council of Fort Worth decided that a modern streetcar system might be beneficial to the rapidly growing city, a solution was needed to urban intra-city mass transportation and plans went into the pipeline, but two years on little progress has been made, it seems instead that the city council lacks the commitment to carry out the necessary work to see a streetcar system come to fruition. Read more
News from around our Network
