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Pedestrian Killed in Alleged Drunken-Driving Crash
"Consulting with the DA's office this morning determined that the pedestrian was the primary contributor to the collision," Hansen said. "The driver is not being charged with any type of manslaughter but just the DWI ...
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Tornado Watch Issued in N. Texas Until 10 P.M.
At this time, Dallas, Tarrant, Johnson, Ellis, Kaufman and Rockwall counties are not included in the tornado watch, according to the National Weather ...
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More reverse mortgage lending options on tap for Texas retirees
Senate Joint Resolution 18 would amend the Texas Constitution to authorize the Reverse Mortgage for Purchase program and would enhance consumer disclosure requirements for all reverse mortgage loans in Texas. The Texas House has approved legislation that would expand the scope of reverse mortgage lending in the state to the benefit of retirees, its supporters claim. Senate Joint Resolution 18 ...
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Texas lawmakers restore $4B in education cuts
Texas Gov. Rick Perry said he'll call a special session of the Legislature if they don't pass several key bills. Texas House and Senate budget leaders have reached an agreement to restore about $4 billion of the $5.4 billion in cuts made to public education last session. Though the amount falls short of a complete restoration, Democrats proclaimed the compromise a hard-fought victory ...
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Colleyville pharmacist gets 18 months in prison for tax evasion
ramirez@star-telegram.com A Colleyville man who had been the head pharmacist at Grapevine Drug Mart has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for tax evasion and fined ...
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LIVE Massive Tornado Strikes S. of OKC
Live video from KFOR's news helicopter is expected to return soon to the player above. Meanwhile, you can see coverage from their on-air broadcast in the embedded player ...
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Tornado Hits Oklahoma Again
The severe weather outbreak is expected to spread across other parts of the Plains and the Midwest. The National Weather Service has placed parts of five storm-battered states -- Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas and Texas -- under a tornado watch, meaning conditions are favorable for tornadoes to develop within the next few hours. Television video showed debris from homes and businesses ...
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South Texas Project and other plants contribute to boost in nuclear output
South Texas Project increased its nuclear energy output to full capacity from 70 percent after being offline a week for maintenance. U.S. nuclear-power output increased to its highest level in 10 weeks as the South Texas Nuclear Project and other plants returned to production after maintenance closures, according to a Bloomberg analysis of Nuclear Regulatory Commission data. Generation rose 1.9 ...
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Supreme Court affirms deference due agencies over their jurisdiction
An agency such as the Federal Communications Commission must be given deference concerning the scope of its jurisdiction, the U.S. Supreme Court said Monday. While the FCC claimed the interpretation of its own statutory authority is subject to review under a previous court case, Chevron vs. National Resources Defense Council Inc., the Texas cities of Arlington and San Antonio claimed Congress ...
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Construction employment in Texas rose 7 percent in April
Construction companies in Texas have hired 40,000 more workers between April 2012 and April 2013, according to the latest Associated General Contractors of America report. The job numbers continue to climb among Texas construction firms. Between April 2012 and April 2013, Texas-based contractors added a total of 41,500 employees to their payrolls, according to the latest report by Arlington, ...
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Biloxi bank robbery suspect arrested in Texas
Surveillance photos and tips from the public helped identify Brett Maurice Disiere as a suspect in the Biloxi bank robbery. (Photo source: Biloxi Police ...
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Texas Vanguard seeks buyer for its South Texas wells
Texas Vanguard is seeking a buyer for 250 oil-and-gas wells in South Texas as well as other opportunities in the Permian Basin. Austin-based Texas Vanguard Oil Co. has retained broker E-Spectrum Advisors LLC to help it sell 250 of its producing South Texas oil and gas wells. Most of the properties are associated with the Serbin Field in Lee and Bastrop counties, but the company also plans to ...
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Texas windstorm bill could affect thousands in Coastal Bend
CORPUS CHRISTI -- Thousands of coastal homeowners could get a reprieve on losing their wind and hailstorm insurance if lawmakers can hustle through a bill now working its way through the Texas House of Representatives. Senate Bill 1702, authored by Sen. Larry Taylor, R-Friendswood, extends indefinitely the alternative certification program of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association through ...
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Texas Tenors returning to Arcadia
May 20--Contrary to popular western lore, the good guys, or at least the good singers, wear black hats. The Texas Tenors will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Arcadia Theater, 1418?Graham Ave., Windber. The trio performs while wearing black cowboy hats, black suits, western belt buckles and cowboy boots and last appeared at Arcadia in March 2012. On their last visit, varied selections included ...
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Texas votes on its own CISPA-like cyber bill
USA The biggest thing to come out of Texas may turn out to be a blow to Internet freedoms: legislators there are considering a bill that would compromise privacy on the Web for all residents of the Lone Star State. Lawmakers in the State Senate are expected to vote Monday on a bill that, if passed, would compel Internet Service Providers (ISPs) anywhere in the world to fork over private Web ...
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Texas Tech hires former Lady Raider Whitaker
LUBBOCK, Texas -- Texas Tech hired Oklahoma State associate head coach Candi Whitaker on Monday to coach its women's basketball team.The former Lady Raiders player returns to her alma mater as the program's sixth coach. The move comes about a week after Kristy Curry left for Alabama.Whitaker's return marks the second time in the past six months the school has hired a former ...
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Woman set on fire in Texas convenience store
Three people were injured early Monday in an incident in which a woman was set on fire in a Fort Worth, Texas, convenience store, police said. The female assailant allegedly entered a Buy & Save Food Store and argued with the unidentified victim before dousing her with a flammable liquid and lighting her afire. Another woman, sitting with the victim, and a store clerk were also burned while ...
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Panther purchases Fort Worth apartment portfolio
Investors continue to purchase apartment properties, as the market remains strong for the real estate. The Coventry at Cityview apartments in Fort Worth, seen above, were sold to an investment group in the past month. Fort Worth-based Panther FW Investments LLC, formerly Panther Transaction Group, has bought a two-property, apartment portfolio totaling 528 apartment homes in Fort Worth. Terms of ...
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Tornadoes Possible Monday From Michigan to Texas After Oklahoma Storms Kill 2
Pets were rescued Monday from the rubble of mobile homes destroyed by Sunday's tornado in the Steelman Estates Mobile Home Park, near Shawnee, Okla., May 20, ...
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Fire leads authorities to marijuana operation in Springtown
ramirez@star-telegram.com SPRINGTOWN Authorities closed down a marijuana growing operation in a Springtown home Sunday afternoon after firefighters responded to an accidental fire at the residence, the Parker County sheriff said ...
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Veteran firefighter killed in huge Dallas condo fire
A huge six-alarm fire killed a veteran fire fighter and destroyed at least 24 different housing units in the early morning hours of May 20th in a Dallas, Texas complex of condos. (Wikimedia/Wikimedia ...
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Dallas Firefighter Killed in the Line of Duty www.privateofficer.com
One firefighter was killed and two others were injured in a six-alarm blaze that has devoured at least 24 units at the Hearthwood North Condominiums at 12363 Abrams Road, near LBJ Freeway overnight. Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans says the firefighter, who has been identified as 28-year department veteran Stanley Wilson, radioed in shortly before 5:30 a.m. that he was trapped and lost, ...
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Texas Oklahoma Battle Opioids With Legislation
Opioid Epidemic Plagues Workers' Comp In the South Central region, Texas and Oklahoma are two states where the battle against opioid abuse among injured workers is being taken up by lawmakers. Both states have seen new bills introduced to curb abuse by raising standards for use of evidence-based medicine, and stricter regulation of drug dispensing doctors and clinics. Oklahoma Oklahoma ...
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Flower Mound Foundation Seeks New Logo
The mission of the Foundation is to preserve the original character of The Flower Mound and to sponsor works of related historic, scientific, and educational ...
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Dwight Howard Report Links Big Man to Houston Rockets or Dallas Mavericks
Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard (12) is defended by Utah Jazz center Al Jefferson during the first half of their NBA basketball game in Salt Lake City, Utah, November 7, ...
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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
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