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2 deaths at RV park in Rusk County

Published Tuesday, February 09, 2010
HENDERSON, Texas -- A medical examiner says carbon monoxide killed two people at an RV park in Rusk County.Sheriff's Office Sgt. Viki Penny identified the victims as Matthew Thomas Rawley and Erica Nicole Rawley, both of Frisco.Penny did not indicate ... full story

Texas educators react to abstinence-only study

Published Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Associated Press DALLAS -- An abstinence-only study that allowed students to explore the drawbacks of having sex at early as age 12 has attracted praise from some Texas educators.Texas law requires an emphasis on abstinence when it comes to sex educ ... full story

Texans in Tulsa on recruiting trip for officers

Published Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Associated PressTULSA, Okla. -- Five Texas law enforcement agencies have sent recruiters to Tulsa where they met with both recently laid off and current Tulsa police officers.Tulsa Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 93 President Phil Evans says at least ... full story

San Antonio police news conference on missing baby

Published Tuesday, February 09, 2010
SAN ANTONIO -- San Antonio Police Chief William McManus scheduled a news conference about a baby missing since Christmastime.McManus announced Saturday that the case of 8-month-old Gabriel Johnson was being treated as a homicide and that authorities ... full story

Palin publicly backs Gov. Perry

Published Monday, February 08, 2010
CYPRESS, Texas -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin stumped for Gov. Rick Perry at a rally Sunday in suburban Houston, adding some national Republican star power to Perry's re-election campaign."I doubt there is another public figure in our country who ... full story

Helicopter crash kills 3

Published Sunday, February 07, 2010
EL PASO -- Three people were killed when a medical helicopter crashed during a training exercise at Fort Bliss, just outside El Paso, Army authorities said.The Southwest Med Evac helicopter crashed on final approach to a landing zone Friday during a ... full story

Manley's ring now symbolizes two victories

Published Saturday, February 06, 2010
By MARY FLOODHouston ChronicleHOUSTON -- Troubled football great Dexter Manley once pawned his 1983 Super Bowl ring to buy cocaine.This week, while in Miami for Sunday's Super Bowl, the man nicknamed the "Secretary of Defense" was both ecstatic and w ... full story

Mom accused of starving girl

Published Saturday, February 06, 2010
HOUSTON -- A Houston woman is accused of starving her 8-year-old daughter, who weighed just 15 pounds when she died in January 2009, Child Protective Services said.CPS spokeswoman Estella Olguin says Almita Nicole Lockhart, 34, is accused of neglecti ... full story

Man guilty of manslaughter in crash that killed 5

Published Saturday, February 06, 2010
CONROE, Texas -- A southeast Texas jury has found a 23-year-old man guilty of manslaughter for the deaths of five people in a January 2009 traffic accident.Authorities say Brandon Lee Ferguson of Pinehurst was speeding at 117 mph down Texas 249 in Mo ... full story

Shuttle Endeavour set to launch Super Bowl Sunday

Published Saturday, February 06, 2010
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- With many still in shock over this week's space exploration shake-up, NASA managers insist the launch team is focused on safely launching Endeavour on Sunday.Mission managers cleared the space shuttle for liftoff even as they ... full story

7 state landmarks on group's endangered list

Published Friday, February 05, 2010
DALLAS -- Texas' most endangered historic places include a former county jail, a drive-in theater and a swimming pool, a preservation group said Thursday.The seven places listed by the nonprofit Preservation Texas Inc. were: the Austin Women's Club i ... full story

Man charged with killing wife, daughter

Published Friday, February 05, 2010
HOUSTON -- A 39-year-old Houston man is charged with capital murder after allegedly shooting his estranged wife and 15-year-old daughter dead.The incident happened about 7:30 p.m. Thursday at a southeast Houston apartment complex. Police say Jaime Pi ... full story

San Antonio rain adds to soil sliding woes

Published Friday, February 05, 2010
SAN ANTONIO -- Heavy rains have caused further soil erosion and cracking in a retaining wall where a landslide has been threatening part of a San Antonio neighborhood, a spokeswoman for the developer said Thursday.The towering retaining wall that sup ... full story

Man guilty of manslaughter in crash that killed 5

Published Friday, February 05, 2010
CONROE, Texas -- A southeast Texas jury has found a 23-year-old man guilty of manslaughter for the deaths of five people in a January 2009 traffic accident.Authorities say Brandon Lee Ferguson of Pinehurst was speeding at 117 mph down Texas 249 in Mo ... full story

Prison for man over 2008 body in Galveston Bay

Published Friday, February 05, 2010
GALVESTON, Texas -- A man who admitted his role in a 2008 torture slaying in which the victim was bound and dumped in Galveston Bay must serve 41 years in prison.A judge on Thursday sentenced 28-year-old Brian O'Neal Richardson, who had pleaded gui ... full story

Houston mom held after girl, 8, starved to death

Published Friday, February 05, 2010
HOUSTON — A Houston woman is accused of starving her 8-year-old daughter, who weighed just 15 pounds when she died in January 2009, Child Protective Services said. CPS spokeswoman Estella Olguin says Almita Nicole Lockhart, 34, is accused of neglect ... full story

County Line co-owner dead in car in flooded creek

Published Friday, February 05, 2010
SAN ANTONIO -- Randy "Rib King" Goss, the co-owner of the County Line barbecue restaurant chain, has been found dead in a car in a creek.Bexar County Sheriff's Office spokesman Deputy Ino Badillo said a rescue team Thursday removed a body from a ve ... full story

Democratic gubernatorial candidate calls ad racist

Published Friday, February 05, 2010
McALLEN, Texas -- A hair-care magnate running for the Texas Democratic gubernatorial nomination said the ads from his opponent take a backhanded swipe at his ethnic roots.Farouk Shami, a Houston businessman born a Palestinian outside Jerusalem, said ... full story

Officers kill man suspected of 2 deaths in Houston

Published Friday, February 05, 2010
HOUSTON -- A chase in Houston led to deputies fatally shooting a man suspected of killing two people and wounding two others.The Harris County Sheriff's Department says the motive for the quadruple shootings is sought.Spokeswoman Christina Garza sa ... full story

Woman gets prison over Irving teachers ID theft

Published Friday, February 05, 2010
DALLAS -- A Bedford woman apologized as she was sentenced to 34 years in prison in an identity theft scam targeting educators in Irving.Sharon Denise Seeley pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 30 years for fraudulent use or possession of identifyin ... full story

Man gets 18 months over beheading of Mr. Buck

Published Friday, February 05, 2010
HOUSTON -- A judge in Houston has ordered 18 months in state jail for a man convicted over the 2008 killing of a tame deer known as Mr. Buck.Brandon Eugene Gregory in August pleaded guilty to taking a wildlife resource without landowner consent in ... full story

Space station to receive new bay window soon

Published Friday, February 05, 2010
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Life has never been so good off the planet, and it's about to get better.Just two weeks after the arrival of the Internet, the space station astronauts are getting an observation deck that will offer panoramic views of Earth.S ... full story

1892 map displays Temple as it was

Published Friday, February 05, 2010
By HARPER SCOTT CLARKTemple Daily TelegramTEMPLE -- A map of the city of Temple from 1892 recently emerged that could be useful to historians, researchers and city officials in answering many questions about Temple's past.The individual city lots sho ... full story

Drug lords using clinics

Published Friday, February 05, 2010
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- Mexico's powerful cartels have taken to running drug rehabilitation centers, turning recovering addicts into hit men and smugglers -- and giving some an ultimatum: Work for us or we'll kill you.Two of the country's six major ... full story

Arson suspected in Texas church fires

Published Friday, February 05, 2010
TYLER -- Eight Texas churches barely 150 miles apart have caught fire since New Year's Day, putting pastors and congregations on edge and on guard wondering whether theirs is next.Authorities determined seven of those fires were intentionally set and ... full story

 
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