A piece of copper that was struck by the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia in 1794 and was a prototype for the fledgling nation’s money will go up for auction Friday.
Police Thursday said they have made three arrests after Quinton Ford, 19, of Harker Heights, was shot to death late Tuesday night in the parking lot of Harker Heights High School in the 1000 block of East Knights Way.
Around 3,500 workers will be employed during the four-year construction of phase one of the facility. Once the facility is operational, it will employ 350 full-time operators and maintenance personnel with an annual salary of approximately $85,000.
The school at 6410 Morganite Lane in Killeen was evacuated at around 9:40 a.m. Thursday after alarms sounded and smoke from what the school’s principal described as “a small fire” filled the building.
If you go to a restaurant in Lubbock, you may notice you’ll be waiting a little longer to get seated. That’s because even though restaurants can operate at 100 percent, some can’t seat every table.
A former Tomball ISD teacher and Whitewright native was charged with continuous sexual abuse of a child under the age of 14 and booked into the Harris County Jail Saturday.
Two of the six people who died in a massive pileup at around 6 a.m. on Feb. 11 on an icy stretch of Interstate 35 in Fort Worth had exited their vehicles before they were struck, a preliminary National Transportation Safety Board report released Wednesday says.
With the South Rim Fire at 80% containment and no longer deemed a threat to developed areas, the National Park Service has scheduled the reopening of the park’s popular Chisos Basin area on Friday, April 23.
The Texas Workforce Commission is seeing an increase in unemployment insurance fraud. In Tyler, three long-time employees with the East Texas Crisis Center have dealt with it in the last few months.
A bill which would provide immunity from liability for school security personnel in case of a safety issue authored by an East Texas state representative has received final passage in the Texas House.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said Monday that the state Senate does not currently have the votes to pass permitless carry of handguns but that he will try to see if there is a “path” to change that.
The New Mexico Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions of two former Portales daycare workers in the death of 22-month-old Maliyah Jones after being left in a hot car in 2017.
Police said Stephen Broderick, 41, was arrested without incident about 7:30 a.m. along a rural road in Manor, an Austin suburb, Manor Police Chief Ryan Phipps said.
Texas residents whose furnaces, septic systems or wells were damaged by February’s severe winter storms may be eligible for financial assistance under FEMA’s Individuals and Households Program. If denied assistance, applicants may appeal.
A bill which would provide immunity from liability for school security personnel in case of a safety issue authored by an East Texas state representative has passed the second reading in the Texas House.
Texans can purchase certain items tax-free during the state’s sales tax holiday for emergency preparation supplies, which begins at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, April 24, and ends at midnight on Monday, April 26.
The United States Geological Survey recorded a 3.1 magnitude earthquake 18 kilometers north-northwest of Snyder on Sunday afternoon.The quake hit at a very shallow depth of 2.2 miles beneath the epicenter near Snyder in Scurry County at 3:54 p.m. local time.
Larry smith, the Smith County Sheriff agrees with Rep. Matt Schaefer bill. He says he wants people to have a way to protect themselves, since it can take time for law enforcement to get to the scene.
A number of Texas senate and house bills are making their way through the legislative session that target transgender youth participation in sports and their access to health care.
A Texas Senate committee has unanimously passed an East Texas legislator’s bill which would require the secretary of state to publish voting history records.
A new Texoma lake is near completion. Wednesday the North Texas Municipal Water District began pumping water into the new Bois d’Arc lake in Fannin County. Crews are working hard to finish the lake’s 2-mile long dam.
Uncle Gus’ Marina and Resort on Lake Whitney, which opened in 1952, is set to close beginning next Wednesday after a Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers confirmed Friday.
The Texas House has passed an East Texas legislator’s bill allowing for guns to be carried without a permit in certain situations in a final vote Friday morning.
The Texas House has passed an East Texas legislator’s bill allowing for guns to be carried without a permit in certain situations in a preliminary vote Thursday night.
On Thursday, state Rep. Matt Schaefer, of Tyler, will be introducing a bill to the full Texas house. That bill would remove any license or permit requirements to carry a gun in most public spaces. One gun store owner Mack Woods is concerned about house bill 1927.
