Davis says critics picked on 'wrong Texas gal'
Saying she’d “had enough,” state Sen. Wendy Davis unloaded on Attorney General Greg Abbott on Tuesday night, blaming him and his allies for waging a smear campaign against her family and warning he had...
View ArticleSchools struggle with provision of health care law
HOUSTON (AP) — Texas schools are scrambling to meet a provision of the federal health care overhaul that compels them to offer health insurance to employees who work at least 30 hours a week, according...
View ArticleTexas and region
AUSTINRepublican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott opposes casinos. But the longtime Texas attorney general still has a Super Bowl wager for supporters.Abbott made an offer last weekend to potential...
View ArticleSpecial election gives Texas Democrat group trial run
AUSTIN — The 40 volunteers crowded into a small, suburban living room in north Austin to get their marching orders for one of democracy’s oldest traditions: knocking on doors to ask people for their...
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■ Assumed name: DA Electric; owner: DA Electric LLC■ Assumed name: DA Electric; owner: Dustin S. Anderson■ Assumed name: DA Electric; owner: Todd J. Johnston■ Assumed name: Pelham Home Design LLC;...
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25 Years Ago:Partially clearing skies and higher-than-expected readings prevailed Saturday on the South Plains, over-turning earlier predictions of a 50 percent chance of rain and high temperatures of...
View ArticleTigers top Chiefs
SAN ANGELO — Kaitlyn Judge scored two goals and Frenship won its District 7-4A soccer opener Tuesday, beating San Angelo Lake View 5-0.The Tigers (8-1-2) also got goals from Allison Scott, Ashley...
View ArticleCity girls high school basketball roundup:
SHALLOWATER — Morgan Bennett scored 13 points and No. 11 Shallowater clinched a share of the District 2-3A championship Tuesday night with a 68-28 home victory against Andrews.The Fillies (23-4, 7-1)...
View ArticleCity boys high school basketball roundup:
Javon Bascus had 21 points, and Estacado remained unbeaten in District 2-3A with a 91-59 victory over Seminole on Tuesday.Robert McKinney and Jesse Johns added 15 points each for the Matadors (6-0 in...
View ArticleSan Antonio city worker helping lead $325 million expansion charged in child...
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A San Antonio worker helping lead the $325 million expansion of the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center has been charged with sharing child pornography.A federal indictment names...
View ArticleTexas Tech police document possible theft, arrest student for having invalid...
Texas Tech Police calls for:Jan. 2810:45 a.m. — A Texas Tech officer responded to a medical emergency at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Physicians Medical Pavilion. A non-student...
View ArticleTCU DE Devonte Fields declines to press charges in robbery
FORT WORTH (AP) — TCU defensive end Devonte Fields has declined to press charges after telling Fort Worth police that he was beaten and robbed by armed suspects.Coach Gary Patterson says Fields was the...
View ArticleHundreds attend funeral for 9- and 4-year-old girls killed by father
KILLEEN (AP) — Funeral services have been held for two young girls killed by their father at Fort Hood just hours before their mother returned from a deployment in Afghanistan.Hundreds attended the...
View ArticleMcCully named all-city volleyball coach of year
Frenship volleyball coach Jennifer McCully never wanted to keep a season going more than she did in 2013. She can take solace in the fact that the season met its end at the hands of the eventual state...
View ArticleFrenship pulls off upset of Plainview, pulls even in District 4-4A...
WOLFFORTH — Abby Hopper and Blaire Barker scored 13 points apiece and Plainview beat Frenship 37-32 Friday night, leaving the two teams tied for first place in District 4-4A.Plainview (21-7) and...
View ArticleJanuary Students of the Month at Frenship schools
Baylee Austin, a fifth-grader at Westwind, is the daughter of Mike and Lacey Austin. She is involved in UIL and battle of the books. Wyatt Brownell, an eighth-grader at Frenship, is the son of Malcolm...
View ArticleFastest growing location in the nation, Lubbock's Christian Brothers...
Christian Brothers Automotive was founded in 1982 by two men – brothers in Christ – who wished to bring a much-needed “Nice Difference” to the automotive repair industry. Their mission statement would...
View ArticleTexas motorist charged in deaths of woman, child
HOUSTON (AP) — Harris County officials said a 31-year-old man who was involved in a road-rage incident with his wife has been charged with intoxication manslaughter in the deaths of a woman and her...
View ArticleDeath Notices
Charles “Abe” Brendle, 98, died Jan. 28, 2014. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. today, Jan. 30, in Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park in Woodrow. Sanders Funeral Home.Fernando Alvarez Enriquez, 67, of...
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