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Fighter charged with murder in Galveston shooting

Fighter charged with murder in Galveston shooting

The Houston Chronicle is reporting; a Galveston mixed martial arts fighter has been charged with murder in a shooting death last year.
Mexico says US agent shot Mexican dead on border

Mexico says US agent shot Mexican dead on border

The Houston Chronicle is reporting; Mexico's Foreign Relations Department says a Mexican has been fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent on the frontier between the cities of Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.
Strong finish to Galveston's tourist season

Strong finish to Galveston's tourist season

The Houston Chronicle is reporting; a crowded Labor Day weekend on Galveston Island capped the busiest tourist season since Hurricane Ike.

Longview, Tyler rank in top 50 for Economic and Job Growth

Longview and Tyler were among 11 Texas cities ranked in the top 50 of Area Developments Leading Locations for 2012.
Houston's I-45 ranks No. 3 for most congestion in Texas

Houston's I-45 ranks No. 3 for most congestion in Texas

The Houston Chronicle is reporting; Texas Department of Transportation released a list of the Top 100 roads on its website.
Mexico looking to Texas for natural gas

Mexico looking to Texas for natural gas

The Houston Chronicle is reporting; Mexico’s national oil monopoly has been issuing critical alerts seemingly every week, warning of natural gas shortages lasting hours or even days and crimping supplies to homes, power plants and factori
Fort Worth deputy loses job over Facebook rants

Fort Worth deputy loses job over Facebook rants

The Houston Chronicle is reporting; a North Texas sheriff's deputy has lost his job over rants he posted against his boss and two other county employees.
Man killed while trying to create Bigfoot sighting

Man killed while trying to create Bigfoot sighting

The Houston Chronicle is reporting; a man dressed in a military-style "ghillie" suit and apparently trying to provoke reports of a Bigfoot sighting in northwest Montana was struck by two cars and killed.
Texas may reconsider sending prostitutes to prison

Texas may reconsider sending prostitutes to prison

The Houston Chronicle is reporting; the expense of housing hundreds of prisoners with prostitution records could force Texas to reconsider a state law that allows prosecutors to charge prostitutes with a felony after three misdemeanor convictio
Court case not the way Whataburger likes it

Court case not the way Whataburger likes it

The Houston Chronicle is reporting; Exasperated officials at the San Antonio-based burger chain have gone to court in an attempt to stop persistent collections calls made to its corporate headquarters to get an unidentified employee to pay up o

Concussion testing for student athletes

With more students hitting the playing field sports related concussions are becoming more common. An Impact Concussion Test can help your student recover properly.
Shoe thieves cut hole in mall roof

Shoe thieves cut hole in mall roof

The Houston Chronicle is reporting; The things people will do for a new pair of shoes.  According to the Houston Police Department, John Gant, 19, and two accomplices were so taken with the new Air Jordans that they climbed onto the Greens
Lost records could mean a new trial for killer

Lost records could mean a new trial for killer

The Houston Chronicle is reporting; Raymond Leal stood up in court and admitted in December that he fatally shot his estranged wife. A week later, a Harris County jury showed no mercy, sending Leal to prison for 99 years.
First East Texan dies from West Nile

First East Texan dies from West Nile

The Public Health Department has confirmed that one person in Gregg County has died after contracting the West Nile Virus. This is the first death caused by the virus in East Texas.
Cartel-connected pot farms rise up from rugged Texas backwoods

Cartel-connected pot farms rise up from rugged Texas backwoods

The Houston Chronicle is reporting; multimillion-dollar marijuana fields hide in the thick Texas backwoods, acres of pot plants woven through forests of pine and oak trees - all but invisible from the air.