- A driver was killed on the Southwest Freeway near Newcastle early this morning in a head-on collision with a driver going the wrong way
- Ashley Paige Benton, the girl accused of murdering a teen in this week's attack at Chew Park, should remain in custody on a murder charge, a judge said today
- A ride at Schlitterbahn Galveston was shut down today after people complained of becoming itchy after being in the water; officials believe they were exposed to sodium hydrogen chloride
- Police said the truck that overturned on the Katy Freeway last week, burying a woman's car under tons of gravel, had bad tires and brakes and was overloaded
- Partisanship "refreshes our politics with new ideas and new leaders," Tom DeLay said today in his exit speech from the U.S. House
- Meanwhile, the Texas Democratic Party took DeLay's words to heart, filing suit to keep DeLay's name on the November ballot because they say means Republicans cannot legally run another candidate for the District 22 seat
- In Fort Bend County this afternoon, an 18-wheeler crashed into a construction site after blowing a tire on Highway 59
- KTRK's Shara Fryer, the longest-serving woman TV anchor in Houston history, will leave the station soon, she said
- With temperatures expected in the early 90s this weekend, stay cool, health officials say
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