- A Livingston police officer was shot to death by her husband Saturday in what seems to have been a murder-suicide
- In west Houston, police are on the lookout for the people behind a Sunday morning crime spree that left one man dead
- Some Prairie View A&M students are wondering why a state attorney general's probe into alleged voting rights violations isn't finished
- A dozen Kemp's ridley sea turtle nests were discovered last week on the Texas coast, a find scientists hope signals that the endangered creatures are on their way back
- Harris County taxpayers will pay the more than $30,000 to produce e-mails deleted by the sheriff's office
- And in other sheriff-related news, protesters called for Tommy Thomas' resignation following the death of a county jail inmate earlier this year
- Gov. Rick Perry has asked the feds to relax rules requiring the use of ethanol in fuel, claiming the requirements are increasing food prices and hurting the state's economy
- Here's a real shocker: Some Montrose townhome owners are living in shoddily constructed houses — and no one's doing anything to help them
- Two Dickinson cheerleaders have been punished for allegedly drawing swastikas on school district property
- Did you notice downtown being a little darker this weekend? That was on purpose
- Houston-based airline ExpressJet rejected a buyout offer from SkyWest on Friday, but said it's open to other proposals
- In Freeport, any public event where alcohol is sold will now be required to offer rides for people who've been hitting the bottle
- What're you doing in 2024? Make plans now to see a solar eclipse that'll pass over the heart of Texas then
- Some Freedman's Town residents are frustrated with the city over the timing of the reveal of architectural renderings for the restoration of historic Gregory School
- Today's weather: Sunny, high 77, low 53
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