January 7, 2009 RSS feed / News

Lasara Volunteer Fire Dept.

Looking for new recruits for 2009-2010. Contact Chief Gary Coleman at 642-6678 or Lionel Cantu at 966-9104. More...

2 people killed in Denton County plane crash

JUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Two people were killed when a small single-engine plane crashed as it prepared to land at a southwest Denton County airport on Saturday. The two-seater went down about 1:30 p.m. More...

Austin woman sentenced in mothball in soup case

AUSTIN (AP) An Austin woman who put mothballs in soup at a store's self-serve kiosk in 2007 has been ordered to undergo mental health treatment and to stay away from the grocery chain unless escorted by another adult. More...

TDA Market Recap - 1/5/09

AUSTIN - (Jan. 5, 2009) For the week ending Jan. 3, 2009, fed cattle prices were $1 higher per hundredweight with light holiday-week sales and slightly higher beef prices. More...

Windows shot out of 100 vehicles in Waco area

WACO, Texas (AP) Waco police suspect somebody trying out a gun, perhaps received as a gift over the holidays, is to blame for about 100 vehicles having their windows shot out. So far no arrests. More...

Mexico: 7 cops, drug gang arrested at cock fight

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) - Soldiers arrested the deputy police chief of a Mexican resort town and six other officers who were allegedly protecting drug cartel members at a cock fight, the Defense Department said Thursday. More...

Texas legislators will push new immigration laws

DALLAS (AP) - Some state lawmakers want to revive immigration discussions by proposing more than a dozen bills that among other things would punish employers for hiring unauthorized workers, challenge the U.S. More...

McCoy rallies Texas past Ohio St. in Fiesta thriller 24-21

GLENDALE, Adz. (AP) - Left out of the national title game, Colt McCoy and Texas made the most of their trip to the Fiesta Bowl. They just hope they did enough to impress poll voters. More...

Police stop beauty queen in gun-filled truck

GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) - A beauty queen from Mexico's drug-plagued Sinaloa state has been arrested after she was found riding with suspected gang members in a truck filled with weapons. More...

City retail sales tax collections up 8.53% for year

Despite a significant downturn in the economy in recent months City of Raymondville retail sales tax collections coninue to trend higher according to data contained in the latest report from the Texas Comptroller's office. More...

Texas cops: Driver threatened students over crumbs

MANSFIELD, Texas (AP) - A school bus driver in Texas has been accused of brandishing a knife and threatening to cut three sixth-graders who left Oreo crumbs on a seat. More...

Texas Lottery sales plunge $45 million since last year

AUSTIN(AP) - Texas Lottery ticket revenues plummeted by $45.1 million since last fiscal year, a sales plunge that state officials attribute to Hurricane Ike and the recession. More...

Explosion at Arizona grain silo severely burns 3

MARICOPA, Ariz. (AP) - Three workers are being treated for severe burns after corn dust exploded at a silo south of Phoenix. Maricopa police Sgt. More...

Feds find $1.6 million buried at Ohio farm

NORWALK, Ohio (AP) - Federal authorities have found $1.6 million in cash buried at a north-central Ohio farm after receiving a tip that drug money was hidden there. Assistant U.S. More...

Police: Mexican woman in wheelchair flees on foot

MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) - Police say a woman who begged from a wheelchair was caught running from a crime scene on foot in Monterrey, Mexico. More...

Boone Crockett Club confirms new World's Record Elk

MISSOIJLA, Mont.-Perhaps the largest elk ever produced in the wild-a Utah bull taken in 2008 by a hunter on public land-has been confirmed as a new World's Record. More...

State leaders on guard as economy slows

AUSTIN (AP) - Gov. Rick Perry and the state comptroller are warning that the national economic crisis is starting to affect state government, but they say Texas is in better position than most states to weather the storm. More...

Man struck, killed by bus identified

DALLAS (AP) - The Dallas County Medical Examiner says a man who was fatally struck by a Dallas Area Rapid Transit bus has been identified as 64-year-old Claude Allen Hamilton, of Dallas. More...

Policy permits wild dogs to be shot in Texas town

FERRIS, Texas (AP) - Authorities in a rural North Texas town can now shoot wild, roaming dogs, according to a new policy that has riled animal welfare advocates. More...

Ethics commission fines Brownsville legislator

McALLEN (AP) - The Texas Ethics Commission fined a South Texas legislator $3,000 for not reporting key identifying information for some campaign contributors. Rep. More...

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