August 5, 2009 RSS feed / News

Texas sales tax break for shoppers is Aug. 21-23

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The annual Texas sales tax break weekend will be Aug. 21-23 as students prepare to return to school and other shoppers also benefit. More...

FBI offers $10,000 for Border Patrol agent's gun

SAN DIEGO (AP) - The FBI is offering $10,000 for help finding the gun of a Border Patrol agent who was slain last week in a rugged area outside San Diego. More...

Stop near Tyler yields $60,000 in drug cash

TYLER, Texas (AP) - A traffic stop in the Tyler area led to the arrest of two brothers and the seizure of $60,000 in alleged drug money. More...

Postal agency is facing a nearly $7 billion potential loss

POST OFFICE MULLS CLOSING HUNDREDS OF OFFICES

WASHINGTON - A pillar of U.S. communities since the nation's founding, the post office is facing the prospect of closings or consolidation of services at hundreds of locations amid a sharp decline in business due to e-mail. More...

Drought could lead to better Texas fishing

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Low lake levels in parts of droughtstricken Texas could eventually contribute to better fishing areas. Experts say exposed ground means more vegetation is growing on land that will hopefully be covered by water in a few years. More...

Arizona sheriff balks at feds' enforcement ban

PHOENIX (AP) - The Homeland Security Department wants Sheriff Joe Arpaio to stop arresting illegal immigrants who haven't committed crimes other than crossing the U.S.-Mexico. The thing is, Arpaio doesn't much care. More...

Prepare for the next hurricane with these gadgets

BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - Technology, developed in the four years since Hurricane Katrina, didn't necessarily come out of the hurricane but will help with evacuation, power outages and recovery if there is another big storm. More...

Strong quake hits Mexico's Gulf of California

MEXICO CITY (AP) A powerful earthquake Monday shook fishing villages along Mexico's Gulf of California and prompted alarm as far away as Phoenix, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The U.S. More...

Police shoot man accused of stabbing UPS driver

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Fort Worth police used a Taser device and shot a man who allegedly repeatedly stabbed a female UPS driver at an apartment complex. More...

Number of active oil rigs up by 5

HOUSTON (AP) - The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the United States grew by 5 this week to 948. Of the rigs running nationwide, 677 were exploring for natural gas and 261 for oil, Houston-based Baker Hughes Inc. More...

Gunmen kill 6 in Mexico border-city pool hall

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexican police say assailants gunned down five men and a woman in a pool hall in the border city of Ciudad Juarez. Two more shooting victims have been hospitalized in serious condition. More...

Texas UPS worker accused of stolen bling in shoes

SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A UPS package handler in San Antonio is accused of stealing about $30,000 worth of shipped jewelry by stuffing the bling into his shoes. More...

Mexico to issue citizens national identity card

MEXICO CITY (AP) - President Felipe Calderon says Mexico will start issuing nationwide identity cards for its citizens starting this year, and by 2012 everyone will have one. The cards will carry the bearer's photograph. More...

Detention for Mexican suspect in U.S. border slaying

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) - A judge in Mexico has ordered that a man suspected in the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in California be held during the investigation. More...

Texas districts called 'unacceptable' highest ever

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The number of Texas school districts rated by the state as academically unacceptable has increased to 87, the highest level ever, according to the Texas Education Agency, which attributed the change to tougher dropout reporting More...

10th Annual "Christmas in August" coming Friday at Smiley Park

For the past nine years members of Communities Against Substance Abuse (C.A.S.A.) along with employees of the Rio Grande Valley Council have worked together promoting the dangers of substance abuse and alcohol abuse within Willacy County. More...

Texas' severe drought worsens, draws national attention

AUSTIN - In mid-July, Texas AgriLife Extension Service estimated agricultural losses at about $4 billion. And now, nearly 80 counties are in a state of emergency due to severe drought conditions ruining crops and endangering livestock. More...

Big 12 title game may have permanent home in Dallas

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe says the league will eventually consider whether to make the new Cowboys Stadium a permanent home for its football championship game. Speaking Tuesday during a tour of the $1. More...

Police make arrest in furniture fire

HOUSTON (AP) - Houston police arrested a former Gallery Furniture employee Tuesday in the wake of a massive fire at Gallery's warehouse in May. More...

Fishing still good in much of state

AUSTIN - A scorching onetwo punch of prolonged low rainfall and record high temperatures in central and southern Texas is stressing fish and other aquatic creatures, especially rare species that depend on spring flows, and decreased river flows are More...

Offshore drilling ban doesn't apply to Gulf

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court ruling won't stand in the way of new oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. The U.S. More...

Screen for Alzheimer's, save millions

MADISON, Wis. - As the nation debates how to control costs as part of health-care reform, an Alzheimer's Disease researcher says early diagnosis and treatment of the disease could save the nation billions of dollars in costs down the road. More...

Oklahoma and Texas tied in Big 12 preseason poll

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Oklahoma or Texas in the Big 12 South? Both for now. The Sooners and Longhorns are tied for the top spot in the preseason poll determined from a media vote. More...

Edinburg teen recovering after shark bites leg

EDINBURG, Texas (AP) - An Edinburg teen needed 15 stitches to close a leg wound after a shark bit her left leg. Deidre Casas says she got an ankle bracelet with a shark tooth to mark her ordeal. More...

Kansas woman sentenced for paying Smuggler

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) An illegal alien who lived in Dodge City was sentenced to a year in prison for paying a smuggler $1,000 to bring her nephew into the United States. More...

SUV hits church in East Texas

GILMER, Texas (AP) Three people were treated and released from East Texas hospitals after a SUV crashed into a church in Gilmer just as morning services were about to start. More...

Jones expects Cowboys to be as good as new stadium

SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Jerry Jones says the $1.15 billion stadium the Dallas Cowboys are moving into will inspire his team, although he stopped short of saying how far that inspiration will take them. More...

Traffic stop leads to discovery of 97 illegal aliens

NOGALES, Arizona (AP) - Arizona police stopped a refrigerated truck hauling fruit and found nearly 100 illegal aliens, some as young as 9, crammed inside the trailer in near-freezing temperatures, officials said Thursday. More...

Feral hogs causing problems in Missouri City

MISSOURI CITY, Texas (AP) - Wild hogs have been digging up yards and eating their way through an increasingly notso rural part of Missouri City. More...

3 accused of fake sheep theft in San Angelo

SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) - The theft of a fake sheep with a patriotic flag motif has led to real charges against three teens in San Angelo. Police say the 5-foot-long fiberglass creation was tracked to the apartment of one of the suspects. More...

Texas LB Kindle says crash taught him lesson

IRVING, Texas (AP) - Texas linebacker Sergio Kindle says he learned a lesson last month after crashing his car into an Austin apartment building while he was text messaging. More...

Maine lobster prices low

JONESPORT, Maine (AP) - Maine lobstermen are talking about organizing a statewide boat tie-up in hopes of raising prices. More...

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WILLACY COUNTY LITTLE LEAGUE 10/11 YEAR-OLD GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM, Section 4, District 24, went to Fort Worth to play for State Championship in the 2009 Texas West State Little League Tournament July 23-30. More...

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