City attorney William "Bill" Wepfer presented his revised graffiti ordinance to commissioners last night. Wefer suggested a workshop to work out the details after commissioners have a chance to review his suggested changes in the local ordinance. More...
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) Thousands of Vietnamese fishermen are giving a royal sendoff to a 15-ton dead whale, gathering at a southern Vietnamese village to pay homage at a funeral for the creature they call ``Your Excellency.'' More...
Over the past two weeks at least 15 burglaries have been reported in Lyford. Two arrests have been made by police and sheriff's deputies working together. More...
Mayor Pro-tem Tony Chavez and City Commissioner Ramon Perez will be up for re-election on May 8 and the empty seat of Wally Solis, who left for the military, will also be up for grabs. More...
by Rey Sifuentes Jr.
Lyford High School’s varsity boys basketball team was scheduled to play Sinton in the hi-district round of the playoffs on Tuesday (February 23). More...
GEORGETOWN, Texas (AP) - After 9/11, cockpit doors were sealed, air marshals were added and airport searches became more aggressive, all to make sure an airliner could never again be used as a weapon. More...
TYLER, Texas (AP) - Two men who once attended church together were charged Sunday with intentionally burning down a church in east Texas and are suspected in a string of similar blazes, authorities said. More...
AMARILLO, Texas (AP) - An Amarillo teen remains jailed after police say they found two unloaded handguns, a bulletproof vest and a baton in his vehicle at a high school. More...
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Wal- Mart de Mexico SA says it will open 300 new stores in 2010. Mexico’s largest retailer says it will invest 12.5 billion pesos ($971.6 million) in the country this year. The Mexican unit of Wal- Mart Stores Inc. More...
CHARLEROI, Pa. (AP) Fire trucks and sheep are the latest things to be endangered by roofs sagging or collapsing beneath heavy snows in one western Pennsylvania county. More...
ATLANTA (AP) - An Atlanta highway turned into a circus Thursday afternoon when an escaped zebra galloped along a busy section of interstate with police in hot pursuit. More...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A Memphis woman whose home was burglarized says all she wants is the return her 3-foot ball python. More...
By ANNE GEARAN
AP National Security Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) The nation's top defense leaders said Monday that U.S.-led forces were making steady progress in their efforts in a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan but faced stiffer resistance than expected and the operation would take lo More...
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