tshurley@star-telegram.com AUSTIN -- The Texas State Board of Education was set to get down to work Wednesday afternoon on the social studies curriculum standards that determine what more than...

tshurley@star-telegram.com The Jean Massieu Academy in Arlington will close this summer after having its accreditation as a school district revoked, the Texas Education Agency announced...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A former employee of Texas state facility for the developmentally disabled accused of sanctioning fights among residents has pleaded guilty midway through his Corpus...

Dallas Police officials walk into the building where a shooting took place in Dallas, Monday, March 8, 2010. The shooting happened just before 11 a.m. outside the United Texas Bank. The bank is...

Redesigning the Willow Springs Golf Course, allowing for 40 acres of developable land adjacent to the AT&T Center, is one of five “key catalytic projects” that the city is eying to...

Former Spurs guard and four-time NBA All-Star Alvin Robertson was arrested for the second time in as many weeks Wednesday after a judge revoked his bail bond at the request of the Bexar County...

HONDO — A La Coste man being tried here on a charge of stealing water to irrigate his farm was selectively prosecuted by the Bexar-Medina-Atascosa Counties Water Control and Improvement...

Rob Henneke's victory over Ilse Bailey in the Republican primary for the post of Kerr County attorney became official in a recount Wednesday. Bailey, who logged 3,848 votes to 4,048 for Henneke on...

MANCHACA, Texas (KXAN) - The Manchaca Fire Hall Kitchen located in the small community will be no more come March 24. Travis County Commissioners voted on Tuesday to revoke the license agreement with...

AUSTIN (KXAN) - The state collected less in sales tax revenue last month than this time last year, marking the eight month of decline, said Texas Comptroller Susan Combs. February brought in $1.6...

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OREM, Utah -- Nick Weiermiller scored 18 points, including a 3-pointer with 29 seconds left, to lead Texas-Pan American to a 56-53 victory over Utah Valley in the first round...

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KATY, Texas -- Kevin Palmer scored 26 points, including 18 in the second half, and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi defeated UTSA 78-66 in the first round of the Southland...

TWiT.tv , with 500,000 unique listeners and 4 million downloads each month. Laporte prefers the term “netcast” over “podcast.”He also...

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Wearing red Rangers jackets, prospective owner Chuck Greenberg and Ray Davis, one of his key investors, visited camp Wednesday to see the club and reiterate their message that the...

MARINERS 6, RANGERS 3 at Surprise, Ariz. Wednesday, March 10 Mariners at the plate: Mike Sweeney continues to show why he is among the offensive leaders in the Cactus League. The designated hitter...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Houston Yates rolls into the Texas boys' basketball state tournament ranked No. 1 in the nation after barnstorming through the season by scores such as 148-49, 139-51 and...

TriStone Homes has begun work on the next phase of development in the Laurel Mountain Ranch subdivision. The local homebuilder has begun the preliminary site work on a new section of lots in the...

for delivering quality banking services to small businesses and middle-market firms. Frost received 17 national and regional awards from Greenwich. The San Antonio-based bank was recognized as a...

Wheeled-footwear maker Heely’s Inc. narrowed its fourth-quarter losses, but still recorded a $5.9 million net loss for its 2009 fiscal year, which ended Dec. 31, 2009. For all of 2009,...

CORPUS CHRISTI — The Nueces County Appraisal District board will reinstate a building committee tasked with developing a plan for upgrading the district’s aging building. This time, county...

INGLESIDE — City Council members, irked that they weren’t kept informed about Naval Station Ingleside redevelopment proposals, have threatened to use their zoning power as leverage. Port of...

In a letter to the director of the Department of Public Safety, Gov. Rick Perry, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, and Speaker of the House Joe Straus approved measures to step up security at the Texas...

KATY, Texas — Kevin Palmer scored 26 points, including 18 in the second half, and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi defeated UTSA 78-66 in the first round of the Southland Conference tournament...

(News 4 WOAI) FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- A study released Wednesday says there's a plausible connection between a series of North Texas earthquakes and a disposal process that's done after natural...

SEGUIN — As violence and unrest continue to flare up in the heart of Africa, humanitarian leaders met at Texas Lutheran University this week to educate students and discuss possible solutions...

Centex Homes will offer to buy back 27 homes in a Northwest Side neighborhood and plans to spend $4 million to $5 million to rebuild a massive retaining wall that collapsed Jan. 24.The buyback offers...

Eleven elementary school students won $1,000 in art supplies for each of their schools Wednesday as they were named the 2010 Texas Cavaliers' River Parade art contest winners at an awards ceremony at...

DALLAS -- Lawyers for a Jordanian man charged with trying to blow up a Dallas skyscraper plan to depose witnesses in Jordan who know the suspect.A federal judge in Dallas last month granted a motion...

AUSTIN (KXAN) - More than 100 families in East Austin will get to stay in their federally subsidized apartments after city officials worked to preserve their homes - homes some have known for more...

(KXAN) - On November 29, 2009, Trey Allen Noah, a 2007 graduate of Blanco County High School, vanished from his parents' home in Kendall County. He's described as being 20, around 6'2 with blond hair...

AUSTIN (KXAN) - The Senate Finance Committee met at the Texas State Capitol today to review and make recommendations regarding existing and future debt at all levels of state government. "The goal is...

AUSTIN (KXAN) - A Texas school district and three charter schools lost their accreditation status today and are expected to close by July 1. The Texas Education Agency approved almost all districts...

Grupo Fantasma's new album, "El Existential," is due out May 11, 2010. It's a highly anticipated follow-up to the Grammy-nominated "Sonidos Gold" album, released in 2008. Producer...

Coach Connie Yori figures her third-ranked Cornhuskers (29-0) need only one win in Kansas City, Mo., to assure themselves a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. The rest of the Big 12 field is a strong...

Texas Comptroller Susan Combs said Wednesday that the state collected $1.6 billion in sales tax revenue in February. This is a reduction of 8.8 percent from the same period 12 months ago. ...

Goodwill Industries of San Antonio . The branch is located at the Goodwill store at the intersection of U.S. Highway 281 and Bitters Road. Generations opened the credit union location, in part, to...

have launched a new scholarship initiative in celebration of International Women’s Days. Through the new Pathways to Leadership Scholarship Fund, the commission will recognize young women who...

is reporting. Oklahoma City-based Devon Energy has opted to focus on developing its domestic assets, including natural gas reserves in the Barnett Shale. The Devon assets up for sale include oil...

A long-overlooked group of women who flew aircraft during World War II were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal on Wednesday. Known as Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs, they were the first...

State sales tax collections were down 8.8 percent in February, compared with the same month a year ago. Texas Comptroller Susan Combs said Wednesday that the state collected $1.6 billion in sales...