The powerful state agency is tasked with regulating oil, gas and other energy—not trains. Its own commissioners favor a new name: the Texas Energy Resources Commission.
Texas med schools stump against a proposal to accept students from the Caribbean into clinical rotations in the state.
The Dallas singer starts a tweet war with the Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne over a graphic music video that she and her sister Naryok starred in.
Readings from the spacecraft indicate it may have left the solar system some 34 years after it launched.
A recent Father's Day print ad for Plano-based retailer J.C. Penney featuring a gay couple has sparked praise as well as backlash.
The Mavericks star hopped onstage with the alt-country band during their concert in Grand Prairie, tambourine in hand and a big smile on his face.
Denton's criminal activity may be just as strange as that of Lufkin and Wise County.
Yet another person has found what she believes is the image of Jesus in an unlikely place.
Last summer’s average temperatures in Texas set a record for the hottest summer ever, but new data finds Oklahoma was more scorched.
A new gun range in Lewisville will include specially-made facilities for hosting children's birthday parties.
Many Texas farmers are on the cusp of retirement, but young people don't seem eager to replace them.
College Station Mayor Nancy Berry responds to a dig by the University of Florida head coach (and former UT defensive coordinator) with a bit of YouTube comedy.
Chesapeake Energy put 57,000 acres of crude oil and liquid natural gas fields in the Woodbine Sand area up for sale this week.
Exxon Mobil announced plans to expand its hulking Baytown petrochemical plant and refinery Thursday.
One Abilene chicken had a rough week.
State district judge Jose Longoria stated that "all of the supposedly newly-discovered evidence ... was clearly known and discussed at the time of trial."
The Allen Wranglers released star wide receiver Terrell Owens for no-showing at a children's hospital. But was the boot also about money? Get your popcorn ready.
Our favorite recent items from the Lufkin Daily News's police blotter.
Which rush hour thoroughfares in Dallas, Houston, and Austin cracked the upper reaches of the Daily Beast's third annual "Highways From Hell" survey?
Curious about the reading habits of San Antonio Express-News's Kyrie O'Connor? Read on.
The Grapevine pastor starts a fashion blog to help Christians "set the standard for the rest of the world in fashion as well as faith."
According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, an Abilene nursing home aide claimed "her teeth hit the resident as she raised her head and tried to stand up."
How badly do we mess up when doing something as fundamentally human as using our eyes, words, and memories? In the case of some eyewitness IDs, very badly.
Jaxson Havard of Huntington single-handedly pulled off one of the rarest plays in baseball.
Juárez needs another municipal cemetery to handle the glut of murders connected to drug violence.
After the driest year on record, state policymakers and scientists convened at the Texas Water Summit to address the state's water supply problem.
In just his fourth race on the triathlon circuit, Lance Armstrong is a champion once again, winning the Ironman 70.3 in Haines City, Florida.
In addition to announcing a $163 million first-quarter loss this week, the ailing retailer, which has recently tried to reinvent itself, will no longer pay quarterly dividends.
Mike Barnett, director of publications for the Texas Farm Bureau, penned a blog post celebrating Domino's decision to continue sourcing pork from farms that use controversial gestation crates.
A dentist who previously dabbled in unlicensed plastic surgery, pleaded guilty to making false statements to Texas Medicaid about procedures he conducted while he was on vacation out of state.
In El Paso, a man suffers a heart attack at the Red Parrot, while in Houston a dancer known as "Pocahontas" is a murder suspect.
Turbulence from the United-Continental merger bothered consumers in March, the month Continental flew its final flight.
In court filings, female lawyers representing former hand doctor Michael Brown have accused opposing counsel of making misogynistic statements to them.
Roger Clemens's former trainer recounted details of a relationship that "had the hallmarks of an illicit affair—except their secret was steroids."
Texas cleaned up on Forbes' "Best Cities for Jobs" lists this year.
Rumor has it that UT, Texas Tech, and TCU fans might end up seeing Florida State on the Big 12 conference schedule.
With demand for beef high and herd sizes still low, ranchers are looking to buy more cows.
A Spring family wins a legal battle against their homeowner's association keep their Vietnamese pot-bellied pig in their home.
Politicians in West Virgina are embarrassed that Keith Judd, a federal inmate incarcerated in Texarkana, made the Democratic primary ballot.
Gloria Allred is representing Sarah Tressler, a former society reporter for the paper, in her discrimination complaint.
The story of the junior hockey team that brought two hundred Amarilloans to a hockey rink on a Monday afternoon in Frisco.
Eighteen-year-old Keithan Kennard Manuel says that he was joking when he told Wilmer's police dispatcher, "Give me all your money."
The bankrupt carrier has realized its AAirpasses, which allow ticket holders unlimited first-class flights, are costing the company millions of dollars in lost revenue.
A new study tracking the habits and health of Texas drivers found that those with longer commute times have bigger waistlines.
The pride of Paschal High became the first living sportswriter to be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame on Monday night.
What's next for the no-longer defending champions? Five takeaways from the Mavericks's first-round playoff loss to Oklahoma City.
The University of Texas Board of Regents approved plans for a medical school in the city, which could generate up to $2 billion for the local economy.
Only nineteen cheerleaders were picked for Colleyville Heritage High School's squads this year, down from sixty in previous years.
In which the TM Daily Post is accused of fixating on Lufkin and overlooking the weirdness of the Wise County Messenger's police blotter.
The city tops Forbes' annual list for the second year in a row, while Dallas, Houston, San Antonio all crack the top ten.
