When the Governor Talks To God
During a National Day of Prayer breakfast, Rick Perry said God will forgive his "oops" moment. We remember a few other things God told him.
During a National Day of Prayer breakfast, Rick Perry said God will forgive his "oops" moment. We remember a few other things God told him.
In the last ten years, DNA has exonerated 32 men from Dallas County.
It's 10 a.m. - do you know what conference your college football team is in? Now that the Big 12, SEC and Big East are all settled, here's a scorecard for the rest.
One year after the Rock House fire, more than 20,000 acres in Jeff Davis County are aflame.
Our favorite recent items from the Lufkin Daily News' police blotter.
Beunka Adams, who was pronounced dead on Thursday night at 6:25 p.m., participated in a deadly convenience store robbery in 2002.
David Jones, one of Overton's defense attorneys during her 2007 trial, broke down on the stand.
Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III were picked up yesterday, but day two of the draft belongs to Midwestern State offensive lineman Amini Silatolu.
The convicted polygamist leader tells that Texas Court of Criminal Appeals that, unless he is freed, God will send down "full whirlwind judgements" on the nation.
Only six states are considered less peaceful than Texas, according to a new report from the Institute for Economics and Peace.
Ex-prosecutor Sandra Eastwood is put on the hot seat and questioned about whether or not she withheld critical evidence from the defense.
The Dallas-based billionaire is investing in Planetary Resources, a company that aims to begin mining asteroids for valuable metals by 2020.
The leading salt poisoning expert testified on the second day of Overton's hearing.
Executive Editor Pamela Colloff reports from Nueces County, where testimony in the Hannah Overton hearing focused on scientific evidence supporting the Corpus Christi homemaker's claims of innocence.
The Revisionaries, a new documentary about the State Board of Education, received rave reviews after its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival.
The Bureau of Land Management is conducting an environmental study on Madeleine Pickens's plan to build a Nevada ecotourism sanctuary where thousands of the nation's wild mustangs could roam.
A judge forbidding use of MySpace? Accidental live microphones? Calling Barry Bonds to testify? And the second Clemens trial isn't even done with jury selection.
If Verna McClain is found guilty, she will join the ranks of three other killer nurses from Texas.
Ron Paul and Cecile Richards were named among the most influential people in the world.
Private retailer Aggieland Outfitters recalled a handful of t-shirts printed with a map of the states that have SEC schools. The problem? North Carolina isn't part of the conference.
Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs is the subject of a new A&E Biography documentary set to air Monday night.
A 21-year-old El Paso man was arrested for "pulling an Ozzy" and urinating on the Alamo Saturday night.
Urban chickens are surging in popularity throughout Texas.
Megachurch Pastor Ed Young, known for his unorthodox methods, brought the beasts onstage as a metaphor for Jesus. But did the stunt violate a city ordinance?
A recruiting scandal dating back to Brittney Griner's courtship takes the air out of the glorious seasons posted by the women's and men's teams.
The fallout from the state legislature's record $5.4 billion cut to school finance continues.
A Victoria hospital makes headlines for its policy of not hiring severely obese employees, but it's not the only company in Texas to engage in this type of discrimination.
The 82-year-old Fort Worth sportswriting legend and World Golf Hall of Famer lights up Twitter with his missives from Augusta National.
The evangelical Christian NFL star came to Central Texas Easter Sunday for a Q&A before an outdoor crowd that was estimated to be between fifteen and thirty thousand people.
At the same time Texas is fighting to get water from Oklahoma, state officials want to block Mexico from pumping water out of the Rio Grande.
Houston Bellaire wide receiver Devin Lauderdale and three friends were supposed to attend the Red Raiders spring football game, but clearly didn't know the way to Lubbock.
How have industrial chicken farms changed Texas?
The undefeated Lady Bears, led by head coach Kim Mulkey, beat Notre Dame 80-61, a win that keeps the NCAA women's basketball championship trophy in Texas.
Devastating photos and incredible video of the twisters that hit North Texas Tuesday afternoon.
The scimitar-horned oryx will be fully covered by the federal Endangered Species Act starting Wednesday, but could this mandated protection actually lead to the extinction of the species?
Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III attends Jon Gruden's "QB" Camp and talks about the draft, his zany socks, and having his bike stolen.
According to a new e-book, "it became an open secret that he was using painkillers in sufficient dosages to keep him standing through the two-hour debates."
Dallas Wiens, the Fort Worth man who received the nation's first full face transplant exactly one year ago, says the surgery has exceeded his expectations.
Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools director Edd Burleson also called the Beren Academy basketball controversy "politically correct gobbledygook."
The 6'10" senior has also been a practice player on the Aggies' women's basketball team the past two years, helping them prepare for Baylor's Brittney Griner
A clip from the PBS show's episode on Kerry Max Cook and his quest for exoneration.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott scored a victory over the EPA this week over when a federal appeals court ordered the federal agency to take more time to consider Texas's pollution control measures.
Feral cats are not typically considered productive members of the economy, but several "feline employment agencies" in Texas are out to change that.
Our favorite recent items from the Lufkin Daily News' police blotter.
Three men allegedly agreed to a murder-to-hire plot proposed by DEA agents posing as members of the Los Zetas cartel.
Jesse Joe Hernandez, who was pronounced dead on Wednesday night at 6:18 p.m., had beaten a 10-month-old baby to death in 2001.
Jurors found former polygamist leader Wendell Loy Nielsen guilty of bigamy for illegally marrying three women.
Lubbock tops a Chemistry.com survey of "The Top 10 Cities That Value Sex the Least" in a relationship.
Press writer Richard Connelly reveals that a Houston Chronicle society reporter maintains a double life as an "angry stripper." Outrage ensues!
Lauren Scruggs, the 23-year-old model and fashion blogger who lost an hand and eye in the accident, rejected a $200,000 settlement.