Crime

Texas House committee demands that attorney general allow Roberson to testify

The Texas attorney general’s office is deliberately running out the clock on a soon-to-expire House committee to avoid…

Local

Texas Senate to pursue ban on THC products next year, Patrick says

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced Wednesday that lawmakers in the state Senate would move to ban all forms…

Local

On horseback journey from Oklahoma-Kansas line, ‘America’s Amputee’ stops in East Texas

MINEOLA — Most horsepower along the highways these days is created in a steel engine block, where fuel and…

Business

Black Friday sales accelerate with online a bright spot

Black Friday sales grew at a faster pace in the U.S. this year, underscoring that choosy consumers are…

Texas

Will Texas’ efforts to boost power grid work? Questions arise over latest plan

DALLAS — As 2025 nears, concerns are being raised about the second phase of a state government program…

Crime

Judge in Roberson case agrees to recusal

A retired Texas judge who signed death row inmate Robert Robertson’s execution warrant earlier this year has recused…

Education

Report: Community college ‘deserts’ deter Texas students from getting degree

Distance from a community college is a key factor for students when deciding what to do after high…

Texas

Cornyn, Paxton trading jabs as potential primary showdown looms

DALLAS — After enduring this year’s brutal primary season, Texas Republicans are bracing for another bruising primary pitting…

Crime

‘Tell me exactly what happened’: Digging into Robert Roberson’s trial, hearing transcripts

It was Jan. 31, 2002, a busy Thursday at Palestine Regional Medical Center, when Robert Roberson III wheeled…

Texas

Texas offers Trump administration more land to stage mass deportations

STARR COUNTY — Texas will continue to offer up more land to the incoming Trump administration to use…