Updated: 5:12 PM County star Willie Nelson has donated more than $120,000 for relief efforts following a deadly fertilizer plant explosion near his Central Texas hometown.

Posted: 7:24 AM Wildfires have broken out in a North Texas community devastated by 2011 blazes that destroyed about 200 homes during the drought.

Posted: 6:42 AM A Texas man has been sentenced in New Jersey to 71 months in prison for a stock fraud scheme involving computer hackers.

Posted: 12:40 AM Grimes County Crimes Stoppers is asking the community for information concerning the whereabouts of Robert Jay Turnbow.

Posted: 12:31 AM Police in the Milam County town of Cameron will be getting some new high tech equipment this fall thanks to a grant from the Governor's office.

Posted: 12:13 AM Minnesota is set to become the 12th U.S. state where gay couples can get married.

Posted: 9:42 PM Police are identifying a suspect in the shooting of 19 people during a Mother's Day parade in New Orleans.

Posted: 9:35 PM Republicans are pushing ahead with their investigations of the deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year -- even as President Barack Obama rejects charges of a cover-up.

Updated: 9:04 AM Popular psychologist, columnist, and television and film personality Joyce Brothers has died. She was 85.

Posted: 8:53 PM In a high-flying, perfectly pitched first, an astronaut on the International Space Station is bowing out of orbit with a musical video: his own custom version of David Bowie's "Space Oddity."

Posted: 8:07 PM The Texas House has approved requiring the disclosure of donors to some tax-exempt, politically active organizations.

Posted: 7:57 PM The House has approved the Michael Morton Act, mandating that prosecutors share more case files with defense attorneys in an effort to prevent wrongful convictions.

Posted: 7:47 PM Hospitals nationwide could lose half a billion dollars in federal funding meant to offset the cost of covering the uninsured next year. The loss that will be especially felt in states where lawmakers have decided against expanding Medicaid coverage.

Posted: 7:36 PM Police say a 5-year-old Texas boy has died after he was shot in the head by his older brother.

Updated: 6:25 PM A new method of learning inside the classroom has been proven to fight childhood obesity. Now researchers at Texas A&M are testing the method on adults in the workplace. It involves students and teachers standing at their desks, and it has caught the interest of the Centers for Disease Control.

Updated: 5:51 PM The health department has confirmed five E. Coli cases, while five others are also suspected.

Updated: 11:18 AM At the 25th Annual Fallen Officer Candlelight Vigil, the newly-engraved names on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial will be read, including Brazos County Precinct One Constable Brian Bachmman, who was killed last August.

Posted: 5:18 PM On Friday May 10, 2013, officials from Woodforest Bank contacted the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office to report a theft from one of the branch banks.

Updated: 2:05 PM A new set of traffic signals is going online at the intersection of Briarcrest Drive and 29th Street in Bryan, as part of the Briarcrest widening project.

Updated: 4:47 PM The Texas House has approved raising to 18 the minimum age for using a tanning facility.

Updated: 6:26 PM Rock Prairie Road will be closed from 5-9 p.m. today at the railroad crossing near Wellborn Road to allow Union Pacific to perform maintenance work.

Posted: 3:49 PM Immigration activists are calling on President Barack Obama to end deportations of immigrants who might be eligible for legal status under a new immigration bill.

Updated: 11:33 AM The Texas House has given initial approval to a bill that places new limits on the powers of university regents.

Posted: 3:03 PM An assistance center in a Central Texas community still recovering nearly a month after a deadly fertilizer plant explosion will resume regular hours.

Updated: 2:54 PM An East Texas teenager's prom has led to an unexpected evening with the sailor she plans to marry this fall.