Updated: 9:24 AM The Houston Zoo has announced a plan to bring back gorillas as part of a new exhibit set to open in spring 2015.
Updated: 9:10 AM Austin police say an 18-year-old man has died after falling about 20 feet from a cliff in the Barton Creek greenbelt.
Posted: 5:12 AM Gov. Rick Perry plans to pay a visit to an emergency preparedness exercise at the Austin airport ahead of hurricane season.
Posted: 12:04 AM The College Station Medical Center is looking to upgrade its ability to serve the community by opening a new location in College Station.
Posted: 9:57 PM Saudi Arabia has reported that three more people have died from a new respiratory virus related to SARS, bringing the total number of deaths globally to 30.
Posted: 7:00 PM A 10-year-old boy found $10,000 in a drawer at a Kansas City hotel room and turned the money over to police.
Posted: 6:47 PM With Scott and White going up and other businesses sprouting, traffic continues to increase along Highway 6. So what bugs you about 6? This morning local leaders and traffic engineers got together to hear from the public.
Updated: 4:54 PM A letter addressed to President Obama that may have been contaminated with the deadly toxin ricin is similar to two ricin-laced letters recently sent to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the U.S. Secret Service said Thursday.
Posted: 2:07 PM The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has added Raul Ambrosio Jimenez Jr., 45, to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list, and a cash reward up to $10,000 is now being offered for information leading to his capture.
Posted: 12:50 PM Minority advocates and lawmakers have blasted the process by which Texas is considering adopting new political maps, calling it discriminatory against Hispanics and African Americans.
Updated: 9:16 PM A federal judge in New York has sentenced a Texas man to 25 years in prison for plotting to kill Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States.
Posted: 10:37 AM A jury has sentenced a Waco man convicted of stealing a rack of ribs to 50 years in prison.
Posted: 10:24 AM Police have arrested a 19-year-old man after authorities found a body in a vehicle near a northwest Oklahoma City intersection.
Posted: 10:09 AM A former San Antonio police officer has been ordered to serve six months in jail after he was found wandering the streets near his wrecked city vehicle last year, disoriented and dressed in a T-shirt and boxer shorts.
Posted: 9:51 AM Houston will host an annual offshore technology conference where several governors will speak with energy business leaders.
Updated: 9:19 AM The Brazos Valley Fair is excited to announce the Bud Light Stage entertainment line-up for this year’s Fair. The Fair will run September 5th – 8th at the Brazos County Expo.
Posted: 7:31 AM An East Texas man accused of kneeing his 2-year-old daughter in the stomach after she woke him up from a nap has pleaded guilty in her death and been sentenced to life in prison.
Updated: 9:18 AM Officials say a 2-year-old East Texas boy has died after shooting himself in the face.
Updated: 2:43 PM The Texas Rangers postponed their game Wednesday night against Arizona due to unplayable field conditions caused by a severe thunderstorm just more than an hour before the game was scheduled to start.
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