Updated: 9:53 AM An elderly South Texas man has survived more than 200 bee stings when he was swarmed while mowing some grass.
Updated: 9:54 PM A jackpot of $550 million ranks as the second largest in Powerball history and third biggest overall.
Updated: 9:01 AM The Buccaneer Alumni Lettermen Association will host its largest fundraising event of the year June 15 when it hosts its annual golf tournament at Brenham Country Club.
Posted: 7:59 AM Country star Randy Travis has sued two agencies to block the public release of patrol car video of his 2012 DWI arrest in North Texas.
Posted: 7:01 AM A review finds dozens of tea party groups and other conservative groups subjected to improper scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service operate with small budgets and rarely displayed overt partisan activities.
Posted: 6:44 AM Houston police and members of the military plan to turn out in force at Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport to welcome 300 wounded warriors arriving for a "Warrior Weekend."
Updated: 6:32 AM A breakthrough on a new Texas budget could be for real this time.
Posted: 6:05 AM An Army sergeant was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole for the 2009 killings of five fellow service members at a combat stress clinic in Iraq.
Updated: 9:16 AM The former mayor of a tiny West Texas town has pleaded guilty to stealing about $100,000 from the town treasury.
Posted: 5:39 AM A Republican-controlled House panel moved Thursday to protect the Department of Homeland Security from the big cuts facing other domestic agencies under the party's budget slashing plan.
Posted: 5:13 AM The manager of the sexual harassment and assault response program at Fort Campbell, Ky., was arrested in a domestic dispute and relieved of his post, authorities said Thursday.
Posted: 4:32 AM President Barack Obama said Thursday the nation's military leaders told him they are "ashamed" of their failure to end sexual abuse in the armed services. Obama pledged to "leave no stone unturned" in the effort to halt the abuse, which he said undermines the trust the military needs to be effective.
Posted: 4:27 AM Gov. Rick Perry is shrugging off suggestions by top Democrats that his office is derailing state budget talks by steering money away from public education.
Updated: 4:12 AM The House is debating a plan to dramatically expand the number of charter schools allowed to operate in Texas - a proposal that's cleared the Senate but could face a tougher road in the lower chamber.
Posted: 11:12 PM The controversy over the U.S. government's secret subpoena of Associated Press telephone records has revived legislation that protect journalists from having to reveal their sources to federal investigators - and the White House is endorsing the idea.
Posted: 8:36 PM U.S. officials have identified the Fort Hood soldier accused of sexual assault, including possibly arranging for at least one woman to have sex for money.
Updated: 5:37 PM Authorities say investigators have completed their scene investigation but not ruled out criminal activity as the cause of a massive explosion at a fertilizer plant that killed at least 14 people and flattened part of a tiny Texas town.
Posted: 2:29 PM Gov. Rick Perry today released the following statement regarding yesterday’s storms in North Texas:
