Updated: 11:55 AM The Catholic Church says the number of men choosing to enter the Priesthood has been on the rise in recent years.

Posted: 4:10 PM The Montgomery County District Attorney has announced that the Regional DWI Task Force, which consists of multiple law enforcement agencies throughout the county, will be operating throughout Memorial Day weekend to cut down on driving while intoxicated (DWI) and boating while intoxicated (BWI) cases with the hope of preventing fatalities on Lake Conroe and on our roadways.

Posted: 1:52 PM An investigation from January leads to the arrest of a man accused of sexually assaulting a child.

Updated: 1:02 PM Kate Mason with Voices for Children, CASA of Brazos Valley joined News Three at Noon on Thursday to discuss the summer initial CASA training, which starts June 1st.

Updated: 12:42 PM In its 2013 Atlantic hurricane season outlook issued today, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center is forecasting an active or extremely active season this year.

Posted: 12:01 PM The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) today commissioned its newest airplane, a Pilatus PC-12 NG, at a ceremony in Austin. The aircraft was named in honor of the late Texas Ranger Bobby Paul Doherty, who was shot and killed in the line of duty in 1978.

Updated: 11:32 AM New estimates show Texas has eight of the nation's 15 fastest-growing cities.

Posted: 11:24 AM A 52-year-old Houston man who portrayed himself as a pastor running a religious-themed investment program is charged with 24 counts of fraud for what federal prosecutors say was a real estate scheme that cost a Mississippi woman $650,000.

Posted: 11:17 AM The board of Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas has voted to pay $1.4 million to settle allegations that it defrauded Medicare and Medicaid.

Posted: 11:09 AM A 300-yard wooden railroad bridge in Central Texas has fallen after catching fire in a dramatic collapse captured on cellphone video.

Posted: 11:04 AM An East Texas lawyer convicted in a mail and medical fraud scheme has been sentenced to more than three years in prison.

Updated: 2:07 PM A couple had some explaining to do after Bryan Police found one of them naked in a parking lot.

Updated: 10:44 AM A funeral will be held this weekend for a veteran Dallas firefighter who died after being trapped battling a blaze at a condominium complex.

Posted: 10:43 AM Bryan firefighters helped suppress almost 100 wildfires during the record-breaking 2011 fire season, prompting the chief to ensure his department is trained and prepared for the next big blaze.

Updated: 11:53 AM Brenda Bowman and her husband were making a trek from their home in Buffalo to Liberty County Thursday, but their stop in Huntsville made the journey much more special than they thought.

Updated: 7:11 PM Texas Task Force 1 has completed their assigned missions in Moore, OK in support of the local jurisdiction and is demobilizing today.

Posted: 9:11 AM Sales of new homes rose in April to the second highest level since the summer of 2008 while the median price for a new home hit a record high, further signs that housing is recovering.

Updated: 10:30 AM HOUSTON (AP) - A vendor at Houston's Minute Maid Park has been fired after a fan filmed him taking a tray of snow cones into a stadium bathroom and putting it on the floor of the stall while using the facilities.

Posted: 9:07 AM ELLENWOOD, Ga. (AP) - Federal authorities are investigating after a Boeing 747 on approach to Atlanta's airport lost parts from its right wing that landed on a woman's house.

Posted: 9:03 AM WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell by 23,000 last week, further evidence that the job market is slowly returning to health.

Posted: 8:59 AM WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is likely to talk about the need for greater transparency in U.S. drone strikes when he delivers a speech this afternoon at the National Defense University.

Posted: 8:56 AM SOUTHLAKE, Texas (AP) - Police are seeking a gunman who fatally shot a man sitting in an SUV in the town square of an upscale North Texas city.

Updated: 7:50 AM Bryan Shaw is the chairman of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and has had several occasions to butt heads with the current nominee to head the EPA.

Updated: 7:11 PM A bill named after four-year-old Emma Thompson who was murdered in 2009 after being beaten by her mother's boyfriend has passed the Texas Senate.

Posted: 6:59 AM Jurors will begin deliberating whether a North Texas man should die for drowning his two young sons.