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.

Posted: 12:00 PM - With Memorial Day weekend approaching and whether you are heading to Surf City, hanging ten or catching a wave, there’s no doubt that sand lovers are attracted to Texas beaches.

Updated: 11:59 PM - The Boy Scouts of America is throwing open its ranks to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders.

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.

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