Updated: 7:30 AM Storms continue to rake the Midwest with rain, snow and dangerous winds.

Posted: 11:41 PM HOUSTON—Two Lone Star College Cy-Fair students said they were upset to see girls walking around with blood on their faces and shirts so they jumped in on the foot chase that was going on at the college.

Updated: 5:01 PM After little debate, the Texas Senate on Wednesday voted unanimously to pass a bill that requires applicants to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program to pass a drug test to receive benefits.

Updated: 6:54 AM A Bryan man accused in a pair of bomb threats at Texas universities has been convicted in one case.

Updated: 4:16 PM A memorial service at Fort Bliss will be held next week for a Texas A&M graduate who died during a training exercise last week.

Posted: 6:33 AM The Texas House has approved a constitutional amendment that would clarify the chain of command if the governor can't perform his or her duties.

Posted: 10:55 PM Switchblade knives would become legal to carry under a proposal advancing in the Texas Capitol.

Posted: 8:48 PM The Texas Senate is sending a message to gun makers across the country: C'mon down, the Lone Star State wants you.

Updated: 11:10 PM A 20-year-old man from suburban Houston has been charged in a stabbing spree at a Texas community college that injured at least 14 people.

Updated: 12:30 PM State senators are trading barbs as the chamber's Education Committee debates a high-profile school voucher bill.

Posted: 12:27 PM Google Inc. says tech-savvy Austin will be the next city to receive the search giant's ultra-fast Internet service starting next year.

Posted: 10:43 AM The University of Houston's chancellor has agreed to higher wages for English department teaching fellows after they staged a sit-in outside her office.

Posted: 10:26 AM A longtime investigator for the district attorney's office in Austin has died in a motorcycle crash.

Posted: 7:28 AM A Texas convict with a lengthy criminal history is to die in the state death chamber in Huntsville for the fatal shooting of a man 22 years ago during a home break-in.

Posted: 7:08 AM University of Texas System regents have scheduled a Thursday meeting to discuss and possibly vote on whether to withhold email and other records from state lawmakers.

Posted: 12:19 AM A tanker truck overturned Monday morning on the Highway 6 frontage road near the intersection with Loop 340 in Waco, spilling 5,000 gallons of milk and another 80 gallons of diesel fuel.

Updated: 12:51 AM Jack Pardee, one of Bear Bryant's "Junction Boys" at Texas A&M who went on to become an All-Pro linebacker and an NFL coach, is being remembered as a teacher, and a loving father and husband.

Posted: 5:30 PM Governor Rick Perry says former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher "served with grace, dignity and an 'iron' will."

Posted: 5:00 PM "Talk. Text. Crash." campaign launches statewide.

Posted: 4:47 PM For five basic training instructors convicted in an Air Force sex scandal, their sentences of "hard labor" involve cleaning the base's dog kennels.

Updated: 5:16 PM In Texas, where attempts to expand gay rights have run into strong opposition from Republican leaders, lawmakers are considering new legal protections for sexually active gay teens.

Posted: 4:27 PM An East Texas man who'd been in and out of prison at least five times during the mid-1980s is set to die this week for the shooting death of a man during a home break-in more than 22 years ago.

Posted: 1:09 PM Want to see what happens when the impacts of climate change are felt? Well, just look at Texas, some scientists say.

Posted: 9:42 AM The severe drought gripping Texas has one mayor asking his city's residents to pray for help.

Posted: 1:41 PM Texas Motor Speedway officials say next weekend's NRA 500 will be a typical NASCAR race -- not a gun rally.