Updated: 1:18 PM The tug-of-war between Texas Gov. Rick Perry and state universities is still going strong heading into the 2013 legislative session with new skirmishes over money looming.

Posted: 3:43 AM An 87-year-old man is dead after a Christmas tree went up in flames and fire swept through a suburban Dallas home on Christmas Eve.

Posted: 10:53 PM Brad Corbett, who owned the Texas Rangers from 1974 to 1980 and was known for frequently switching managers, has died. He was 75.

Updated: 10:27 AM A spokesman says former President George H.W. Bush is in the intensive care unit at a Houston hospital.

Posted: 10:46 PM Texas Gov. Rick Perry says a 39-person team is being sent from Texas to New York to support Superstorm Sandy recovery efforts.

Updated: 7:05 PM A group of six guys standing together in camo out in Robertson County may look like a typical hunting trip but it's not.

Updated: 4:30 PM Louisiana State Police say a Carencro man has been booked with driving while intoxicated following a traffic accident that killed a news anchor for a Texas television station.

Posted: 1:04 PM A judge has denied Texas' request to prevent the federal Health and Human Services Department from cutting off funding for the Texas Women's Health Program.

Updated: 9:39 AM The Texas unemployment rate dropped to 6.2 percent in November for the third straight monthly decline.

Posted: 10:52 PM HOUSTON – Multiple charges have been filed against a former Atascocita High School tennis coach accused of having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student.

Updated: 7:02 PM Known as Kenny Claus, the volunteer brings cheer to the staff, patients, and visitors with his Christmas caroling around the halls.

Updated: 12:29 PM Gov. Rick Perry has asked Texans to join him in a moment of silence Friday in memory of the 26 victims of the Connecticut school shootings.

Posted: 4:19 AM The state's beleaguered $3 billion cancer-fighting effort is facing another round of scrutiny from lawmakers.

Updated: 9:48 AM The debate about possible gun control measures has caused a run on guns at gun stores in the Houston area but it is not the gun stores that some lawmakers are concerned about; rather, they are worried about loopholes in current law.

Updated: 6:07 PM After setting record highs in the 80s on Wednesday, gusty and colder conditions are in store for the Brazos Valley today after our latest cold front blasted in overnight.

Updated: 9:13 AM The U.S. Senate has voted to add the names of former presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush to the federal courthouse in Midland, where the Bushes once lived.

Posted: 4:24 AM A Texas landowner and TransCanada are taking their argument over whether tar sands are crude oil before a judge.

Updated: 11:34 PM Police suspect carbon monoxide poisoning from an electric generator operating indoors in the deaths of an East Texas couple whose bodies were found in their home.

Posted: 6:25 PM A Houston-area man has been charged with pretending to be an FBI or CIA agent in an effort to get personal information from people and a traffic ticket dismissed.

Posted: 6:12 PM A pickup former President George W. Bush used on his Central Texas ranch will be auctioned off to benefit a program dedicated to assisting U.S. military families.

Updated: 3:52 PM UPDATE: The suspect's black 2002 Chevy Trail Blazer was found Tuesday afternoon. Authorities did not give details on any evidence they may or may not have found inside the vehicle. The child remains missing.

Updated: 3:13 PM The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly Fort Hood shooting rampage will be allowed to keep his beard during his military trial.

Updated: 8:15 AM State environmental regulators are tightening the screws on water diversions in the Brazos River Basin as the drought worsens in Central Texas and the river's headwaters.

Updated: 9:07 AM Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) was a guest on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace Sunday to talk about the growing movement toward gun control after recent mass shootings.

Posted: 8:30 PM Some concerned parents pulled their children from Willis High School Monday after rumors circulated about a possible incident on campus.