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.

Updated: 5:23 AM The Texas School Safety Center is reporting 78 Texas school districts either have failed to submit safety audits as required by law or don't meet full compliance.

Updated: 6:48 PM While most high schoolers are focused on the upcoming Christmas break, the Rudder Rangerettes are concentrating on staying in synch.

Updated: 9:41 AM A suspect who fired on a police car and then fled was shot by an off-duty officer working as a security guard inside a southwest-side movie theater Sunday night, authorities said.

Updated: 11:27 AM Advocates for sobriety checkpoints in Texas are aiming to convince state lawmakers next year to crack down harder on drunk drivers.

Updated: 8:34 PM Tarleton State University says a threat that forced the school to move its graduation ceremonies has turned out to be a false alarm.

Posted: 2:24 PM A key lawmaker is endorsing plans by the University of Texas System to rethink construction of a new $102 million headquarters in downtown Austin.

Updated: 5:13 PM Baylor Health Care System and Scott & White Healthcare say they plan to merge to create the largest not-for-profit health system in Texas.

Updated: 9:35 AM Two more Department of Public Safety "megacenters" are open with hopes of shortening wait times and lessening strain on drivers.

Posted: 11:40 AM Retail gasoline prices in Texas have slipped a nickel this week.

Posted: 11:36 AM Ex-President George H.W. Bush can look forward to spending the holidays at home after nearly three weeks in a Houston hospital with a bronchitis-related cough.

Posted: 11:42 PM FORT WORTH, Texas - A 41-year-old man has died of injuries received when the garbage bin in which he was sleeping was emptied into a trash compactor in Fort Worth.

Updated: 9:26 AM A North Texas man is accused of carving a pentagram on his 6-year-old son's back, telling a 911 dispatcher that he did it because "it's a holy day."