Posted: 10:03 AM Bitter rivals for Texas' Republican U.S. Senate nomination square off Friday in a debate that could shape their runoff election's final 40 days.

Posted: 9:59 AM A church burglar in South Texas who stole about $20 has left a note saying: "Forgive me. I need the money."

Posted: 9:49 AM A South Texas man whose drug-hauling truck almost hit a patrol vehicle has been sentenced to nearly 16 years in prison.

Posted: 9:45 AM A convicted sex offender has been sentenced to life in prison for molesting a 6-year-old boy in a Houston public library bathroom.

Posted: 9:35 AM A Tarrant County jury on Thursday convicted 31-year-old Frederick Jones of Fort Worth of capital murder.

Updated: 10:56 AM Federal prosecutors will begin presenting their case against a Saudi man accused of gathering bomb components in his West Texas apartment with the goal of targeting sites across the United States.

Updated: 4:38 AM All of Texas is out of the worst stage of drought for the first time since in nearly 15 months.

Posted: 11:40 AM Retail gasoline prices have dropped a nickel this week across Texas.

Posted: 9:54 AM A family member says a 6-year-old boy has died after authorities say he was shot by his mother's boyfriend at a South Texas hotel.

Posted: 9:50 AM A basic training squadron in South Texas under scrutiny in a sex scandal investigation has a change in leadership.

Posted: 6:54 AM Police have arrested a man accused in the Southeast Texas shooting deaths of his girlfriend and the grandfather of some of her children.

Updated: 3:45 AM Inspectors are renewing their search for leaks aboard the Battleship Texas after a temporary patch failed to stop leaks in the 100-year-old battlewagon's rusted hull that caused flooding.

Updated: 6:35 PM Republican candidates Ted Cruz and Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst will square off during The Texas Debates: Race for U.S. Senate on Friday, June 22, 2012, at 8:00 pm

Posted: 6:27 AM Houston police say three people have been shot to death and two wounded outside a strip club.

Updated: 4:08 AM Two former South Texas sheriff's deputies have been indicted on federal conspiracy charges arising from an undercover federal bust of a drug trafficking operation.

Posted: 3:58 AM The vigil over a critically wounded 6-year-old boy continues. That's after his 21-month-old brother was shot dead in a South Texas hotel room and their mother was found dead hundreds of miles away.

Posted: 9:08 PM Education leaders in the Texas House are airing grievances and raising long-term questions about the state's new standardized test.

Posted: 4:08 PM Authorities say a Texas father who beat to death a man who tried molesting his 5-year-old daughter will not be charged.

Updated: 5:59 PM The 16 week program ends in October and whichever contestant improves their health the most wins $10,000.

Posted: 2:56 PM Police say a man has shot and killed two young children in a South Texas hotel room.

Posted: 1:24 PM An attorney says a Texas horse trainer charged with conspiring to launder money for Mexico's powerful Zetas drug cartel has been released on bond.

Posted: 12:42 PM Two men have been sentenced to prison for illegally exporting about 3,000 rounds of ammunition from South Texas to Mexico.

Posted: 12:39 PM A lawyer for a South Texas district attorney facing a dozen corruption-related charges has asked a judge to dismiss the indictment because it's so vague that it doesn't allow for a proper defense.

Posted: 11:56 AM University Title Company’s Chairman of the Board and CEO was named Title Person of the Year at the Texas Land Title Association’s Annual Conference in Fort Worth, Friday, June 15.

Posted: 10:12 AM Officials say a fire at a compost facility in South Texas could burn for several days.