IRVING, Texas (AP) — Tony Romo doesn't really want to be a holder again. Yet if having him hold will help kicker Nick Folk regain his accuracy, then Romo is willing to resume the role that left him in tears the last time he did it for the Dallas Cowboys. He even volunteered for it. Full Story »
Pedro and Irene Lucero agree that they have lived in a peaceful neighborhood for the past 30 years. But after residents in the 900 block of West 39th Street heard a small explosion, the neighborhood became suddenly very noisy. Full Story »
CBS 7 news anchor Tatum Hubbard places her Miss Texas crown on pre-K student Marissa Cruz, who practices her wave, during a presentation Thursday at Gale Pond Alamo Elementary. Hubbard was one of the community leaders who spoke to students as part of the school's inaugural Leadership Day. Full Story »
ABILENE, Texas (AP) — A popular ice skating rink in Abilene that benefited a nonprofit housing group will not open this month due to lack of funding. Full Story »
UTPB is planning three commencement ceremonies for Saturday as nearly 250 undergraduate and graduate students will be receiving their diplomas. The first ceremony is scheduled for 10 a.m. in the gym. The speaker will be District 82 state representative Tom Craddick. Full Story »
Nadine Craddick, wife of Rep. Tom Craddick, speaks at an event honoring the couple with the unveiling of one of the two signs declaring the Highway 349 reliever route to be named in their honor Wednesday afternoon at the UTPB CEED Building. The Midland Odessa Transportation Alliance sponsored ceremony was held in conjunction with the impending opening of the 16-mile route, which connects FM 1788 ... Full Story »
The U.S. House of Representatives last week passed a bill that indefinitely extends a 45 percent inheritance tax on estates larger than $3.5 million. Full Story »
Midland County deputies arrested the 24-year-old man Wednesday who left to take a smoke break during his trial in September and never returned. Full Story »
Tuesday's exhaustive, sometimes testy seven-hour Midland City Council session on the new oil and gas drilling ordinance was a clinic in grassroots democracy that produced a generally beneficial set of rules, three council members who played key roles said Wednesday. Full Story »
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Dumas, TX -- A Dumas man will spend 50 years in prison for nearly stabbing a woman to death. Full Story »
The City of New York has accused several cigarette dealers on a Long Island Indian reservation of secretly defying a court order that was supposed to have shut them down. Full Story »
Associated Press - December 10, 2009 3:45 PM ET SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico's elected officials want to develop a strategic plan to make the state a leader in the biofuels industry. Full Story »
A Louisiana man who bet against the New Orleans Saints has lost his 60-inch high-definition, flat-screen TV to a backyard firing squad, but he also became an Internet star. Full Story »
After nearly four decades as a fishing guide on the Great Lakes, Pat Chrysler has seen enough damage from invasive species to fear what giant, ravenous Asian carp could do to the nation's largest bodies of freshwater. Full Story »
Testimony began yesterday against one of three men accused of beating and robbing a 66-year-old Midland man so badly in 2007 that he died less than one year later. Full Story »
ODESSA—About 15 of the animals seized from a puppy mill in West Odessa have been adopted. Whitney Armstrong adopted one of the puppies on Wednesday. She first heard what happened to them from her dad. Full Story »
A fugitive, who ran from his own court hearing three months ago, was picked up this afternoon by the Midland County Sheriff's Office. Gilbert Perez is now back behind bars. Full Story »
It will eventually send power all the way to the metroplex, and now, The Dallas Morning News is talking about the tiny town of Penwell. They've posted an editorial talking about the federal grant given to Summit Energy, who wants to build a clean-coal power plant there. Full Story »
Sales tax revenue is down for the City of Midland. This months figures reflect nearly a 29 percent drop in sales from this time last year. And that's on top of a two million dollar decrease for the fiscal year, which shows just how much the local economy has changed since the start of the recession. Full Story »
Detectives are still questioning people to figure out exactly what happened - and whether Mavericks reserve forward Tim Thomas was a participant or a bystander. Full Story »
No arrests have been made in connection with the incident, which occured about 3 a.m. at the Denny's restaurant in the 4400 block of North Central Expressway. Full Story »
If it were to eventually become law, it would turn up the pressure on the BCS by preventing the group from calling its title game a "national championship game" unless it was the result of a playoff system. Full Story »
Detectives were questioning three men late Tuesday night in connection with the weekend rape and robbery of a 20-year-old woman who was kidnapped from an Old East Dallas street as she walked to a car with friends. Full Story »
WASHINGTON - The mob on top of kicker Hunter Lawrence after his field goal put the University of Texas in college football's national title game was just the start of a burgeoning dog pile on the Bowl Championship Series. Full Story »
Nathalene Rice Pickens was given a 27-month prison term for trying to build a reputation by impressing clients with big tax refunds. Full Story »
New results from a large women's health study suggest that bone-building drugs such as Fosamax and Actonel might help prevent breast cancer. Full Story »
AAA Texas today reported the nationwide price at the pump remained at about $2.63 and the Texas price stayed at about $2.50. Full Story »
Ana Cecilia Claros, 17, was injured in the single-car wreck that occurred in the 4100 block of Beran about 9 p.m. Wednesday. Full Story »
The mother of a woman killed by police 10 years ago has sued Harris County and its medical examiner to make autopsies available sooner. Full Story »
City of Pflugerville finance staff members raised red flags about rising costs of a detention pond project a year ago, but the former city engineer told them the project was within budget. The city engineer at the time met with the engineering firm building the pond at bars and over lunch to discuss the project, unknown to other staffers. And that firm had an open-ended contract with the city. Full Story »
When the Austin City Council decided in 2006 to limit the sizes of new or renovated houses in the central city, council members said they wanted to preserve the character of older neighborhoods. Full Story »
The Austin City Council is poised today to give the Austin Revitalization Authority $110,000 in operating money over the next nine months, even though a recent audit said the redevelopment agency needs to find other sources of income. Full Story »
Capital Metro, embroiled in a contract and insurance dispute with rail contractor Veolia Transportation, on Wednesday cancelled its five-year contract with the company to operate freight and passenger rail. Full Story »
A blown transformer apparently caused the outage, police said. Full Story »
It was 22 degrees Thursday morning, but that doesn't beat the record for this date of 11 degrees, set in 1898. Full Story »
Federal agents in Sacramento alerted counterparts in Fort Worth that someone at the suspect's home was trading child pornography over the Internet, a prosecutor said. Full Story »
A $10,000 reward has been offered to help catch the killer. Full Story »
Chester Swinnea joined the company in 1972. Full Story »
Judges selected Jesús Reyes for the job Thursday morning. Full Story »
A man was arrested early Thursday morning, when San Antonio police discovered 100 marijuana plants in two rooms of his North Side rental home. Crimebase: Search recent police reports Full Story »
SCUC superintendent Belinda Pustka is leaving the district to pursue other job opportunities at the end of January after seven and a half years in the position. mySA Education | SCUC ISD Full Story »
Two 18-wheelers crash on Interstate 35 North early Thursday backing up morning traffic for three hours. Full Story »
A 25-year-old man sustaines severe head trauma when he collides head-on into a van on the West Side Wednesday night. Full Story »
Four North Texas high schools are among 100 of America's best, according to U.S. News & World Report. Full Story »
There's good news and bad news -- Dallas has been named one of the Top 10 terrorist targets in the United States Full Story »
Every year, Johnny Wicker dresses up as Santa Claus. Full Story »
Stonebriar Centre in Frisco was evacuated early Thursday morning due to a gas leak. Full Story »
The U.S. Census Bureau is looking to hire thousands of North Texans. Full Story »
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