Texas Tech gave coach Pat Knight something his famous father never received from the Red Raiders: 167 points.Trevor Cook scored a career-high 20 and was one of 10 players in double figures for Texas Tech, which shattered the school record for points Thursday night in a 167-115 victory over East Central. more >>
Kathleen Nash had 11 points and 12 rebounds, leading No. 14 Texas to a 87-36 rout of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Thursday night. Brittainey Raven scored 15 of her 19 points in the second half for the Longhorns (4-0), who took command with a 33-9 run in the first 15 minutes of the game. more >>
Texas executed a killer Thursday who was on parole when authorities say he stabbed his ex-girlfriend in a jealous rage after beating down the door to her Dallas-area apartment nearly a decade ago. Before being put to death, Robert Jean Hudson repeatedly expressed love to his wife and a friend who watched the death chamber through a window. more >>
Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday called the federal government's efforts to help Texas recover from Hurricane Ike "underwhelming" and announced the formation of a state commission to help move the process along. Hurricane Ike slammed into the Texas coast on Sept. 13, but more than two months later, there are still thousands of displaced residents without homes and counties with debris fields as long as 30 miles. more >>
An explosion at an east Texas oil refinery Thursday started a fire and injured four workers, two of them seriously, authorities said. Two men from the Delek Refining Ltd. refinery were being treated for burns at a hospital, and two others were in good condition, officials said. more >>
A Texas judge has set a Friday arraignment for Vice President Dick Cheney, former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and others named in indictments accusing them of responsibility for prisoner abuse in a federal detention center. Cheney, Gonzales and the others will not be arrested, and do not need to appear in person at the arraignment, Presiding Judge Manuel Banales said. more >>
The case against an Oklahoma man accused of nearly castrating a University of Texas fan in a bar fight was dropped Wednesday by prosecutors who said several witnesses indicated that it was the injured man who had been the aggressor. Allen Beckett said he was enjoying a beer at his favorite Oklahoma City bar in June 2007 when a young man wearing a University of Texas T-shirt strolled in. more >>
Authorities in Texas say a teenage boy fatally shot his father during an argument over a fast-food order, then killed himself. Galveston County sheriff's officials say the violence occurred Sunday at the family home southeast of Houston. more >>
A former Sunday school teacher was arrested on charges of distributing harmful material to a minor after the parents of a 14-year-old boy found a topless photo of her on his cell phone. Victoria Ann Chacon, 27, also a former middle school teacher, allegedly met the boy at their church, where she was teaching Sunday school. The boy's parents called police March 27 after finding racy letters in which Chacon professed her love. The boy initially refused to give a statement about the relationship, the arrest warrant says. more >>
Construction of new homes plunged last month to the lowest level on records going back nearly 50 years as U.S. builders slashed production while Wall Street nosedived. Embattled homebuilders, who enjoyed a five-year boom, are now building new homes and apartments at a record-low pace, according to government data released Wednesday. New building permits, a barometer of future activity, also plummeted to the lowest pace on record. more >>
Northwestern State blocked 12 shots as it defeated East Texas Baptist 87-68 Tuesday night. Northwestern State (1-1) ran out to a 36-18 lead at halftime thanks to 5 of 33 shooting by East Texas Baptist (1-1). more >>
Damion James scored 16 points and No. 7 Texas cruised to a 76-51 victory over Tulane on Tuesday night. Dexter Pittman, a 6-foot-10, 300-pound junior forward, muscled over the Green Wave for 10 points and six rebounds in his second career start for the Longhorns (2-0), who had five players score in double figures. A.J. Abrams, who had 21 points in the season-opener, had 15 against Tulane, hitting three 3-pointers. more >>
While state agencies are being told to rein in their spending, Texas House members have ordered at least $140,000 in renovations for their members-only lounge, including antique chandeliers, granite countertops and big screen televisions. According to records obtained by The Associated Press through freedom of information requests, an "estimated budget" for the renovations lists a little over $140,000 in equipment and labor costs so far. more >>
A Texas judge has set a Friday arraignment for Vice President Dick Cheney, former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, a state senator and others named in indictments accusing them of responsibility for prisoner abuse in a South Texas federal detention center. Presiding Judge Manuel Banales said Wednesday he will allow them to waive arraignment or have their attorneys present rather than appear in person at the hearing. more >>
Texas defensive coordinator Will Muschamp has been designated as the head-coach-in-waiting by the university, expected to take over the Longhorns when Mack Brown retires. Muschamp is in his first year with Texas, but athletic director DeLoss Dodds said Tuesday he and Brown know they want to keep him at Texas. To do that, they will more than double his salary from $425,000 to $900,000 in January. He will remain defensive coordinator. more >>
Protesters galvanized by a dragging death that has stirred memories of the notorious James Byrd case rallied twice outside an eastern Texas courthouse to speak out against a judicial system they consider racist. About 60 people, led by a contingent from the New Black Panther Party and the Nation of Islam, met at the Lamar County Courthouse on Monday to bring attention to the death of Brandon McClelland. The groups later returned with about 200 protesters. Afterward, dozens of people chanting "No justice, no peace!" marched to a nearby church for a meeting. more >>
For two decades, one of Waco's biggest champions was the elegant Margaret Mills, who worked tirelessly to restore its crumbling, boarded-up downtown into the thriving center she remembered from her childhood. The well-coifed, perfectly manicured woman in the expensive suits was often a force to be reckoned with as she held fundraisers and solicited money from reluctant donors who had given up on downtown. more >>
A man serving a life sentence for two sexual assault convictions while he was in high school was freed Monday because prosecutors withheld evidence that might have cleared him. Antone Lynelle Johnson, 31, was sentenced to life in prison in 1996 for having sex with a 13-year-old when he was 17 and on probation for a prior assault. more >>
A mysterious disappearance of an Alzheimer's patient during a layover at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport seven years ago became a homicide case Monday after an examination of skeletal remains found miles from the airfield. The Tarrant County medical examiner used DNA tests to identify the remains as 70-year-old Marjorie Dabney and ruled that her death was caused by a blow to the head, police said. more >>
Tyra White scored 13 points to help No. 11 Texas A&M beat Pittsburgh 56-50 on Sunday in the State Farm Women's Tip-Off Classic. Sydney Colson added 12 points and Danielle Gant had nine points and 13 rebounds for the Aggies (2-0). more >>
