A North Dallas family escaped serious injury early this morning when several armed robbers broke into their house.

A Dallas construction worker was shot and killed during the second robbery of the night at his Pleasant Grove apartment complex.

Give a pint, get some poultry. A blood drive in Tyler is meant to bolster supplies and help put food on the Thanksgiving table.

An East Texas organization is expecting record crowds at this year's Thanksgiving feast.

Citing a concern for the safety of residents of the DPS Training Academy, members of the Texas Public Safety Commission voted to close the two aging dormitories.

An auction house says it is selling a rare first edition of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" found in a family's guest lavatory in southern England.

The Texas Transportation Commission has told its staff to submit plans on how to fast-track an estimated $4 billion expansion of Interstate 35 between Dallas and Denton.

Police say a shooting at a Dallas-area home left a man dead and his estranged wife in custody.

Two inmates with drug-related convictions have fled from a federal prison facility about 30 miles southeast of Austin.

A Los Angeles City Council committee plans to discuss the $3.2 million taxpayers spent on the Michael Jackson memorial.

Emergency personnel in Beaumont rescued a man from a garbage truck where he apparently was dumped along with mounds of trash.

Many of them cannot even afford to eat, but that's not stopping some East Texas students from helping people.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Schieffer is getting out of the race this afternoon, sources said Monday morning. "He just couldn't put it together," said one.

Irving police have confirmed Orlando Rodriguez as the man who police fatally shot on Saturday when they mistook his air rifle for an assault weapon. At about 3:20 a.m., officers were responding to a shots-fired call on the 2700 block

GRAND PRAIRIE Arts Council receives grant The Grand Prairie Arts Council has a partnership with Target Stores called Target Tellebration. The program recently brought storytellers to more than 5,500 students in 13 elementary schools to promote sharing historical and family

City officials are very happy about a new business in town. And like the state of Texas, the city provided an incentive to lure this business to the city. On Nov. 13, Mayor Herbert Gears and state Rep. Linda Harper-Brown

AREA Texas Exes chapter awards scholarships The Dallas chapter of the Texas Exes alumni association from the University of Texas at Austin gave scholarships to about 20 area students. Recipients included Michael Capak of Irving High and An Nguyen of