Caliber Collision Centers opened its newest location, a 22,500 square feet collision repair facility at 619 Broadway Street in San Antonio, Texas. “Today’s announcement is just the beginning of additional 2012 growth through acquisitions and the development of new brownfield …
A man died when his house exploded in a north Austin, Texas, neighborhood. Austin Fire Battalion Chief Thayer Smith says witnesses reported the explosion about 8:30 a.m. Monday, and firefighters arrived to find the house engulfed in flames. Austin-Travis County …
The family of a man who was fatally shot by an undercover suburban Dallas police officer during a drug bust has filed a lawsuit alleging that a badly designed flashlight mounted on the officer’s handgun led to the death. Michael …
A combination of record drought, epic wildfires, hard economic times and slashed state funding has put added stress on volunteer fire departments in Texas. Chris Barron, executive director of the State Firemen’s and Fire Marshals’ Association of Texas, told the …
The National Weather Service says 2011 was Texas’ driest year on record as well as its second hottest. The agency said Friday the average rainfall for the drought-stricken state last year was 14.88 inches. The previous driest average total was …
An experimental asbestos demolition method used to tear down a Fort Worth apartment building four years ago may have exposed workers and the public to carcinogenic fibers, the Environmental Protection Agency said. The EPA’s inspector general said dust from the …
Attorneys for a Texas man who was wrongfully imprisoned nearly 25 years for his wife’s murder planned to release a report Monday detailing their probe into whether prosecutors at the man’s original trial suppressed evidence that could have supported his …
A runaway electric cart raced unmanned from an end zone to midfield at Cowboys Stadium and plowed into several people after a high school championship game Saturday night, bowling over the winning head coach and several others. An emergency medical …
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has expanded its wildfires disaster declaration area for Texas to include 119 counties. Gov. Rick Perry on Wednesday announced FEMA has granted the state’s request to increase the original 45 counties eligible to seek disaster …
Investigators say nobody has been hurt in a small electrical fire in the basement of a terminal at San Antonio International Airport. An airport spokesman says operations were back to normal Tuesday. Rich Johnson says the fire, reported around 10:30 …