Austin’s housing authority has spent nearly $40,000 over the past year to combat bedbugs in 15 of its 19 facilities. Sylvia Blanco of the agency told the Austin American-Statesman that the authority has been treating the insects since September 2010. …
Experts have determined that the February collapse of an under-construction parking garage in San Antonio happened due to lack of grout. Two workers were injured in the University Hospital parking garage accident. Copies of the report, by structural and engineering …
A judge in West Texas has dismissed a $25 million wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of a 15-year-old Mexican boy killed by a Border Patrol agent. Senior U.S. District Judge David Briones on Aug. 11 threw out the …
A billboard worker has died after falling about 30 feet from a sign near Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office on Tuesday identified the victim as 40-year-old John Burnette of Boyd. Arlington police say the accident …
The Texas Forest Service says five people have received medical attention following a brush fire that destroyed 15 mobile homes. Spokeswoman Lexi Maxwell said Tuesday that crews are working to contain the blaze that started with a 30-acre fire in …
The Texas Rangers fan killed last month when he fell from the stands at Rangers Ballpark while reaching for a ball will be remembered with a bronze statue at the Arlington stadium. The Rangers announced Monday the statue will depict …
Intense heat Texas and other parts of the country have experienced this summer has made thefts of air conditioning units by criminals looking to sell their metal for scrap into a literally unbearable crime. The thefts themselves aren’t related to …
A South Texas attorney has pleaded guilty to being a middleman and arranging a payment to a corrupt judge. Federal prosecutors say 54-year-old Jose Martin “Joe” Valle of Harlingen pleaded guilty Wednesday afternoon in Brownsville to aiding and abetting extortion …
Authorities say a man who fell from the third level of an upscale mall onto an ice rink has died. Dallas Fire Rescue says that when firefighters and paramedics arrived at the mall on Tuesday afternoon, the man was unresponsive. …
Houston police have issued nearly 3,400 citations to red-light runners since the cameras were turned back on July 24. The figures were released Monday by the company that operates the intersection cameras, Arizona-based American Traffic Solutions. U.S. District Judge Lynn …