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Texan Pleads Guilty To Shooting Crop Duster Plane

A West Texas man has pleaded guilty to shooting into a crop duster as the plane was spraying a neighbor’s fields.

2012/11/20

Driver Named In Midland Parade Crash

Two attorneys named Dale Andrew Hayden as the driver of a parade float that collided with a Union Pacific train in West Texas, killing four veterans and injuring 17 others.

2012/11/20

A man waves an American flag. (credit: Getty Images/Hector Mata/AFP)

Funeral Held For Veteran Who Saved Wife In Parade

A funeral will be held in Amarillo for an Army sergeant who saved his wife from a West Texas train crash, but was killed in the collision.

2012/11/19

Texas Child Welfare Head Named Amid Probe

A senior state district judge has been named the new head of the Texas child welfare agency.

2012/11/14

Warren Jeffs looks over at the jury during his trial on September 25, 2007 in St. George, Utah. (credit: Douglas C. Pizac-Pool/Getty Images)

State Drops Bigamy Charges Against Jeffs

The Texas attorney general’s office has dropped bigamy charges against imprisoned polygamist leader Warren Jeffs.

2012/10/18

October’s Activity Of The Month: History

Make history this month at Texas State Parks. From rock art sites to historic structures, missions, military frontier forts or pioneer farms, history is better outside!

2012/10/01

Actor Sherman Hemsley speaks at the MTV Networks Upfront 2003 presentation to advertisers at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden May 6, 2003 in New York City. (credit: Scott Gries/Getty Images)

Judge Orders DNA Tests In Hemsley Death

A judge in West Texas has ordered DNA testing on a man who claims to be the brother of “The Jeffersons” star Sherman Hemsley, who died on July 24 of lung cancer.

2012/09/25

Singer Fiona Apple was arrested for drug possession in West Texas on September 19, 2012. (credit: Hudspeth County Sheriff's Office)

Singer Fiona Apple Arrested In West Texas

Singer Fiona Apple was arrested at a border stop in Sierra Blanca on Wednesday, after police said that they found drugs on her tour bus as it was passing through West Texas.

2012/09/20

Mitt Romney (Photo by Eric Kayne/Getty Images)

Romney Raises Money In Midland

Republican Mitt Romney has used stops in West Texas to raise money for his GOP presidential campaign, including a Tuesday night appearance in Midland.

2012/08/22

A row of jail cells sit empty. (credit: AP Photo)

Lubbock Man Jailed For Biodiesel Fuel Fraud

A West Texas businessman has reported to Lubbock County Jail after being indicted on 79 counts in a $42 million biodiesel fuel fraud investigation. No bond has been set.

2012/08/16

Dallas Funeral For Kids Killed In El Paso Crash

Relatives of three youths killed in a West Texas car crash have planned a service in Dallas.

2012/07/27

Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari has been accused of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. (credit: Lubbock County Sheriff's Office)

Texas Bomb Plot Trial Handed To Jury

Jurors are deliberating in the case of a Saudi man accused of gathering chemicals and other materials inside of his West Texas apartment to try to build a bomb.

2012/06/27