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Fossilized wing bones of Quetzalcoatlus northropii, a flying dinosaur from the Chihuahuan Desert, have a wing-spread of 38 to 40 feet and are the largest ones found anywhere on earth.
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Texan's Headline News:
July 30-31, 2005
Ethics OUT the Window
Texas Comptroller Strayhorn
The 2005 Texas Legislature
Tantamount to Treason
Legislative Greed
Nineteen Percent!
Cheerleader Laws
School Finance
Marriage Laws
Today in Texas History
July 30, 1923 Roy Mitchell is strung up in Waco; his is the last legal public hanging in Texas.
July 30, 1867 Bringing an end to democracy and state sovereignty James Webb Throckmorton, first governor of Texas
after the Civil War, was removed from office for being an "impediment
to Reconstruction" by the Feds
July 31, 1845 The present-day community of Corpus Christi was started when US General Zachary Taylor landed troops on Corpus Christi to form a base camp during the Mexican War.
July 31, 1965 Tarrant County Junior College was founded.
July 31, 1817 Pirate Louis Michel Aury resigned his Mexican commission to rule Galveston Island.
Today's Texian Headline News
TEXAS GETS SLICE OF HIGHWAY DOLLARS
OWENTOWN WATER LIMITS SCALED BACK
TSF TROUPE TAKES PRODUCTION TO CHINA
DEFENDANTS REQUEST LAND DISPUTE SUIT'S DISMISSAL
TYLER KIDSDAY CELEBRATION SLATED SUNDAY
OLD CITY PARK POND COMES TO LIFE AGAIN
GRAND JURY INDICTS FORMER
BAND DIRECTOR ON INDECENCY CHARGE
Pipeline failure caused fire, BP says
TC-LM chamber plans annual shrimp boil
Judge issues gag order in resisting case
Murder suspects restrained after outburst
Lights out ... once again
Body of Margaret Wilson White was spotted
by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Strayhorn raising money from Democrats
Fort Worth fire still smoldering
Another fire at BP's Texas City plant
Immigrant Lockups
18-wheeler explodes on I-35 in Belton
Hubbard Phone Lines
City of Tyler Investigates The Arrest Of Two Hispanic Men
Green Tea Craze Hits East Texas
Free Health Fair-New London
Two South Texas schools called "persistently dangerous"
Troubled center to shut down next month
Fire deaths raise new scrutiny of mom
School district leaders wield influence in Capitol struggle
Ex-paramedic gets 2 years in teen sex case
Kidney recipient denied visa to return to Texas
Former manager faces charges of conspiracy, arson
Ex-judge Andell gets probation, $5,000 fine
He admits to charging expenses to U.S. government
while working as education official
Plan to ease jail crowding has a price
Small Water Systems Workshop Takes Look at Terrorism
Nutrition Marketing, Technology Key to Pecan Industry Growth
Weslaco Cotton Field Day Cancelled as Harvesting Resumes
Denton constable accused of soliciting child sex
Ahavath Torah Congregation to hold Texas Hold 'Em event
Texas Alliance of Energy Producers commends the U.S. Congress
MERCK & CO.: Asks court to block pathologist testimony
Texas Volunteers Search Aruba Landfill For Holloway
Texas legislators fumble the school finance ball again.
Perhaps they should pick it up and go home.
Suspect in alleged BYU rape is investigated in Texas case
Saving seagrasses
Cajun Chickcan of Texas & Bass Pro Shops
Settle Patent Infringement Case
Strayhorn promises help for teachers
Educators receive outline of TAKS information
Old courthouse in jeopardy of losing a
1.76 million in grant money
Under the Dome: 'Hello, Dolly'; Robin Hood to what?
Texas Singer Sharleen Spiteri
Sympathy For Idol Stars
Group discusses reservoir, refuge
Military intelligence soldiers charged with drug smuggling
El Paso County Juvenile Probation Department may close
Cleaner EP air may lure business
Educators discuss dollars, sense
Region gets $14 million toward moving rail yards
Case of alleged financial abuse to continue
Spill Cleanup Continues in Odessa, Texas
 
Texans Laugh at Themselves
The owner of a golf course in Texas was confused about paying an invoice, so he decided to ask his secretary for some mathematical help. He called her into office and said, "You graduated from University of Texas and I need some help.
If I were to give you $20,000, minus 14%, how much would you take off?
"Everything but my earrings."
NEWS FLASH! - Texas worst air disaster occurred when a small two-seat
Cessna 150 plane, piloted by two Aggie students, crashed into a College Station cemetery earlier today.
Search and rescue workers have recovered 300 bodies so far and expect the number to climb as digging continues into the evening.
The pilot and copilot survived and are helping in the recovery efforts.
A Texas State trooper pulled over a Oklahoma pickup on I-35.
The trooper asked, "Got any ID?"
The driver replied, "Bout whut?
A Texan had a flat tire, pulled off on the side of the road, and proceeded to put a bouquet of flowers in front of the car and one behind it.
Then he got back in the car to wait..
A passerby studied the scene as he drove by and was so curious he turned around and went back. He asked the fellow what the problem was.
The man replied, "I have a flat tire."
The passerby asked, "But what's with the flowers?"
The man responded, "When you break down they tell you to put flares in the front and flares in the back! I never did understand it neither.
The young Texan came running into the store and said to his buddy,
"Bubba, somebody just stole your pickup truck from the parking lot!"
Bubba replied, "Did you see who it was?"
The young Texan answered, "I couldn't tell, but I got the license number."
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  Texas Author from Richmond, Texas
Texan's Headline News:
July 29-30, 2005
Today in Texas History
July 29, 1908 Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham, Texas governor from 1903 to 1907, dies. He was the last former Confederate soldier to hold the Texas governor’s post.
July 29, 1961 Oscar Fox, cowboy songwriter and hill country native, dies at age 82.
July 29, 1867 Fort Griffin was established on the right bank of the Clear Fork of the Brazos to protect settlers.
July 29, 1926 J. Frank Norris, the controversial minister of the First Baptist Church of Fort Worth, was indicted for murder.
July 29, 1958 Texan President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the
National Aeronautics and Space Act
July 30, 1941 The US Army declared eminent domain over Texas' Matagorda Peninsula, establishing a bombing and machine-gun range on the land during WWII.
Today's Texian Headline News
TURNER PLEDGES DAY OF RECKONING
ON USE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE
FBI REVIEWING CASE
FOR POSSIBLE RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
SENATE SCRAPS BILL ON SCHOOL FINANCE
FORMER REP. BELL ANNOUNCES BID FOR GOVERNOR
SENATE DEBATES WHETHER TO TAKE UP EDUCATION BILL
CONVICTED KILLER IN AUSTIN SLAYING EXECUTED
CANDIDATE ALLEGES FRAUD IN CUNEY COUNCIL RACE
COACH DETAINED ON CHILD PORN CHARGES
STANDOFF ENDS PEACEFULLY
No injuries in refinery explosion, fire
Coffey cleared in Sophia King investigation
Education groups unite against HB 2
Texas: 37th in child issues
Houston officers must cover up tattoos
Austin Mayor Will Wynn took a flying leap into Town Lake
City's continuing to pursue nightlife
Illegal gambling locations busted
Bonilla speaks on eminent domain
Woman sued for hitting donkey
Chemical plant consumed by fire
Dog On Death Row
Health officials warn of spread of West Nile
Texas Movie Theft Lawsuits
Oil Rig Explosion North Of Longview
Longview Man Cleared Of Sexual Assault
Tyler Police Launch Internal Investigation Into An Arrest Incident
Mysterious journey has local stop
Stolen 16th-century altar to be displayed in Houston
before returning to Peru
Calling the operation "almost totalitarian,"
a federal judge says a Houston police plan that led to
278 arrests in a Kmart parking lot almost
three years ago was unconstitutional.
Stripe Rust May Affect Future
Wheat Variety Selections in the Panhandle
Beef Quality Training Set in Floyd County
Dallas Arboretum/Texas A&M Partnership Unique
Theft charge dropped against former dude ranch owner
Spill Cleanup Continues in Odessa, Texas
New leader named for Texas Minuteman group
Doctor successful with first plaque excision
performed in E. Texas
North Texas' dumping grounds
Rural counties often become final chapter in D-FW murders
Wildfire Hazard Up In Texas
Oklahoma Watches As Texas Experiments
With the Concept of Private Toll Roads
Texas homebuilder settles defects case for $39.5 million
Man on FBI's wanted list extradited to Illinois from Texas
Wife's 20-year sentence called too severe
Husband says she was insane while stabbing their child
Culberson plan would authorize border militias
How to Cool Your Heels in Texas When It's Late July
All Over the World
Campaign to Defeat Texas Homophobic Amendment
Launches Website
Suspicious Capitol mail found to be non-toxic
Identity theft on the rise
Tech punter pleads guilty in conspiracy case
Huge Sand Cloud Moving West
Newer, Stronger Drugs On The Streets
Texas State's fund requests in legislative limbo
Environmental group says Coastal Bend beaches aren't clean
Weighing Your Well-Being
Venezuela wants Posada tried on terror
Foster dad receives 40 years in prison for rape of girl
FYI: Practice safety with electricity
 
Texan's Headline News:
July 27-28, 2005
Today in Texas History
July 27, 1931 Oklahoma Gov. Bill Murray sends the national guard to seal off the entrance to Texas via the Red River Bridge.
July 27, 1877 The failed Nolan expedition, a group of U.S. cavalry soldiers and buffalo hunters chasing marauding Indians in West Texas, calls off its hunt when the Indian trails scatter. Capt. Nicholas Nolan’s troops were forced to march 86 hours without water, leaving several men and horses dead.
July 27, 1861 Texas Confederate troops captured Fort Fillmore near Mesilla, New Mexico, during the Civil War.
July 28, 1938 An oil well in the Phillips Petroleum Company's Midway Oilfield blew up and burned for several weeks. The crater created by the explosion is still a local landmark.
July 28, 1973 a "March for Justice" took place in
protest against the killing of Santos Rodríguez in Dallas. While
being questioned about a robbery, Rodríguez was killed by a
Dallas policeman, Darrell Cain. Cain was subsequently tried for murder
and convicted, and Rodríguez was exonerated. But the protest
march turned into a riot in which widespread damage occurred, thirty-eight
arrests were made, and five policemen were injured. Cain's brief
sentence, only five years, also later became an issue, though a review
of the case failed.
July 28,1908 James Harper Gillett made his first appearance as a novillero, or apprentice matador, at the bullring in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Gillett, the son of Texas Ranger James B. Gillett, was born in Ysleta, Texas, in 1884.
 Kilgore, Texas - Train Depot
 
Today's Texian Headline News
CIVIC LEADERS SAY
JAIL CONDITIONS AKIN TO 'SLAVE SHIP'
HOUSE VOTES DOWN SCHOOL FUNDING BILL
FORTY DEATH ROW INMATES COMMUTED
IN 1972 TO LIFE HAVE BEEN FREED
ANDERSON COUNTY'S $3.8M ANNEX OPENS
VAN ZANDT COUNTY PARTICIPATES IN
SEX OFFENDER ROUNDUP
STUDENTS GET TASTE OF BUSINESS WORLD
MAN ARRESTED
IN ATTEMPTED BURGLARY AT ELKS LODGE
CHAPEL HILL TRUSTEES OPT
TO DISBAND POLICE DEPT.
EXTENSION CENTER PLANS NURSERY SEMINAR
Video captures debris falling from shuttle
CCISD votes to sue city over new high school
Mom found guilty in girl’s stabbing
Deputies seek clues in ‘suspicious’ fires
Group warns about land speculation
Political capital spending spree
Hike-and-bike trail from Belton to Copperas Cove
$79 million judgment against Ryan Grady
Rare hummingbird spotted in Texas
Vietnam pilots to be laid to rest
ICE moves from U.K. to U.S.
Texas Minuteman leader resigns
Gilleland Creek has high E. coli
House kills HB 2
HB 3, school finance die for now
Controversy over YMCA expansion
Alleged Sexual Abuse In a Foster Home
Steelworkers: No Deal, No Work
Survey Crew Examining Sink Hole
Houston's ConocoPhillips sees record profits
Rail may spare homes
Splitting the route along Richmond would bypass Afton Oaks
County jail crowding prompts meeting
Houston Officials reject bond referendum
Robbery, shooting bewilder mom
Amosson Receives National Recognition
for Economic Expertise
Goat Gathering Gets Good Grades
GVEC Public Service Award goes to
Bluebonnet Youth Ranch
Police say 'there is not a serial rapist'
Fall from Grace
Part 1Part 2Part 3
Trying to beat ticket?
Judge had heard every excuse
Group wants station to be community run
Museum seeks aid in funding repairs
Professor chronicles Valley life on video
Bonham takes plunge for splash park
Miss Texas Latina Pageant starts
Residents say distrust, high salaries
hinder area schools
Italy residents ask county’s court for help
3 invade home of man in FBI inquiry
DeSoto: Men in 'police' shirts take gun, goods,
don't produce warrant
MPAA Sues Four in Texas
Austin Diagnostic Clinic Becomes First in Texas
to Offer Patients Innovative Computer-Assisted
Surgery Technology
Ex Texas Nurse Competent To Stand Trial
For Patient Deaths
Harlingen man sentenced for child porn
Texas leads nation in foreclosures
Improving artificial heart top goal of
award-winning research at UH
Local fire destroys 2,000 acres
Texan's Headline News:
July 25-26, 2005
Today in Texas History
July 25, 1931 The free bridge crossing the Red River between Texas and Oklahoma was finally opened after delays caused by a controversial lawsuit filed by the toll bridge company.
July 25, 1882 Judge Roy Bean opens the Jersey Lilly saloon, the first saloon west of the Pecos, in Langtry.
July 25, 1974 Congresswoman Barbara Jordan of Houston delivers her famous We, the People speech on the U.S. Constitution and impeachment.
July 26, 1863 Sam Houston, the first president of the Republic of Texas, died of pneumonia in Huntsville at the age of 70.
 
Today's Texian Headline News
A MUST READ!
Jason Miller: Economic injustice
... America's new leading export
CHALLENGED RIDERS LIKE COMPETITION
LEGISLATORS DIG IN FOR ANOTHER ROUND
ARMSTRONG MAKES IT 7
REMAINS OF DEADLY
GALVESTON SHIPWRECK REDISCOVERED
RELATIVE'S TIP LEADS TO
SUSPECTS IN SERIAL KILLINGS
HEARING TO DISCUSS GIRL'S
MEDICAL CONDITION DELAYED
SUMMER CAMP SHOWS KIDS
LIFE IN LATE 1800s
'DRUM GUYS' MAKE NOISE WITH
MUSICALLY ENTHUSIASTIC KIDS
MEXICAN CONSULATE BRINGS OUTREACH
PROGRAM TO TYLER
HOUSTON CHARTER SCHOOL
TO OPEN E-TEXAS BRANCHES
Volunteers attend orientation on seamanship
Council to vote on eminent domain
Wife of former constable sues county
Teacher raise likely, but how much?
Are left-lane drivers obligated to move over?
Committee warned district about costs
No recess for school districts
Skaters ready to take over Mabel Davis Park
Austin hiker survives being stranded in lava field
A special ranch for special ranchers
Gallery to showcase 'hard to adopt' children
Ikea to open in Frisco
Fans love Austin's hometown hero
Teachers start their own daycare
Arson suspected in fire that nearly destroys gay nightclub
2-year-old girl shot after window broken during game
Nursery/Greenhouse Startup a Risky,
but Possibly Profitable Business
This Week in Texas History:
Texas farmers lobby for dirt-cheap labor
Round Rock Marine dies in Iraq
Are our hospitals making us sick?
Beneath Fort Worth lies 'mailbox money'
County does little to ease jail crowding
School districts could feed hungry children year-round
Solar cars race 2,500 miles from Austin, Texas,
to Calgary, Canada
Petition on Prisoner Mail in Texas
D-FW water proposals face fierce opposition
Man Rides From Texas To Wyoming
To Benefit Shriners Hospitals
The 1870s ship City of Waco is gaining attention
from historians and archaeologists
Paying a premium to ensure victory for the Texas GOP
Posse lawsuit still simmering
Halliburton shares soar after it posts profit for second quarter
Kimberly-Clark plans 6,000 job cuts
Island will push for annexation law again
Lasting impression
Landfill’s eventual closure to have lingering financial effects
Grayson County needs more than $2m
to balance '06 budget
GeoFORCE Texas students explore
Uvalde-area's geology
Texan's Headline News:
July 23-24, 2005
Today in Texas History
July 23, 1798 Mother of Texas - Jane Wilkinson Long is born in Maryland.
July 23, 1961 Actor Woody Harrelson, known for the television program "Cheers" and film roles including "Indecent Proposal" and "White Men Can’t Jump," is born in Midland.
July 23, 1941 The contract was approved for the Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant to be built near Texarkana next to the Red River Army Depot to support WWII ammunition needs.
July 24, 1818 French Napoleonic exiles near present-day Liberty on the Trinity River abandoned their settlements due to food shortages and Spanish threats.
July 24, 1958 Jack Kilby draws up the idea for the silicon chip at Texas Instruments in Dallas.
July 24, 1974 A 10-day standoff begins when three inmates take hostages inside the "Walls" prison unit in Huntsville. The incident ends with a gunfight in which two hostages and two inmates are killed.
 
Today's Texian Headline News
TYLER COP UNDER IA SCRUTINY
FAMILY, NEIGHBORS TRY IN VAIN
TO RESCUE CHILDREN FROM FIRE
EX-COACH ARRESTED FOR PORN
GOVERNORS CALL SPECIAL SESSION WITH POLITICAL RISK
STUDY SHOWS WHICH CORPORATIONS
CONTRIBUTED TO 2002 STATE ELECTION
ATHENS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION GETS EDA FUNDS
4-H SEW-A-THON SLATED
LAST CODE TALKER DIES AT 83
CHARLES CHIBITTY
FIRST TYLER WEST NILE CASE
Mushroom-picker finds prize specimen
UTMB faculty offers women advice
Man gets 30 years for raping woman
Eminent domain bill's failure stuns Janek
Session starts with telecom and break
Pilot gets 2½ years for being drunk
More resources requested for border investigation
Murdered pregnant woman identified
Confidential Documents Found In Trash Bin
"Face To Face" With Carolyn Thomas
Pornography found on a school computer
Federal Marshals Make Longview Arrest
Black Gold, Texas Tea
 
Drive-in theaters making a comeback across Texas
A list of drive-in theaters in Texas
Jury recommends death for man in slaying of Texans
Traffic stop leads to discovery of abducted children
NBC correspondent accuses Iowa archdiocese of abuse cover up
Search in Hawaii for missing Austin man
Red heart of Texas
Texas group forms PAC focusing on education
Museum posts aerial views of Texas towns online
Trinidad and Tobago Association of
Texas Annual Independence and Scholarship Gala
to take place August 27, 2005 at the
Hotel Derek in Houston, Texas
Abducted Frederick Woman Found In Texas
Texas woman convicted for cutting off man's penis
Hibernia expands services to private business owners in Texas
Texas border agents helping police with DWIs
Emily Mostly Beneficial for South Texas Agriculture
Rangeland Restoration Workshop Set Aug. 11-13
N. Texas Girl, 16, Jailed In Step-Grandfather's Slaying
Wright Amendment Fight Crosses State Lines
Lakeland's Brian Simpson Gets Booted Off
CMT's 'Cowboy U: Texas'
Texas Roadhouse wins "Best Booth Display"
For Greencards, coming to Texas is coming home
What Happened in Odessa, Texas?
Aid group stuck at Texas border
18 corporations shown as donors to lobby group
A&M's cloning success built on 'little bitty' steps
Cities to merge on I-69 plans
A&M exceeds $1 billion fund-raising goal
4.6 million striped bass into Texas lakes
Metroplex food agency hit by warehouse fire
Seasonal Fluctuation Costs Victoria, Texas, Area 100 Jobs
Pair Arrested in Texas in Clayton Fatal Shooting
West Nile Confirmed in Lubbock
Amber Moon honored by Texas Music Coalition
 
Texan's Headline News:
July 21-22, 2005
Today in Texas History
July 21, 1821 The flag of Spain was lowered for the last time in San Antonio, ending three centuries of Spanish involvement in Texas.
July 21, 1884 Cayton Erhard died in Bastrop. This veteran and prisoner of the Texan Santa Fe Expedition was a native of Munich, Germany. He immigrated to Texas in 1839 and joined the Santa Fe Expedition in 1841. He was taken prisoner by Mexican troops and spent two years in Mexican prisons. Afterward, he was active in organizing the government of Hays County, where he served as the first county clerk and first postmaster. After Reconstruction he moved to Bastrop. There he was elected judge and delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1875. He later wrote reminiscences of the Santa Fe Expedition for the San Marcos Free Press. Erhard is buried in the Bastrop city cemetery.
July 21, 1865 German immigrant August Thielepape and other Union sympathizers raised the Union flag over the Alamo after the Civil War. Two years later, he became San Antonio's mayor.
July 21, 1851 Notorious outlaw Sam Bass was born in Indiana; his short and violent life also ended on July 21, in 1878. Bass arrived in Texas in the fall of 1870 and, after trying his hand at a number of occupations, began robbing stagecoaches and trains in 1877. In the spring of 1878, Bass and his gang robbed four trains within twenty-five miles of Dallas. They did not get much money, but the robberies aroused citizens, and the bandits were the object of a spirited chase across North Texas by posses and a special company of Texas Rangers headed by Junius Peak. Bass eluded his pursuers until one of his party turned informer. In Round Rock on July 19 Bass and his men became engaged in a gun battle in which he was wounded. The next morning he was found lying helpless in a pasture north of town and was brought back to Round Rock. He died there on July 21, his twenty-seventh birthday. He was buried in Round Rock and soon became the subject of cowboy song and story.
July 22, 1760 A fiesta was held in La Junta to celebrate the completion of a new Spanish presidio, constructed to support missionary activities and peaceful settlement in Apache lands.
July 22, 1944 Lawrence Aaron Nixon walked into the same
El Paso polling place that had denied him his ballot twenty years
before and voted in a Democratic primary. The black physician and
voting rights advocate was born in Marshall, Texas, in 1884.
Today's Texian Headline News
FAILING GRADE: NO FINANCE BILL;
GOVERNOR KEEPS LAWMAKERS AFTER CLASS
Inept Legislature Continues On Same Ole Treadmill
and these guys think they deserve a 30% increase in compensation?
They probably can't even pass a TAKS test!
CALDWELL FOUNDATION DONATES
$2.3 MILLION FOR ARTS ACADEMY
HURRICANE EMILY WEAKENS
AFTER COMING ASHORE IN MEXICO
NEW DEFINITION OF DROPOUT RATES
COULD HURT GED PROGRAMS
TAKS CHEATING ALLEGATIONS
TO BE INVESTIGATED
LAWMAKER SAYS POT-FLAVORED CANDY
PROMOTES DRUG USE
Is Lawmaker Hooked on Mary Jane?
Utter waste of taxpayer money
PILOT ARRESTED ON SEX CHARGES
Superintendent justifies no-bid contracts
Incestuous Government Relations?
Sweets and a pen inspire young scribes
Fire damages landmark restaurant
Strike option approved by Cap Metro employees
Group aims to reduce high suicide rate
Industry leaders want city to dig deeper
No more bank for booming city
Pounds of Undelivered Mail Found
Baylor Vies For Presidential Library
Illegal Dumping Has Homeowners
Concerned About Safety Of Water
Man Found Partially Clothed, Dead In Lake Palestine
Children With Cancer Go To Camp
Shoe Attack Sentence
Enron attempting to collect utility fees
from Washington customers
Border chief says citizen volunteers could form patrol auxiliary
City reverses decision after threat of open meetings act lawsuit
Capital murder sentence tossed out because of juror's gun
A list of defendants in the Enron broadband saga
Pregnant woman found dead at Cotulla cemetery
Jury in Texas acquits on some charges,
deadlocks on most in Enron case
"Texas schools getting software
for technology eduacation"
(and obviously this newspaper needs to try it out - EDUCATION)
Texas volunteers to return to Aruba to look for missing teen
Central Texas CPS Offices Brace For Flood Of New Children
Texas ranch among seven environmental award recipients
Texas couple loses car off back of camper
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND!
 Bosque County Courthouse - 1886
    Decorative Texas Historic Flags
Texan's Headline News:
July 19-20, 2005
Today in Texas History
July 19, 1938 Douglas Wrong Way Corrigan of Galveston flies by mistake to Ireland.
July 19, 1824 Augustin de Iturbide, emperor of Mexico from May 1822 to March 1823, is captured and shot at Padilla, Tamaulipas, by order of a death decree issued following his abdication. Iturbide first opened the door for the Anglo-American settlement of Texas by granting permission for Stephen F. Austin to establish his colony.
July 19, 1878 Notorious train robber Sam Bass  was shot and fatally wounded by Texas Ranger Dick Ware when he was intercepted in his attempt to rob a bank in Round Rock.
July 19, 1843 President Sam Houston relieved Commodore Edwin
Moore of command of the Texas Navy. Moore had clashed with Houston
over the navy's activities in support of Mexican rebels in the Yucatán.
Houston proclaimed the navy to be pirates and requested any friendly
country to capture the navy's ships and return them to Galveston.
Before this could happen, Moore returned voluntarily to Galveston,
whereupon Houston dishonorably discharged him without so much as a
court-martial. Moore appealed to the Congress of the Republic of Texas
and finally got a fair trial in August 1844, in which he was found
not guilty. In November 1843 the entire fleet was put up for auction,
though the people of Galveston, incensed at the thought of selling
the navy, prevented the submission of bids. Nevertheless, Moore's
July cruise marked the end of the operative career of the Texas Navy.
July 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission, guided by the Manned Spacecraft Center near Houston.
Today's Texian Headline News
JUDGE ORDERS FORMER BAYLOR
SEMINARY STUDENT TO PAY $77,000
SURVIVOR SUES OVER
DEADLY 2004 MISSOURI CRASH
TYLER ATTORNEY IN COURT ON BOND VIOLATION
JACKSONVILLE JOINS ALLIANCE
LOOKING AT CENTERPOINT
Flood watch issued as Emily heads for shore
Aviator to be included in Hall of Fame
Emily's Outer Bands Hit Southern Texas
In 1913, Andrew McGrew, a one-legged black hobo died after falling off a freight train near Marlin, Texas. He was taken to a funeral home in Marlin and embalmed. When no one claimed his body, a traveling carnival purchased it and displayed McGrew as "The Amazing Petrified Man – the Eighth Wonder of the World." When the carnival folded in 1968, McGrew remained in storage until a Dallas widow, Elgie Pace, discovered him. She wanted to give him a decent burial but was unable to afford it, so she nicknamed him "Sam" and kept him in the basement of her home. In 1973, a black undertaker volunteered to give McGrew a funeral. Several months after he was buried here in Dallas, folk singer Don McLean wrote a song,The Legend of Andrew McGrew, and a headstone was purchased for his grave which reads, "Andrew McGrew, The Mummified Man. Born 1867, died 1913, buried 1973."
Longtime criminal convicted in Rice Village attack
Merck doctor defends campaign to 'neutralize' Vioxx critics
Prank caller gets 18-month prison sentence
Uzi at Conroe brawl gets sheriff's worker arrested
A&M professors study cedar's drinking habits
TEXAS LOTTERY
Former employee indicted in scam
Lawmaker drafts amendment to save Player's
State offers health advice
Wal-Mart going green with new store
House says no negotiations with Senate on eminent domain bill
"Criminal" Prosecutor in tainted sting keeps law license
El Paso-area blue-jean manufacturer to lay off 395 workers
A 14-year-old Texas boy fought off a marauding black bear
Texas man suffocated St. Paul man before raping girlfriend
Texas company to buy Medicine Bow Energy for $814 million
Texas-Okla. Cities Join Forces To Promote Western Heritage
Parks and Wildlife officials discuss
department's plans for Texas
El Paso: Calamity Jane lived here from 1884 to 1889. While here, she married Clinton Burke, a hack driver, in August 1885. She gave birth to a daughter here on October 29, 1887.
 
Texan's Headline News:
July 18, 2005
Today in Texas History
July 18, 1917 Texas National Guard troops are organized into the Lone Star Thirty-Sixth Division The military division fought in both WWI and WWII.
July 18, 1970 The last train robbery in Texas on a miniature train in Brackenridge Park in San Antonio.
July 18, 1919 Martial law ends in Longview after Texas Rangers and Texas National Guard troops help put down a race riot. Violence had broken out following the murder of a black man who reportedly had romantic relations with a white woman in Kilgore. Rangers arrested 26 white men and 21 black men on charges ranging from attempted murder to arson, but none was ever tried.
Vintage Art Print by Maatschappij
Today's Texian Headline News
Texas General Land Office denies refusing to
release documents related to the State Power Program
Emily’s threat wanes
Protesters demonstrate on police brutality
A method of getting the ego out of the way
Texas School flag to fly with Discovery
Woman sees image of Jesus set in stone
SMITH COUNTY'S COSTS OUTPACING ITS REVENUES
Senators threaten HB 3 with filibuster
CASA volunteers help abused children find homes
Groups question Taser gun safety after suspects' deaths
Shelters brace for more foster children
Grandmother Faces Truancy Charges
Proud Of East Texas: Matlock Rose
Strike Averted In Lone Star
Mentally ill inmates suffer delays in care
House approves eminent domain bill
House approves TV bill
Hurricane Emily on the Prowl in Yucatan;
Texas Coast Prepares
Disaster Team Set To Deploy From East Texas
Gussied-up cockroaches are stars of Texas display
Pioneer closes purchase of Permian Basin, South Texas assets
Texas rapper proves his prowess
Memorabilia from BTK expected to start drawing buyers
Small Texas towns fight landfills
Corn, sorghum harvests yields closer to historical average
Time running out for rain to benefit cotton crop
College Station woman charged in officer assault
Val Verde County and the Allen Ranch Partnership
are going to court - again.
A Bohemian in our midst
A 'win-win' solution for all concerned
Couple brings safari to East Texas
And a good time was had by all
An 1800s house being used as a hunting camp burned
Man behind El Campo's 'radar farm' still scanning the future
Officials with the city of Camp Wood
insist that despite hiring a law firm for a
potential bankruptcy filing, business is proceeding as usual.
 
Uvalde Area representatives opposed to latest school funding legislation
HOUSE APPROVES EMINENT DOMAIN BILL
HELP SOUGHT FOR CANTON PARK
CASTROVILLE — Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee once said
this town had "the best tavern in Texas."
Grimes County under fire over closed roads
Fired up about food:
Texas A&M Restaraunt Club
helping students fund career opportunities
Corridor spurs McLennan county to join river of concern
Trail ride prepares western set for rodeo
Body, Mind, Spirit
Camp Fern going strong after 71 years
Law enforcement officers receive high honors
East Texas Man Fighting To Stop Abuse Behind Bars
Delehide Cove project wins national award
Partnership expected to bring 1,700 jobs to The Woodlands
Green dye in bayou worries residents
Friendswood Council wants eminent domain resolution
Scientists find gene defect link to heart disease
Houston trade delegation to visit India
Local cowboy has big night
Conversation, shoes sparkle at shine stands
CenterPoint to defend rate increase
Cities benefit from TXU suit
Texan's Headline News:
July 16-17, 2005
Today in Texas History
July 15, 1882 The Texas Bar Association was organized in Galveston.
O. M. Roberts and Robert S. Gould were leaders in calling the organizational
meeting, attended by 300 attorneys.
July 15, 1932 Joseph Edwin Lockridge was born in Waco. In 1967 he became the first African-American to represent Dallas County in the Texas House of Representatives.
July 16, 1839 The main engagement of the Cherokee War began.
The battle was fought near the Neches River a few miles west of Tyler.
T. J. Rusk, Edward Burleson, and Kelsey H. Douglass led the Texas
troops against Chief Bowl's Cherokees. Also on the field were David
G. Burnet, vice president of Republic of Texas, and Gen. Albert Sidney
Johnston, secretary of war.
July 16, 1839 Chief Bowles of the Cherokee is killed at the Battle of the Neches.
July 16, 1852 A group of 100 armed men from the Peters colony storm the Collin County office of land company agent Henry Oliver Hedgcoxe in the so-called Hedgcoxe War. The colonists were reacting to fears that Hedgcoxe and the land company were attempting to invalidate their land claims. Though Hedgcoxe was not hurt, the colonists seized his files and ordered him to leave the colony.
July 16, 1911 The Oscar-winning actress Ginger Rogers was born on this day. In 1925 she won a dance contest in Dallas. The prize, a vaudeville contract, led her to Hollywood stardom. 
July 17, 1835 Delegates from Jackson Municipality attended the Lavaca-Navidad Meeting to draft a formal statement against the Mexican government's policies toward American colonists.
Today's Texian Headline News
RAIN POUNDS TYLER, FLOODS ROADS
Ken Cue, a Lake Holbrooke homeowner, is upset his property
was appraised at a value almost 14 times higher
than in years past. Cue's property value went from
$7,000 to $97,000.
TAX LEADERS CHEERLESS OVER
BUSINESS TAX PROSPECTS
TEXAS SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS TRAINING FOR TERRORISM
YANTIS MAKES SPLASH THIS WEEKEND WITH CATFISH FEST
JUDGE ORDERS CONTINUATION OF TREATMENT FOR LANEY
BLADDER STUDY NOW UNDER WAY
AT TRINITY CLINIC IN CORSICANA
NAICAT PLANS BATTLE OF NECHES GATHERING
FIREFIGHTERS RESCUE 2 GIRLS
SWEPT AWAY IN RUSHING WATER
BOB MAULDIN BAND TO PLAY
FREE CONCERT AT BERGFELD
MAN INDICTED IN TRANSPORTATION
OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
DISBARRED ATTORNEY MAKES ATTEMPT
TO RENEW LICENSE
Catchy marquee slogans create conversations
Officials keep an eye on Emily
BP settles three lawsuits from blasts
Teens retrace Civil Rights Movement
Police protest set for today
Officers sue witness over beating claims
Pioneer in toxicology studies dies at 79
Man gets new charge after courthouse melee
Honeybee population increases on isle
Destiny's new home
Escapee caught by alert citizen
In Senate, sessions not always in public view
Lottery looks at advanced payment for goods it never received
Ice Bats lose arena deal and coach
Law increases jury pay seven fold
Cockroach Hall of Fame still draws a few curious folks
Taylor Rodeo kicks off
Renewable energy bill goes to the governor
Blind workers in Texas dressing soldiers for Iraq combat
Bats could replace insecticide
Figs are a good Texas tree
Meth maker gets 30 years
Accident Surivor Speaks Out
Free Immunizations In Tyler
Two new vaccines required for all Texas children
Marlin Budget Woes
Army Investigates Karnack Mercury Dumping
Mysterious Texas lights draw crowds
South Texas readies for Hurricane Emily
Crude oil climbs on concern hurricane Emily may strike Texas
Texas Cities Towing Uninsured Vehicles
Texas Clipper II
Completes Final Voyage Saturday
Texas TV franchise bill not dead
Slavery in Texas 2005
On Wednesday, July 27th, 2005 at 10PM, there will be a rally
to condemn acts of racism, sexism, and homophobia
Telling Your Children How Much Nobody Cares
Anzaldúa Archive Coming (Home) to Texas
Majestic temple rises in Texas oil country
UP Train Involved In Fatal Texas Crash
Texas Digital Library Launched
Texas Telemedicine Network Boosts Video IT, Cuts Costs
It's hoping to chop installation costs
for videoconferencing systems by two-thirds
Lexicon Genetics Receives Award From
Texas Enterprise Fund For Major Biotechnology Initiative
First Vioxx trial begins in Texas
In Our View:
Personal property
Red Lick City Council interested in how interstate would affect area
Dewhurst accuses oil, chemical lobbyists of being greedy
Trauma care funding plan taken to task
Asphalt improves traction
Sales tax-free shopping nears
Anna to see first alcohol sales
Explaining the Unexplainable
A Review of Lost in the Texas Desert
Texas Music Association Accused of Discrimination
Against Boy Soprano
Rotary Exchange student describes differences between
Texas and her native England
Train derails near Bells
One, two, three, quatro...here comes Joe King Carrasco
San Benito to be site of solar-powered water treatment test
Residents fume over sewer stench
Suspect's husband charged with rape
Chief appraiser says county's market value is up,
but taxable value is down
Black witch moths popping up
Man’s girlfriend: Officers were too rough
Deadline looms for vote on school bills
Filibuster threat dogs property tax conferees
County jail conditions condemned in report
Crowding woes enumerated, but local officials say the state's to blame
Group rallies over alleged police beating
Two Isle officers accused of kicking a handcuffed man
Conroe ISD dismissed as sex suit defendant
Schools hitting brakes on driver's education
Cutbacks force parents to teach their children the rules of the road
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Texan's Headline News:
July 12, 2005
Today in Texas History
July 13, 1859 Violent clashes begin between Juan "Cheno" Cortina and Anglo lawmen in and around Brownsville in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Cortina was regarded as a cattle rustler and bandit by many of the Anglo officials. However, Cortina was a folk hero to many poor Mexicans in the Valley because he tried to protect their rights against unscrupulous Anglo opportunists. Texas Rangers and federal troops eventually halted the so-called "Cortina Wars" in 1875.
July 13, 1919 Oil was discovered at the Hart Ranch in Palo Pinto County. The discovery lead to the creation of a boom town, which was named Jerehart in honor of the ranch's owner.
July 13, 1903 A proclamation was made from the steps of the
Texas Capitol offering a $50,000 prize for the discovery of a way
to rid Texas of the boll weevil.
Today's Texian Headline News
-GUSHING WITH PRIDE-
CITIES BANK ON EAST TEXAS' OIL-SOAKED PAST
DIRECTORS PUSH TO KEEP
STATE VETERANS NURSING HOMES OPEN
JUDGE REFUSES TO DISMISS CHARGES
AGAINST DELAY ASSOCIATE
Superintendent: District to sue over school
Gag order sought in paddling case
Former alderman says he’ll pay ‘illegal’ fine
2 child predators arrested in separate incidents
Abandoned baby found at San Marcos hospital
Rash Of Burglaries In Waco
Killeen Peddling Problem
Police Conference Sheds New Light On Courthouse Shooting
4-Year-Old Drowns While In Foster Care
Authorities charge contractor, school board member
Opponents voice safety concerns on faith-based prison
Federal judge sends Internet-ad suit back to state court
Former Midland cop sentenced on state rape charges
SEC charges Texas fund with fraud
Texas Cable Industry Urges Caution on Rushing Telecom Legislation
Texas Gov. Perry Opens Call to Telecom,
Renewable Energy Issues
Iobi Pro Debuts Today in Texas
West Nile Virus Detected In Central Texas
Main Battery Gun From Sunken Confederate Raider Headed To A&M
Willie’s New Album
Due In Stores Tuesday
Our Texas rose
Body mass index is a valuable tool for runners
Chemical 'link' to breast cancer
Texas Tech Sets Date To Discuss Seal
FFA Convention Visitors Bring $2 Million Profit to Lubbock
Lubbock County Pay Raises
Tarrant County, Texas, Cities
Learn How to Snag a Share of $200 Million
Texas business leaders becoming less optimistic about economy
RESERVOIR IDEA MEETS RESISTANCE
Austin Couple Accused Of Trying To Meet Minor For Sex
Leader of 'theFund' says San Antonians will back the arts
Curry colouring in turmeric spice may help fight cancer
Explorers compete in Texas
Solar-powered cars to race 2,500 miles
Texas firm eyes Malampaya deal
Texas Cooperative Extension to
Train ‘Tomorrow’s Top Agricultural Producers’
HARVARD PRESIDENT CORRECT
RE: FEMALE / MALE BRAINS
Prisoners moved in recent contract with county
Sisters Oppose Anti-Rights Fundraiser at French Embassy
Priscilla Owen was right
Cop Impersonator Pulls Over, Injures Woman
Homeowner Corners Suspected Mail Thief
FBI Raids Lead To Building Moratorium
Dallas Zoo Thanks Public With $1 Admission
Gruene has grown into musical masterpiece
County and citizens working plan to save historical bridge
Red Oak councilman calls eminent domain ‘anti-American’
Texan's Headline News:
July 12, 2005
Today in Texas History
July 12, 1870 A group of about 55 U.S. soldiers of the Sixth Cavalry, commanded by Capt. Curwen McClellan, are defeated after attacking a force of about 100 Kiowa Indians led by Kicking Bird in the Battle of the Little Wichita River in Archer County.
July 12, 1943 Baylor College of Medicine opened in a former
Sears, Roebuck store in Houston.
The school, the only private medical school in the southwest, was founded in Dallas in 1900 as the University of Dallas Medical Department, even though the University of Dallas did not yet exist. Baylor University assumed control three years later,
and awarded 1,670 M.D. degrees between 1903 and 1943.
Today's Texian Headline News
Both houses OK school financing plan
Laundry: Everyone’s got to do it
Island native played key role in shuttle test
Cruise ship growth continues
SMITH COUNTY HALTS PROPOSAL WITH CORPLAN ON JAIL
JACKSONVILLE ISD VOTES TO CALL BOND ELECTION
BOOM DAYS CAPTURED,
MORE THAN ONE MILLION VISIT EXHIBITS
TOPS IN TEXAS RODEO STARTS IN JACKSONVILLE
OFFICIALS LIFT HOLD ON RANCH THAT HAD INFECTED COW
MAN SENTENCED TO 99 YEARS IN PRISON
FOR STEALING CELL PHONE
Teen skin cancer survivor encourages others
Lotto hopes to win back public trust
Perry expands special session agenda
Strayhorn raises $1.5 million in 10 days
Bullock Museum celebrates blues
Three escape from privately run jail; one still at large
Hotel to become housing for homeless
Speegleville Marina Gets New Owner
Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Girlfriend, Ex-Girlfriend
Hair Stylists Point Out State Rules They Believe Are Unnecessary
Tyler - A Warrant, Discounted
Texas Senate scales back property tax relief
Texas volunteer group may give up Aruba search
East Texas Officials Head To Florida For Shuttle Launch
Unocal to Sell Unit in Canada to Texas Firm
Leaders Plead for More Funds to Dredge Shipping Lane
Texas sees healthy gains in sales tax revenue
Jackpot scandal puts Texas Lotto in turmoil
Too Good To Be True
Public hearings on East Texas water begin tonight
State Examiners Suspend North Texas Doctor's License
Shreveport's most wanted woman arrested in Texas
3,600 pounds of illegally caught shrimp seized
Texas government wrong to deny gay rights
Dove Appreciation Days Across Texas
Texas Puts Landmark Alarm Legislation into Law
Sleepless In San Antonio;
Texas Fares Poorly In Sleep Study
Curry spice found to fight cancer
Steaking a reputation
Kmart building under consideration for new call center in Midland
State investigates blaze at university
Texas program helps preteen girls avoid eating issues
Math play all day for talented Texas teens
In Bankruptcy Protection, Texas in-Home Care Provider
Struggles to Pay Workers
County opposes land grab option
Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Solar Cars!
ILLINOIS FUGITIVE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE IN EAST TEXAS
13 -Year-Old Speaks Up To Stop Trashing East Texas
Rapid drop in air pressure may trigger heart attack
East Texas Leader Lamar Tinsley Died In A Local Hospital
 
Texan's Headline News:
July 11, 2005
Today in Texas History
July 11, 1838 James Collinsworth fell or jumped off a boat
in Galveston Bay and drowned. Collinsworth, born in Tennessee in 1806,
was a candidate for the presidency of the Republic of Texas, along
with Mirabeau B. Lamar and Peter W. Grayson.
July 11, 1949 Gov. Beauford Jester dies en route to Houston; he is the first governor to die in office.
July 11, 1881 William Buckley is born at Washington-on-the-Brazos. His son James becomes a senator from New York, and his son William Jr. is famous as a writer, magazine editor and television talk show host.
July 11, 1828 John Henry Yates was born into slavery. After gaining freedom, he became a pastor in Houston and organized the Houston Academy, a school for African-American children.
 
Today's Texian Headline News
Cadets of Texas Clipper II rescue man at sea
NEWS OF OIL BOOM BRINGS
THOUSANDS TO JOINERVILLE
Old Settlers keep the past alive
Senate passes tax measure for school finance
(or legislators masterbate while wet dreaming of screwing Texans again)
County competes for declining funds
School supplies needed for abused, neglected kids
Researchers studying impact of bats on state's farms
Food Network star engages in cook-off with local chefs
East Texans Head To Hurricane-Ravaged States
Texas hits a low note
Historic Texas Courthouse to be Honored by Mural on Hotel Wall
YOU V. TEXAS
Defendants, whether innocent or guilty, go up against
a justice system stacked against them.
Curry Spice Shuts Down Melanoma
Superior Oil and Gas Co. Leases Four
Drilling Locations in the Barnett Shale Play
In Bosque County, Texas
Jack Kilby : a tribute
Underwater Sand Avalanches Linked to
Sea-level Changes in Gulf of Mexico
 
Texan's Headline News:
July 10, 2005
Today in Texas History
July 10, 1964 Henry John Steinbomer died in San Antonio,
where he had been born in 1902.
He was a zealous restorer and preserver of historic buildings in this city notable
for its architecture. Steinbomer cofounded the Historic Buildings Foundation, which restored a number of early buildings before merging with the San Antonio Conservation Society. For the society he helped restore the home of José
Antonio Navarro and initiated the Index of Historic San Antonio Buildings.
July 10, 1824 Richard King, founder of the King Ranch, is born in New York.
July 10, 1874 Six companies of 75 Texas Rangers enter service as the Frontier Battalion, providing protection to settlements along the Texas frontier.
July 10,1968 Demetrio Rodriguez filed a landmark lawsuit in San Antonio, claiming that children in school districts with low property-tax bases had a lack of supplies and qualified teachers.
Today's Texian Headline News
SMITH COUNTY JAIL PROBLEMS TAKE NEW SPIN
Megan Holden: What Really Happened?
Longview Hotels Filling With Storm Evacuees
Oceans Apart But Still "Sisters" Sharing Common Goals
East Texas officials look forward to seeing launch of space shuttle
Fugitive caught in Texas
Mad cow tests on 29 cattle negative
UTMB to pay government $1.7 million for overbilling
Durst to settle in Texas following prison stint
Exhibit salutes Texas films
Lawmakers unearth eminent domain
Thrall residents told to boil water
Plan to expand dump angers neighbors
WOMAN DIES IN 'SUSPICIOUS' HOUSE BLAZE
Benefits of bats
Texas oil tankers leave surfers' paradise in wakes
'TUF' fishing in Texas
Accident victims remembered by friends across Texas
TOPS IN TEXAS RODEO STARTS IN JACKSONVILLE
UTPB to offer principal training
Ransom Center exhibit highlights Soviet sacrifice in WWII
Vietnam-to-Texas refugee weepie offers earnest simplicity
Ex-Sheriff in Texas Pleads Guilty in Graft
School finance all about money to government officials
Death penalty makes murderers of us, too
Volunteers needed for Elissa saildays
Shakespeare fest ticket sales begin at sluggish pace
Sales Tax May Jump
A one percent increase in the sales tax may hit poor hardest
Texas Gas Prices Remain High; Outlook For Relief Is Gloomy
Is East Texas Ready?
It's What-a-melon Time
Mother Faces Even More Charges In Abuse Case
Know The Signs Of A Scam
Contributions bring technology to millions
Online gold buyers say they got the shaft
Once used for production, rig gets new life
MEMORIAL CEREMONY SET AT NECHES BATTLE SITE
BLACK GOLD - FIRST STRIKES IN EAST TEXAS
FOREVER CHANGE AREA
Texan's Headline News:
July 9, 2005
Today in Texas History
July 09, 1857 The first mail leaves San Antonio for San Diego, marking the start of the first successful transcontinental mail route and passenger service, known as the "San-San."
July 09, 1716 Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de los Nacogdoches
Mission was founded by the Domingo Ramón expedition in a village
of the Nacogdoches Indians. Father Antonio Margil de Jesús was
in charge of the mission, which was abandoned temporarily in 1719
and became the first Zacatecan mission to be restored by the Marqués
de Aguayo in 1721. Although the Nacogdoches mission was generally
unsuccessful in its goal of converting the local Indians, it provided
an important presence to offset French influence. It was permanently
abandoned in 1773. In 1779 the deserted buildings formed the nucleus
for the settlement of Nacogdoches.
Today's Texian Headline News
RESILIENT UNDERGROUND FIRE
HAS NEIGHBORS FRUSTRATED
UT PROFESSOR:
TERRORISM CAN BE PREVENTED
SALVATION ARMY HEADS
FOR MISSISSIPPI, HURRICANE DENNIS
FORMER CAMERON COUNTY SHERIFF
PLEADS GUILTY TO CORRUPTION
Old lodge house saved from wrecking ball
Deputy charged with interference
Pastor gets 15 years for fondling two sisters
BP meets with residents near plant
Church solves tombstone mystery
Harris County justice of the peace indicted again
McCombs donates $30 million to M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Minuteman group to patrol Houston streets
Three 19-year-olds charged with arson
Two of the men were volunteers in the Maxwell Fire Department
Body found in Town Lake
Lotto director resigns
Texas gas prices remain at near-record levels
Judge approves already announced $474 million settlement
Willie Nelson takes reggae turn with 'Countryman'
Former assistant police chief indicted
Texas gov wants lawmakers to curb eminent domain
Officials slaughter Texas cattle to be tested for mad cow
Parking Lots Paving the Way for Pollution
Uncivil religion contrary to
Christ's kingdom,
Texas pastor insists
Texas' Security Measures In Place For Elevated Alert
Texas Tops in U.S. Tourism Ad Spend
Texas boy killed in freak golf club accident
Wal-Mart Fights Whistle-Blower Suits
Houston Based Computer Company Releases
Three High End Windows Media Center PCs
Down to the last drip
Extreme property appraisals
State to close Mercedes assistance office
Charges dropped against man who saved swimmer
Cuellar supports border sheriffs
Menace Behind Bars
Protecting Texans' Property Rights
No Spring Ho??
Killeen Kidnappings
Serial Arsonist Wanted
Hundreds Of El Pasoans To Lose High-paying State Jobs
Bomb Scare At Zaragosa Bridge
Balloon Fly-Over In Longview
Neiman-Marcus Holders to Vote
Texas Memory Systems Introduces First
4-Gb, Half-A-Million IO/Sec, Solid State Storage System
The groove shop: Edge of Texas plays serious music
for the whole family
Mural protest to start Saturday morning
Texan's Headline News:
July 8, 2005
Today in Texas History
July 08, 1833 Stephen Austin reaches Mexico City with a plan to separate Texas from the state of Coahuila
July 08, 1907 The town of Post, founded by C.W. Post of Toasties fame, becomes the seat of Garza County.
July 08, 1860 A fire breaks out in the W.W. Peak Brothers Drugstore in downtown Dallas. The blaze spreads quickly, destroying most of the city’s downtown businesses. A group of slaves and Northern abolitionists were accused of setting the fire as part of an attempted uprising.
July 8, 1977 Katherine Stinson, the pioneer aviatrix who established a flight school in San Antonio, passed away. She was the first pilot to fly at night.
July 8, 1997 Workers load a moving van with Houston Oilers football gear and equipment outside the team's former practice facility Monday. The move to Tennessee ends the team's 37-year relationship with local football fans.
Today's Texian Headline News
Beating investigation nearly done
Help available for emissions repairs
Griffin: NASA will keep focused on moon, Mars
NEW DETAILS STALL JAIL PLANNING
CONSTABLE PLEADS NO CONTEST
TO DEADLY CONDUCT
TEXAS' SECURITY MEASURES
IN PLACE FOR ELEVATED ALERT
DELAY AIDES RE-INDICTED
AFTER TECHNICAL COMPLAINTS
AUTHORITIES SEEK ASSISTANCE
IN IDENTIFYING DEAD WOMAN
SECURITY FIRM DENIES LIABILITY
IN HOLDEN ABDUCTION
Local transportation systems trained for attacks
Water rationing no longer voluntary for Elgin
Antone's celebrates 30 years
Drought affecting farmers
Stony Point High students compete in solar car challenge
Court documents show company paid $25,000 for DeLay meeting
Anthrax found on two West Texas ranches
Suspected Killeen kidnapper arrested
Police Posted At Longview Amtrak
No Security Change At East Texas Airports
Stephen F. Austin statue under construction in Brazoria County
Lea Fastow leaves halfway house for home
DeLay, Houston mayor urge that fighter jets be left in place
No longer damaged goods,
Texas banks are hot targets
Teen trapped between boulders
Chili Head Texas BBQ plan Family Fun Day
Texas, other states fret over Unocal's liabilities
Texas Industries board OK's Chaparral spin-off
State licenses doctor after trouble in Texas
Lawsuit against Mexico heads for arbitration
Stars of Texas Meet Again At Lone Star Park
State health agency to close five Central Texas offices
Sharks pose warning along Texas coast
CCSD seizes $100,000 in marijuana plants
London Rescuers Trained In Central Texas
Texas volunteers creating own Minutemen groups
Texas voters may get to decide eminent domain issue
Texas Crop and Weather Report
Texas heat wave turns deadly
Officials Step Up N. Texas Mass Transit Security
Accident frees 1 million bees in Texas
Crunching some numbers on issues related to outdoors
Woman Charged by State of Texas for Calling City Councilman
Naughty Name Gets Pro Bono Defense
House long a haunt for ghost voters
Cotton crop damaged by hail
Texians History Tidbits
The Belle
Aldridge Sawmill and the East Texas Logging Bonanza
Texas' Ancient Tidal Wave
Cattle Drives
Famous Texians
Thomas Evans Riddle, & Man o’ War
Tejano Hero Norberto Sierra
Richard Gaertner's Story
Whiskey Funeral
Texan's Headline News:
July 7, 2005
Today in Texas History
July 07, 1911 Alphonso Steele, last survivor of San Jacinto, dies at his grandson's home near Kosse.
July 07, 1852 Coushatta Indian leader Colita dies while on a hunting trip in the area of present day Liberty County. Colita, who was believed to be more than 100 years old at the time of his death, was well respected among Republic of Texas officials for his attempts toward peace between the Indians and white settlers.
July 7, 1716 Mission Nuestra Senora de la Purisma Concepcion was founded in Nacogdoches County. The mission moved to its present location in San Antonio in 1731.
July 7, 1960 María (Chata) Sada, pioneer businesswoman
and community leader, attended a ceremony honoring improvements at
Big Bend National Park. In the 1920s Sada and her husband owned a
combination trading post, general store, cafe, and hotel in Boquillas,
Texas, near the Rio Grande, known as Chata's Store or Chata's Place.
Today's Texian Headline News
BORDER SHERIFFS DISCUSS SECURITY ISSUES
Students raise roof on solar house
Dry weather taking toll on land, water
Neighbors try to prevent another abduction
Spring Lake Dam still causing concern
East Texans Tackle African Poverty
Local Agencies Prepare For Bioterrorism
  
For 11 days, the giant sinkhole in Smith County
has been a mystery to those who see it up close
12-Year-Old Upshur County Girl
Reported Missing, Has Been Found
COMPTROLLER TO REFUSE PAY RAISE
Longview Company Helps Gladewater Shelter
Court documents show company paid $25,000 for DeLay meeting
Embattled Texas Lottery director seeks outside investigation
Charges withdrawn against war vet, American Legion member
School measure passes _ barely
Texas High Court Hears School Finance Case
The alien plants have landed in Texas
Anthrax found on two West Texas ranches
Jewish group sues area evangelist
Congressional report says Texas is state
with most dangerous sites in populous areas
Ex-priest gets life sentence for sex assault conviction
Texas Gas Co. refigures bill increase to 7%
Under House-passed school plan, poor will pay more
Authorities to drain Texas well in search for Mooringsport woman
Trustees Take Over Operation Of Two Central Texas Nursing Homes
Beaumont, Texas, Mill and Steelworkers Search for Common Ground
Meet the Best Little House Builder in Texas
City of Colleyville, Texas Deploys a Mesh Wireless Broadband Network
Excavation Hazards Result in OSHA Fines Totaling $100,000 for Texas Worksite
Guidant faces legal battles following recalls
The myth of the medical malpractice claims crisis
Weather Alert: Flooding Reported in Southeast Texas
Another group wants to patrol Texas border
Barometric pressure and heart attacks
Texas City toddler dies in go-cart accident
Vidor nursing home taken over by state
Train Derailments an Issue in Three South Texas Counties
Exposures, assault spur warnings
Aggies design more efficient car engine
Texas Produce Convention set for Aug. 10-12
Many States Rejecting Provision Requiring Them
To Contribute to Cost of New Medicare Drug Benefit
USW demands apology, reinstatement of workers terminated at BP Texas City site
Dry Weather Tough On Hay Crops
County approves emergency funding
And the oil and gas winner is…Amadeus!
Texians History Tidbits
Texas Ghost Town
WILLIAM PENN , TEXAS
Colorado City and The Manton Family Cemetery
Almost the Capital of Texas
BALMORHEA, TEXAS
Midday at the Oasis
The Last Humble Station
or It's Hard to be Humble
When People Keep Changing Your Name
Famous Texians
James Albert Michener
James Frank Dobie
Frederick Benjamin Gipson
Walter Prescott Webb
Texan's Headline News:
July 6, 2005
Today in Texas History
July 6, 1923 The Dr Pepper Company was officially incorporated. This soft drink was first created in the pharmacy of Morrison's Old Corner Drug in Waco, Texas in 1885.
July 06, 1893 Kearie Lee Berry is born in Denton County.  He becomes a great athlete at the University of Texas and a hero of the Bataan Death March of World War II.
July 06, 1861 Tthe Order of the Sons of Hermann in the State
of Texas was founded in San Antonio. The national grand lodge came to San Antonio to organize the first Hermann Sons lodge in Texas, Harmonia Lodge No. 1.
July 06, 1946 George W. Bush, Texas governor from 1995 to 2000 and the 43rd president of the United States, is born in New Haven, Conn. Bush is the first Texas governor to occupy the White House.
Today's Texian Headline News
Watermelon is fare for the Fourth
I-69/Trans-Texas Corridor hearing set for Texarkana
Rosenberg to host meeting on Corridor
Home invasion robbery reported in Mission Bend
Grasslands catch fire sporadically across Texas
Two banks court Texas's Amegy
Texas Man Arrested After Heroic Rescue
Texas, Mexico firefighters battle ranch blaze
GEORGE STRAIT: Somewhere Down in Texas
Brawl erupts at Six Flags Astroworld, spills into nearby businesses
Fluor picks location for new headquarters
Consultant in bribery case acquitted on four fraud charges
Tanker truck loaded with molten sulfur overturns, closing highway
Lawmakers taking up other bills just in case
XTO Energy Buys ExxonMobil Reserves
Refining worries boost crude prices
Keppel unit to build two jackup rigs for Scorpion Offshore
USDA designates Texas counties as ag disaster areas
The science of shark attacks
Texas Tied for Sixth in Size of Denial
Cargo Projects Proposed for Texas' Edinburg International Airport
Oil major to benefit from rising energy prices
Cotton market reaches highest level in weeks
TSTC employees to receive raise across the board
Hot Apple Pie,
New band featuring Brady Seals
(Little Texas)!
Showers, storms expected throughout week
Nixon Sues Two Texas Companies Petroleum Spill in Kansas City
Saw Palmetto and Nettle Root Combination Effective
for Prostate and Urinary Problems in Elderly Men
Comprehensive Review of Research into Impact of Sex
in Media on Youth Reveals Troubling Signs,
Gaps in Knowledge
Risky business
Texas lottery must reform its practices,
be held responsible for overstated jackpots
Shark sightings close Sea Rim beaches
Where Do States Go From Here?
Worrisome numbers
'Other than Mexican' migrants routinely released
Tax cap passed because it was fought for
Mission Resources to sell oil fields
Arlington To Condemn Homes To Obtain Stadium Land
Despite official reassurances, young men starting to feel a draft
Group hopes to sell naming rights of library
Students enjoy education without pressure
Nutballs grasp reality more than Supreme Court
Texians History Tidbits
DeWitt Colony Flags 1700-1846
DeWitt Colony Papers
Early Days in Texas
OLD TEXAS DAYS
Sons of DeWitt Colony Texas
Payne Howard College Dormitory - 1910 - Brownwood, Texas
Famous Texians
Larry Hagman
Mary Martin
The Mystery
of the Lady in Blue
Hasinai Indian girl named Angelina
Kearie Lee Berry
Texan's Headline News:
July 5, 2005
Today in Texas History
July 05, 1901 John Henry Kirby  "Father of Industrial Texas," charters his lumber company.
July 05, 1838 Julian Pedro Miracle begins recruiting hostile Indians to join with Mexican forces in an attempt to reconquer Texas for Mexico. Miracle reached agreements with several Indian chiefs, but he died before he could act on the plan.
Today's Texian Headline News
SHARK SIGHTINGS PROMPT
BEACH CLOSURE IN TEXAS
UNHEALTHY LINK GROWS WITH FED DEPENDENCY
Fires threaten grasslands in West Texas
New queen kicks off Watermelon Thump
Lost Vietnam Pilot Identified For Longview Family
Legalized liquor has little community effect
Texas Supreme Court to review state school funding
New law likely to cut death sentences in Texas
The Texas Clemency Memos
Trade Growth Between Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo
Mexico's Fox Sends Forces to Border to Curb Surging Violence
East Texas Soldier Receives Purple Heart From D-Day Invasion
States balk at federal Medicare payments
Report calls for monitors to aid evacuation
Happy Independence Day
Tropical depression to hit Gulf Coast
Developer wins $5.8M judgment
Police seek to withhold beating allegations
Trees Need Water Too
Former El Paso Times staffer dies in a chain collision during dust storm
Gentleman friend should sign or move out
Dropout rates reports to include GEDs
Can heritage be shown without using feather?
Minutemen vow more activity
Brazilian weed clogging U.S. lakes, rivers
Texas is among areas trying to control fern since it can't root it out
A new stem cell niche - no kidneying around
Texas City man plops down 14,200 pennies
Texas lifts idling restriction, adds tarp requirement
Texians History Tidbits
OXFORD, TEXAS
AKA "Cat Town",
GRAPETOWN, TEXAS
AMMANNSVILLE, TEXAS
The Urrea Oaks
KENT COUNTY JAIL
Famous Texians
John Henry Kirby
John Kirby Allen
Glenn H. McCarthy
"King of the Wildcatters,"
Nina Vance
George Sessions Perry
Texian Culture
Upper Nasoni
Tracing a Pioneer Community in the
Texas Hill Country
Bonfire Shelter
The Deadly Visitor: Yellow Fever
Religion in Early Texas
Texan's Headline News:
July 4, 2005
Today in Texas History
July 04, 1883 The first recorded rodeo in Texas is held at Pecos.
July 04, 1845 The Texas Constitutional Convention votes to accept the United States annexation proposal. Not realizing the oppression and loss of sovereignty that was planned for Texas by the U.S.
Happy Independence Day
Texan's Headline News:
July 3, 2005
Today in Texas History
July 03, 1897 Blues singer  Blind Lemon Jefferson is born near Wortham.
July 03, 1931 The Red River Bridge Co., a private firm operating a toll bridge across the Red River between Denison, Texas, and Durant, Oklahoma, files for an injunction to prevent the opening of a free bridge between Texas and Oklahoma. The injunction sparks a political battle between Texas and Oklahoma that includes the deployment of both Texas Rangers and Oklahoma National Guard troopsto the bridge sites.
Today's Texian Headline News
New Generation Of Lenses Makes Evolutionary Leap
In Eliminating Need For Glasses
Prior ‘sexual,’ ‘assaultive’ behavior said to have gone unreported
High School Football Player Arrested
HOT-AIR BALLOONS
TAKE TO LONGVIEW SKIES THIS WEEK
'SWOOPERS' CONVERGE ON LAKE GLADEWATER JULY 10
LAKE FORK BOATER DIES
AFTER BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
The Texas attorney general's office has ruled that the
Chapel Hill Independent School District
must not release information
Petrochemical facilities record some sort of emergency
about once every three days
Missing girl found in good condition
News not all bad for Texas rancher with infected cow
Child predator on the loose in Killeen
Tyler Water Main Break
Launches Dirt And Brick Into The Air
Sinkhole Continues To Grow, Drill Site In Danger
Longview Storms Knock Power Out
Storms Down Trees, Power lines Across East Texas
Experts question anthrax lotion
Lawyer wants identities of TAB contributors
State Troopers Hurt in Texas Training
Man wanted in Texas found in Hooksett
Source Of Texas BSE Case Traced
Gay Vets Protest At Texas Capitol
Horse industry sees unbridled growth
Baylor has a new clinic to call its own
There's a Lotto lying going on at jackpot central
More cow confusion
Police Seek Slay Confession Radio Caller
"Catch and release' policy frees illegal immigrants
Summer in Texas does, indeed, feature huge hats
Texan's Headline News:
July 2, 2005
Today in Texas History
July 02, 1888 The Jaybird-Woodpecker feud starts in Fort Bend County.
July 02, 1716 The Spanish build a presidio west of the Neches River. It marks the beginning of continuous settlement in the province of Texas.
Today's Texian Headline News
FIREWORKS COMPANY UNDER FIRE
O'CONNOR LEAVING HIGH COURT
SINKHOLE ON FM 724 CONTINUES TO GROW
FOX FOUND IN SMITH COUNTY
TESTS POSITIVE FOR RABIES
LIGHT CRUST DOUGHBOYS MUSEUM
GETS $5,000 IN WOOD COUNTY FUNDS
Rays pose no threat to careful bathers
Woman's body found in barrel in Houston
Longview Man Struck By Lightning
Lightning Strike Puts Tyler Streets In Traffic Mess
Free Gun Locks
Lancaster rejects proposal to accept Wilmer-Hutchins kids
Texan Paul Wall shines in sea of rappers
Exhibit shows Texans' love affair with the Lone Star Flag
Southeast Texas Enters Critically Dry Stage
Brownsville-McAllen fastest growing cities in Texas
Waco 199th largest city in U.S.
Family learns fate of Texas woman who disappeared in 1977
Exxon wins nod for Texas gas terminal
Charity official has criminal record in Texas
Texas groups get grants for homeless veterans
Gas leak closes Westheimer west of Texas 6
Austin, Texas Airport Evacuated
'Accidental librarian' takes city helm
Luis Herrera has track record of making systems accessible
Attorneys behind silicosis suits draw U.S. judge's wrath
Houston legal firm fined;
order from bench says diagnoses made for the money
Brush fire encompasses 800 acres
Judges' sentencing affects overcrowded jails
First red light for Burnet County town
Health Net Hit With $117 Million Judgment in Fraud Case
Board says House tax plan would only benefit the rich
School plan irks senator
Shapleigh calls proposed increase a 'stealth tax'
USDA designates counties in Texas as agricultural disaster areas
Texas Cherokees bless part of new zoo exhibit
Heat won't wilt these plants
EDS settles class-action lawsuit
Texians History Tidbits
"Diddy Wa Diddy"
AKA JULIFF, TEXAS
Buried City
Hank's House
When "Airships" Invaded Texas
Texan's Headline News:
July 1, 2005
Today in Texas History
July 01, 1863 Hood's Texas Brigade joins in the fighting at Gettysburg.
July 01, 1873 The Texas & Pacific Railway begins service on the 125-mile stretch of tracks between Longview and Dallas.
Today's Texian Headline News
Nelson brings annual picnic back to Fort Worth
Texas sues Merck, alleging fraud related to Vioxx
Road closed due to suspicious package
Senate approves education reform plan
Head of lottery commission questioned about inflated jackpots
ACC police officers indicted
Man pleads guilty to deaths of Texas couple
Organ donation registry approved for Texas
Thursday Should Be A Scorcher, Forecasters Say
Ex-Priest Convicted in Texas Sex Assault
Texas teacher accused of enlisting students in fire plot
Rape suspect waives extradition to Texas
Feaster to be in Miss Texas Pageant
Relay for Life raises over $21,000
Texas' chair-tosser receives sentencing
A Texas-sized technology shootout
Fort Hood Captain Crowned
Mrs. Texas International
New Texas Shredding Law Goes Further Than Recent,
Highly-Publicized Federal Legislation
Tommy Spurlock Comes Home to Texas
Texas excess is not the lone source of
Lyle Lovett's song success
Lose In Texas, Win In D.C.?
BP sees quarterly profit hit from Texas blast settlement
West Texas Cattle Industry Hit Hard by Mad Cow Announcement
Texas REALTORS(R) Urge Legislation to Protect Private Property Owners in Texas
Feds expand Texas' September whitewing season
Medal Of Honor Winner Dies In Texas
Study Finds Dramatic Increase in Births to Immigrants in Texas
Attorney General Obtains First Southeast Texas Child Solicitation Conviction
U.S. judge called to be part of Texas jury
Spurs doctors to build surgical center and clinic for athletes
Texas business group documents give a new definition
to the term 'voter education'
A closer look at 'mad cow'
Texas Lottery chief could face punishment for inflated jackpots
Texas Troopers Will Be Keeping An Eye On Motorists
Over The Weekend
The distant scourge of polio part of Texas town's history
Woman pleaded guilty to murder in the decapitation slayings
of her three young children
Plant pathologists offer new perspective on oak wilt
Texas growers urged to watch for new whitefly
Francisco sentenced to work detail,
anger management classes
Texas creditors awarded $222 million in HMO case; La., Okla. claims next
Texas Governor's Remark Spurs T-Shirt Sales,
May Haunt Campaign
Michelle Shocked wears her life on her (album) sleeves
Police say alleged kidnapping a hoax
Lawmen charge 2nd man in rape of 11-year-old girl
Nonprofit group may close because of mishandled funds
JULY 'HOT' TIME FOR CAR THIEVES
FREDONIA RESIDENTS ALLOWED TO RETURN HOME
FORMER TEACHER'S AIDE INDICTED
ON CHARGES OF ASSAULTING CHILD
TYLER POLICE NEED HELP
LOCATING STALKING SUSPECT
FATHER QUESTIONS 911 CALL RESPONSE
HOUSTON CRIME LAB NEGLECTED FOR YEARS
FATHER OF TEEN WITH CANCER
CRITICIZES PROCEDURE
Ex-mayor disbarred
At least $50K taken from PTA fund
Man gets two years for molesting daughter
Sketch released of man seen with victim
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