MIAMI — It was the biggest postseason win in Miami Heat history, and the biggest postseason loss in Chicago Bulls history.

The Flour Bluff NJROTC team, which was crowned grand national champion, returned home Wednesday.

WILLIS — Chris Platt has bad news for his competition at this weekend’s UIL State Track and Field Championships.

DEAR ABBY: My partner and I have been together 23 years and his parents have embraced me as one of their own. A few years ago, we bought his mother a beautiful diamond cocktail ring for Mother’s Day.

Texas Insurance Commissioner Eleanor Kitzman told us she loves her job, wouldn't change a thing and feels it is what she was made to do. But in Texas politics, love may not be enough to get the 21 Senate votes she needs to be confirmed.

Editor’s note: Today’s guest post comes from Lu Quast, a lawyer, educator and cancer activist, in honor of Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. Early detection of ovarian cancer can be extremely difficult. If you’re a woman, or there’s a woman you love in your life, you’ll want to know about this. Read on: Check out the lights on Houston City Hall this week. They’re a beautiful color of teal! They’ll remain teal for the entire week first of September, so look at them now. Check out televised sessions of City Council, too, and you’ll see some of its members wearing teal on September 7th, National Wear Teal Day. Why all the [...]

A pair of local church organizations will be celebrating new expansions to their facilities this month with several groundbreaking ceremonies.

HOUSTON — The Houston Astros have hit five homers and scored a total of 14 runs in their last two games.

LYTLE, Texas — A school board election for a South Texas district has been decided by one vote.

WASHINGTON — The seasoned diplomat who penned a highly critical report on security at a U.S. outpost in Benghazi, Libya, defended his scathing assessment but absolved then-Secretary of State Hillary R

Cali Lanphear knows how to hit home runs. So, too, does Nicole Morgan.

When sales tax revenue in The Woodlands Township and its economic development zone increased 16 percent in 2012, township Chairman Bruce Tough didn’t anticipate similar growth to occur in 2013.

HUNTSVILLE — A Houston man condemned for the slaying of a police officer shot while trying to handcuff him during a car theft arrest 14 years ago was put to death Wednesday evening.

WASHINGTON — Senior Internal Revenue Service officials knew agents were targeting tea party groups as early as 2011, according to a draft of an inspector general’s report obtained by The Associated Pr

By Ron Saikowski / Wine WalkWe celebrate moms this Sunday as an official Hallmark celebration. Each day should be a celebration of all that mom has done for us. She carried us as we grew, becoming big