Urban rail, Austin's long-planned antidote to increasing traffic congestion in and near downtown, is finally coming into focus, with the Transportation Department recommending on Thursday a first phase that would run from the Austin Convention Center to Mueller, passing through the Capitol complex and the University of Texas.

The Convention and Visitor Bureau’s monthly Art in the Window Showcase highlighted the work of local artist Percy Hall, whose abstracts mostly relate to religious subjects, he said.

A Cuban national living in Harlingen was arrested by federal agents as he tried to enter the U.S. at an international bridge in Brownsville According to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection press release, a CBP at the Gateway International Bridge...

SYRIA Opposition umbrella group falling apart Syria's main opposition council is crumbling from infighting.

MIDLAND A 47-year-old Odessa man has been sentenced Thursday to eight years in prison after he was found guilty Wednesday on four counts of indecency with a child.Edward Fernandez Medrano, 3700 Merrill Ave., was sentenced Thursday to three years each...

The body of a 42-year-old man is being sent to Tarrant County for an autopsy after his body was discovered Wednesday morning south of Bell and Fulton Street, a press release stated. Humberto Villanueva had last contacted his supervisor at about 9:50...

A 23-year-old man was arrested after El Paso County sheriff deputies allegedly found multiple packets of cocaine in his car during a traffic stop in the Lower Valley.

Two men were transported to Medical Center Hospital after an 18-wheeler went airborne off Interstate 20 and landed on the road below the overpass early Thursday morning. Keith Aaron Davis, the driver of the 18-wheeler was listed in “serious”...

Meredith Lucio has done her fair share of curtain calls as an actress. But now the Tony Awards are calling for Lucio, a producer on "Porgy and Bess," which received 10 nominations, including Best Revival.

An Air Force colonel with Austin ties is receiving two Distinguished Flying Cross medals today at the Pentagon for his bravery and heroism while in action in Afghanistan.

RIO HONDO — City officials will recount ballots today to determine the winner in Saturday’s City Commission Place 5 election. Saturday’s vote count showed former City Commissioner Joe Lopez won by a one-vote margin, 150 votes, to incumbent...

San Angelo Broadway Academy's youths were born decades after the civil rights movement put an end to racial segregation, but with the theater's latest production, "Hairspray" — and its depiction of discrimination's prevalence during the 1960s — 80 children and teenagers are experiencing one of the most turbulent times in U.S. history.

The Academic, Clinical and Student Affairs Committee of the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents on Thursday considered some name changes at Tech and the University Health Sciences Center.

Included in the committee’s discussion were changes to the name of a college, the name of a department and a merger of two departments.

If approved at today’s meeting of the board, the College of Mass Communications would be called the College of Media and Communications.

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