According to the TEA's Web site, the main advantage of a vertical scale is the ability to interpret year-to-year growth as demonstrated by scale score...

The Killeen Food Care Center said volunteers are the backbone of its operation, especially since more people need its services, and fewer have made...

"We're already recognizing the shortage and yet for some of these specialties it takes 12 to 14 years for some of them to get out," Texas A&M HSC President Nancy Dickey said. "The state Legislature...

Austin celebrated Adoption Day Thursday and judges awarded 33 children in state custody a permanent home, and new parents said it's a day they'll never...

As of Sunday, citations are being sent out to any drivers caught running red lights at three traffic hot spots in Hutto. Police said about 500 warnings went out within a five week...

L.T. Lady Cavs fall to Dallas Highland ParkIn Class 4A volleyball semifinal action, the Lady Cavs came up just short against Dallas Highland Park, falling...

ARLINGTON -- Rangers pitchers John Bannister and Willie Eyre have made considerable progress in their comebacks from Tommy John elbow reconstruction...

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Thursday night.Brittainey Raven scored 15 of her 19 points in the second half for the Longhorns (4-0), who took command with a 33-9 run in the first 15 minutes of the...

ARLINGTON -- The Rangers traded offensive-power potential for speed and defensive potential in a swap of former No. 1 Draft picks with the Phillies on...

The Round Rock Express unveiled their new ten year anniversary logo. Express founder and CEO Reid Ryan unveiled the logo and reflected on the memories of a decade of...

Hill is a three time All American and All State swimmer. Hill won the silver medal at the UIL swim meet last season and was also a regional...

Former Texas Attorney General Jim Mattox has died, according to Associated Press news reports. Mattox, a Democrat, was Texas Attorney General in the 1980s. The Associated Press quoted a family...

The Austin City Council today postponed indefinitely a resolution to establish a policy and general criteria under which it will consider developers’ requests to create public improvement...

The city of Austin is proposing to create a tax increment financing reinvestment zone to pay for public improvements for the Seaholm redevelopment project. The city council is scheduled to conduct a...

The city of Austin today approved a resolution requesting that the Texas legislature and governor appropriate $200 million annually to the Texas Rail Relocation and Improvement Fund during the 2009...

The heated debate about how evolution should be taught in Texas schools surfaced again Wednesday morning and was still going strong by Wednesday...

Unfortunately, almost everyone is acquainted with someone who is dealing with or has died from a terminal illness. When people are told they have a terminal illness, they and their loved ones are...

Cellnet Technology to offer two-way meter reading capability. The contract was originally approved in 2002 for one-way meter reading services, 60,000 new meters and 63,000 radio units for existing...

named Jim Walker to serve as chairman for a second term in 2009. Walker is the executive director of the Central Texas Sustainability Indicators project, which covers Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis...

for a program that promotes healthy, safe teen relationships. The Robert Woods Johnson Foundation is distributing $18 million to nonprofits under a four-year initiative focused on preventing...

Single-family home sales in the Austin area fell 25 percent in October compared with the same month last year, and October’s active listings rose 5 percent from the same time last year,...

’s current international headquarters are in Mountain View, Calif., and the company will move into 7,000 square feet of leased space in South Austin in early 2009. Setcom will create 22 new...

HOUSTON -- No reason has been given by trustees at Baylor College of Medicine for their dismissal of Peter Traber as president -- ending a turbulent five-year...

HOUSTON -- Another spacewalk is planned Thursday outside the international space station, and the lead spacewalker is promising to keep closer watch on the...

UNDATED -- Authorities count hundreds of Amber Alert cases nationwide as success stories. They said that's why the media-friendly and politically popular bulletins are so...

AUSTIN -- The State Board of Education has given preliminary approval to a measure that would allow high school athletes to get four credits toward their graduation requirement for playing sports for...

ATLANTA -- A new study suggests that banning fast-food ads on TV could reduce the number of obese young children by 18 percent, and the number of obese older kids by 14...

For 23-year-old Blake Yowell, skating at Waco's skate park is always a reminder that dreams can become a reality. And saying that he's taken a slight ownership to the of the skate park project isn't...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA couldn't have staged it any better: 10 people in orbit for Thursday's 10th anniversary of the world's most elaborate and expensive housing...

"President-elect Obama has clearly stated he's in favor of restriction on gun ownership, and claims he's fully supporting Second Amendment rights, but his actions and what he's shown with...

Authorities in southern California said a bonfire built by a group of college students caused a wildfire that destroyed more than 200 homes, injuring more than two dozen...

Recycle America will take and recycle unwanted electronic devices at no cost next month. The companies are inviting Austin-area residents and businesses to recycle any brand of used or outdated...

Photo by John Anderson The most important responsibility of Texas' elected comptroller is to see that "tax dollars are being spent wisely," says Carole Keeton Strayhorn, who was elected to the post...

A record crowd of 4,324 saw Destinee Hooker rack up 24 kills as the fourth-ranked Horns sent the third-ranked Huskers back to Lincoln, Nebraska with just their second loss of the...

We've seen the bond Coach Muschamp has built with the Longhorns in less then one full season with the program, and not surprisingly, the players were all about keeping keeping him in the U-T...

By now you know the nuts and bolts. U-T Director of Athletics DeLoss Dodds announced Tuesday that not only will the madcap Muschamp remain in Austin, but he'll do so for quite some time, one day...

Killeen is working to develop economic growth through small businesses, and community members said they're ready to learn during Global Entrepreneurship...

Illustration by Jason Stout When visitors come to town, they search out uniquely Austin places to nosh, hear live music, and spend. Vacationers want the fun-and-funky experience of shopping at Room...

Photo by John Anderson Two years ago, when Rep. Brian McCall, R-Plano, considered challenging House Speak­er Tom Craddick, he was criticized by fellow Republicans for being "the Democrat...

Photo by Sandy Carson Daniel Bryant strikes a quiet-spoken and rather bookish figure. A nuclear medical technician, he's thinking about attending law school. Looking at him, you wouldn't expect that...

Photo by John Anderson "At the risk of sounding dramatic, this is a landmark week in Austin music," declared Live Music Task Force Chair Paul Oveisi, who also owns Momo's on Sixth Street. "We have an...

Harris County District Attorney Kenneth Magidson said Wednesday the ex-cheerleaders restrained several junior varsity cheerleaders, blindfolded them, bound their hands and pushed them into a swimming...

Authorities are looking for Jewel Noel Klein, 6, and suspect Tonya Renee Martin, 41. Martin was last heard from in Spring Branch. She drives a blue Hyandai Sonata with Texas license plate number...

Earlier this month the Texas Border Coalition blasted the government for offering to tour the fence sites with coalition members, but not property owners. At the time, Pagan wrote to the coalition...

Two key measures of the housing market show that the sector is a long way from ending its historic slump, but the South showed slight improvement. A new report from...

expects global semiconductor sales to fall next year for the first time since 2001. According to the San Jose, Calif.-based association's annual forecast, 2008 sales will increase 2.2 percent, or...

Introgen Therapeutics Inc. is getting knocked from the Nasdaq Global Market to the Nasdaq Capital Market. The Austin-based biopharmaceutical company has been out of compliance with Nasdaq rules and...

The Texas Parks & Wildlife Foundation has received a $250,000 donation from the Wal-Mart Foundation to help fund a new watershed restoration initiative that will focus initially on the Colorado...

. Nearly nine out of 10 respondents say market turmoil will affect company executive compensation over the next six months, according to the New York compensation consultancy, which surveyed 410...

VICTORIA -- A 67-year-old man who was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease wandered into Mexico twice before he was found about 400 miles from the Texas border on...