AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A working group of Texas senators has recommending boosting spending on women's health programs across the state.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The top law enforcement official in Texas has told lawmakers that state troopers will no longer shoot from helicopters unless they're under fire.

HOUSTON (AP) - Officials acknowledge the state paid nearly $3.4 million in unemployment benefits to Texans behind bars over the last four years.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - An Oklahoma House subcommittee has advanced a proposal to make qualifying for food stamps more difficult.

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - The House Public Safety Committee passed the proposal Wednesday to make it easier for Oklahoman to renew their drivers license.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Authorities say a medical helicopter has crashed in Oklahoma City, killing two people and injuring a third.

GRAYSON CO., TX-Texas senators are challenging the state's standardized testing system saying too many students fail the new State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness test. Results from the test, also known as STAAR have just been released.

OKLAHOMA -- Oklahoma's incarceration statistics are staggering: the state ranks fourth nationally for incarcerated men and first for incarcerated women.

BRYAN COUNTY, OK -- What authorities say started as a domestic assault in Bennington, ended with two people shot and killed this afternoon.

Police say a woman and her granddaughter trapped a man trying to burglarize their home - and held him until police arrived.

CALERA, OK -- A Calera man is arrested for child sexual abuse.

A group of Denison volunteers are walking the downtown streets, picking up trash and looking for ways to improve the overall experience.

GRAYSON COUNTY, TX -- The Grayson County Sheriff's Office has released video of a man they say robbed the Shamrock station in Pottsboro Wednesday.

PARIS, TX -- A Paris man appeared in court Thursday, charged with murdering his wife.

SHERMAN, TX - Sherman police say a man wanted for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon turned himself in to police Thursday afternoon.

BENNINGTON, OK - Two people are dead after a domestic dispute turned tragic Thursday afternoon at a home in eastern Bryan County.

MIAMI (AP) - A couple are hoping to obtain class-action status for a lawsuit they've filed against Carnival Cruise Lines following an engine-room fire that stranded a ship for days in the Gulf of Mexico.

GARLAND, Texas (AP) - Police say a 3-year-old Dallas-area boy has died after being shot in the head while at his home.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma emergency management and road officials say they're ready as a second round of wintry weather moves into the state.

POTTSBORO, TX - Grayson County investigators are looking for a man who they say, stole lottery tickets from the Pottsboro Shamrock Gas Station.

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A federal appeals court has refused to halt the scheduled Thursday evening execution of a Texas man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend by tossing a cup of gasoline on her and then setting her on fire.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - A shoeshine man has given a Pittsburgh children's hospital a total of more than $200,000 in tips he's collected over the last 30 years.

DUNCAN, Okla. (AP) - Authorities say a worker was seriously injured when he was crushed by a platform at an oil well site in Stephens County.

DURANT, OK - 5 of 7 people involved in a deadly car accident in Bryan County over the weekend, have been released from various hospitals.

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - A bill created by Oklahoma State Senator Frank Simpson was unanimously approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee today.