6-20-05 AUSTIN (AP) - Governor Rick Perry has called lawmakers back for another special session starting tomorrow because they haven't been able to finalize an agreement on a school funding plan.

7-20-05 - Folks in one Ardmore neighborhood aren't happy about some potential neighbors. They're signing a petition to keep Alcoholics Anonymous from meeting in a house near 8th and Douglas...

7-20-05 - Storms that rolled through Texoma on Monday brought plenty of lightning along with the rain, but one strike killed five horses near Ardmore on Springdale Road. The rancher made the discovery.

7-20-05 - The babysitter convicted of killing a little girl years ago in Gainesville tried take her own life twice recently. Kim Stevens is now on intense suicide watch in the Cooke County Jail.

7-20-05 - A five-car pile-up on US highway 75 in Sherman may have been caused by two cars racing. The driver who is accused of being part of that actually took off, only to be caught moments later.

7-20-05 - Arson, vandalism, and burglary all hit the campus of Gainesville High School in one night, but the teenagers who did it were caught on tape. A storage building for the Electric Red Dance Team was...

The son of Oklahoma native and well-known oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens faces charges of securities fraud and of growing marijuana after his arrest in Nocona on Saturday.

US House Majority Leader Tom DeLay today said he'd vote to repeal the Wright Amendment that prohibits long-distance direct flights from Dallas' Love Field. A bill before Congress could be what flyers are asking for.

7-20-05 - Hurricane Emily has landed. Wind and rain are lashing the Brownsville-South Padre Island area as Hurricane Emily moves ashore about 80 miles to the south. The Category Three storm...

7-19-05 - Grayson County libraries scored a victory today with commissioners, winning approval to have funding levels from three years ago restored. After a public hearing, commissioners decided to...

7-19-05 - An inmate at the Bryan County jail is accused of going berserk inside a county courtroom on Monday. Twenty-eight-year-old Brandon Curnutte was being arraigned for a probation violation when he lost it.

7-19-05 - The Atoka County Jail Authority thought they had the solution to their jail problem when they hired a company called B-3 Detention Solutions, turns out B-3 is more of a problem than a solution.

7-19-05 - A nursing home owner was arrested Tuesday for stealing $10,000 from a 93-year-old Tishomingo woman. Fifty-one-year-old Bill Don Hix is the administrator and co-owner of the Hillcrest Nursing Home.

7-19-05 - A traveling replica of the Vietnam Memorial has arrived in Denison today amid much fanfare. Boxed inside a large truck for travel, it received a police, military and motorcycle escort.

7-19-05 - President Bush has nominated federal appeals court judge John Roberts for a seat on the Supreme Court. In a prime-time announcement from the White House, Bush said Roberts is "one of the best legal minds of his generation."

7-19-05 - A 33-year-old former Texas Lottery Commission employee is accused of defrauding retailers who sought licenses to sell lottery tickets. Victims included retailers in El Paso, Frisco, Tioga and Houston...

7-19-05 - A hurricane warning was issued today for the lower Texas Gulf Coast as Hurricane Emily approaches. The warning is in effect for Padre Island and coastal areas from Port Mansfield south to the Mexico border.

7-19-05 – A man, standing in a northbound lane of State Highway 99, died after he was struck by a car Monday night in Pontotoc County. Oklahoma Highway Patrol says Shelly L. Green of Fittstown died at the scene around 9:05 p.m.

7-19-05 - Summer days outdoors mean good old-fashioned outdoor cooking. But before firing up the grill, it’s important to know safe cooking practices.

7-19-05 - Nearly one day after the suspect in a Sherman murder case contacted KXII-TV, he has yet to surrender. Michael Dewayne Kimmel faxed a handwritten, 3-page letter at 5:30pm on Monday.

7-18-05 - A two-story house fire is being blamed on a lightning strike on the north side of Ardmore. It happened around 4:30pm off Majestic Hill Road. One was home when the lightning bolt hit, but escaped.

7-18-05 - A north Texas man is accused of murdering his brother and leaving the body under a Lamar County mobile home for almost a month. Authorities found 21-year old Jeffrey Daniel Gaines this weekend.

7-19-05 - Police have identified the victim in Monday's tragic accident in Durant. 20-month-old Toby Austin James was left in a parked car for over 3 hours by his mother. It will be up to the DA to file charges.

7-18-05 - A Madill man made a fatal mistake Monday morning when he leaned out of his father's pickup to spit. 28-year-old Wendell Muncrief Jr. was killed when he fell out of the truck and hit his head.

7-18-05 - Texas Rangers pitcher Kenny Rogers now has more than a 20-game suspension and $50,000 fine to worry about. The Rangers' lefty surrendered to authorities today after he was charged with misdemeanor assault in the shoving of two cameramen.