Posted: 05/17/13 - WEST, Texas (AP) - People in a Central Texas town whose homes or businesses were destroyed in a deadly fertilizer plant explosion need a permit to tear down the structures. Read More

Posted: 05/17/13 - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - State officials say the Texas unemployment rate has remained steady for the third straight month at 6.4 percent. Read More

Posted: 05/17/13 - GRANBURY, Texas (AP) - Gov. Rick Perry will head to a North Texas city devastated by a tornado that left at least six people dead. Read More

Posted: 05/17/13 - GRANBURY, Texas (AP) - Authorities say residents who were missing in the wake of this week's destructive tornadoes in North Texas have been found safe. Read More

Posted: 05/17/13 - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Country star Randy Travis has filed a lawsuit to prevent two state agencies from releasing a patrol car video of his 2012 DWI arrest in North Texas. Read More

Posted: 05/16/13 - HOUSTON (AP) - Retail gasoline prices in Texas have risen 3 cents this week to reach an average $3.41 per gallon. Read More

Posted: 05/16/13 - EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) - An ex-municipal worker in South Texas has been sentenced to more than three years in prison over $68,000 in personal charges put on city credit cards. Read More

Posted: 05/16/13 - DALLAS (AP) - A second brother has pleaded guilty to robbing the same North Texas bank twice. Read More

Posted: 05/16/13 - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The House budget chief says a spending deal with the Senate remains elusive after a midnight goal of a compromise came and went with both sides still apart. Read More

Updated: 05/16/13 - CLEBURNE, Texas (AP) - The mayor of a North Texas community battered by a tornado has declared a local disaster as schools canceled classes amid the destruction. Read More