COMMERCE, Texas (AP) – An East Texas police chief has resigned almost two weeks after he was cleared of wrongdoing in the May 20 arrest of Miss Black Texas 2016. In a statement read to the Commerce City Council, Kerry Crews said he was resigning because of the stress and burden of the job since…… MORE
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Lance Armstrong Pre-Trial Antics Heat Up
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Lance Armstrong’s $100 million fraud trial is months away, yet his fight with the government and former teammate-turned-rival Floyd Landis is heating up. Armstrong wants to bar testimony and evidence, including the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency report that led to his downfall. Landis doesn’t want Armstrong telling jurors about his own doping…… MORE
Gerrymandering Texas leads GOP to House seats increase
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Voting districts drawn by Texas’ Republican-controlled Legislature helped the party win nearly four more U.S. House seats than it otherwise would have in the last election, which was more than any other state, an Associated Press analysis of the results of federal and state legislative races found. Gerrymandering, in which the…… MORE
Morning News: Brent Pfieffer and the Uber World Record
Did Stubie’s friend set an Uber world record for longest trip? We talked to him about a crazy ride he gave to some travelers.… MORE
Security Upgrades Added to Dallas Emergency Siren System
DALLAS (AP) – Officials in Dallas say they’ve completed security upgrades to the city’s outdoor sirens that will prevent the kind of “malicious activation” that caused the emergency system to blare across the city in April. Authorities said in a statement Monday that the city’s more than 150 sirens now have “constant encrypted communication.” They…… MORE