Ground beef pulled from East Texas shelves (The Marshall News Messenger)

3 July 2008, 7:52 pm

East Texas Kroger stores are among those included in a 20-state voluntary recall of ground beef that may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria, the company reported.... read more

Permit approved for new SWEPCO plant; Texas customers will share cost (The Marshall News Messenger)

3 July 2008, 7:51 pm

The Public Utility Commission of Texas has granted a request by AEP/Southwestern Electric Power Co. that will allow the company to increase Texas customers' bills to help pay for a power plant planned in Southwest Arkansas.... read more

East Texas inmate steals police truck transporting him (Houston Chronicle)

3 July 2008, 7:16 pm

An East Texas inmate made a brief getaway after jumping behind the wheel of the police pickup that was transporting him.... read more

After 15 Years, DNA Frees Texas Man (ABC News)

3 July 2008, 3:57 pm

Texas man spent more than 15 years in prison for kidnapping and robbery.... read more

Texas man freed by DNA after 15 years in prison (AP via Yahoo! News)

3 July 2008, 3:29 pm

A Texas man who spent more than 15 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of kidnapping and robbery raised both arms skyward and collapsed in his mother's embrace Thursday after being told he was a free man.... read more

Climatologist: Much of Texas in drought (UPI)

3 July 2008, 2:01 pm

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 3 (UPI) -- At least half of Texas is locked in a severe drought that shows no signs of breaking in the near future, the state climatologist says.... read more

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