Texas

Derrick Gordon, a Texas man is lying in a Houston hospital in a coma, after being struck by a vehicle on July 31.

A suburban Dallas man used a razor blade to slit his throat moments after a judge sentenced him to 40 years in prison.

Soul and R&B singer Erykah Badu has paid a fine and will serve six months probation for stripping off her clothes to film a music video Dallas, Texas, at the site where former President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, a city official said on Tuesday.

With a strong voice and the memories that come from experience, William McDonald shared with East Texans about a world that once was.

Texas schools need to hire more black and Hispanic teachers, especially as the enrollment of minority students continues to rise, experts said.

From CNN: A University of Texas at Austin student dormitory named after a man prominent in the Ku Klux Klan in the 1800s may soon have its name changed, university officials said.

The Texas Republican Party, that bastion of tolerance, goodwill and forward thinking, just released its policy platform.  I can’t say I was surprised by the contents therein, but nevertheless, I was taken aback by the stunning absurdity emanating from a “mainstream” political party.  And they run the state!  Of course, these were the folks who […]

By Stephanie Robinson: Well, it’s truly a holiday weekend, folks! Of course, on Sunday, we pay tribute to the fathers in our lives, biological or not, who have played a role in shaping us, guiding us, influencing us, or just being there at important moments along the way.

DALLAS (AP) — Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young received a misdemeanor assault citation after getting into a fight at a Dallas strip club and leaving before authorities arrived early Sunday, police said.

From AOL News: AUSTIN, Texas — In 1954, the University of Texas named a dorm after William Stewart Simkins, who taught law there for three decades. Simkins has been dead for more than 80 years but now his past — as a leader of the Ku Klux Klan — has come back to haunt the […]