Huntsville News

In a first step toward creating a new regional network of health care for Texas' 156,000 convicts, the state prison board on Friday approved a $46.8 million contract with Huntsville Memorial Hospital.

GRAND RAPIDS -- The first -- and last -- time Steve Andrews had run 50 miles, he was 15.

Firefighters could be seen standing stunned staring at the flames as it overpowered the more than 100 firefighters from 17 cities.

CULTURAL EXPOSURE: For last year's festival, art was displayed at the Wynne Home, which provides cultural activities and programs for the Huntsville community.

Educational opportunities are available at the USA Gymnastics National Team Center in Huntsville, Texas, which is designated as the U.S. Olympic Training Site.

The new new endowment, called the Amato-Dudley Endowed Chair for the College of Business Administration, will be administered by the dean's office.

TRINITY A 10-year-old Trinity child was treated and released from a Huntsville hospital last week after being stuck by a passing car while getting off a school bus.

EVERYONE likes a good story - readers, writers, reporters and editors. And, yes, most newsmakers like good stories, especially if it's positive and about them.

Even with its small-town feel, Huntsville continues to offer unique tastes and a variety of choices for students and residents to escape the monotony of Taco Bell.

TAT IT UP. As an artist outside the tattoo industry, Theiler's personal style developed and embellished into bold statements parallel to Grimm's traditional style of bold lines and powerful colors.

SHSU will be bursting with this Cajun Country energy on Feb. 16, celebrating Fat Tuesday a week early during the 10th annual Cajun Mardi Gras Festival.

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Craig James says he will release his income tax returns.

The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has rejected a clemency petition that sought to keep convicted murderer Rodrigo Hernandez from the death chamber later this week in Huntsville.

The Huntsville Item is reporting that two shooting deaths over the weekend at a local nursing home have been ruled a murder-suicide. At about 11 a.m. Saturday, Frank Murray, 82, walked into a local nursing home where his wife, Haroldine Murray, 81, was a resident and shot her.

A Walker County jury has sentenced Cody Walters to 35 years in prison for a stabbing that happened on December 30, 2009 outside Shenanigans nightclub in Huntsville.

New research suggests about one out of seven Texas teenagers have tried the Choking Game.

"Dr. Patrick Nolan did a marvelous job of leading our museum for the past 19 years, building an excellent team and a solid foundation on which to build an outstanding program," said Frank Holmes, SHSU vice president for university advancement.

Houston area sky watchers are geared up for the descent of Russia's Mars probe Phobos- Grunt, which is headed to the Earth beginning on January 15, Sunday.

Red Dirt road warrior Blue Edmondson is set to take the stage at Iron Horse Pub on Saturday night to the delight of local fans.