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Noe Thomas laughed and spun around in a mixture of large snowflakes and small raindrops outside Northside Elementary School on Friday afternoon as several schoolmates expressed glee at snow falling so close to Christmas.

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A fugitive featured in Manhunt Monday immediately turned himself in after seeing himself on TV.

Many Austinites are upset Austin police officer Leonardo Quintana was cleared of charges related to use of force in the death of Nathaniel Sanders II in May.

Sculptures like this one will be available for viewing at the UC and various locations throughout San Angelo for the month of November.

AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Friday, November 06, 2009 Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo called a former internal affairs detective "damaged goods" and fired him Wednesday for showing bias in favor of senior police officer Leonardo Quintana, who fatally shot Nathaniel Sanders II in May.

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An elected official has challenged federal regulators to halt what he calls an 'underhanded attempt' by Freeport LNG to circumvent a verbal agreement made with residents during the terminal's construction and bring big rigs carrying liquefied natural gas on the island.

No, the U.S. Coast Guard has not begun leasing out space at Station Freeport to beachgoing mobile home owners.

Texas' iconic federal Judge William Wayne Justice died Tuesday, Oct. 13, in Austin.

Freeport LNG has submitted a bolstered emergency response plan to federal regulators that includes land and marine evacuation points in the event of a liquefied natural gas leak, but a town leader says the plan still needs work.

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Stone Mountain Resources is just a 3-year-old, 12-employee company based in the Canadian oil capital of Calgary, but it's taking on an ambitious project as one of the pioneers drilling for natural gas in Canada's Horn River Basin, a remote, bitterly cold corner of far northeast British Columbia.

Volunteers picked up more than 51,175 pounds of trash from Brazoria County beaches last weekend as part of a statewide coastal cleanup effort, shattering a record set at this year's spring cleanup.

Hundreds of people from all over the Houston area picked up debris from the Brazoria County coastline Saturday as part of the Texas General Land Office's Adopt-A-Beach initiative, officials say.

On Tuesday, Travis County Court at Law No. 5 Judge Nancy Hohengarten dismissed the misdemeanor marijuana possession charge against Michael Franklin , who drove Nathaniel Sanders II and Sir Smith home on May 11, the night Sanders was shot and killed by APD Officer Leonardo Quintana .

Howdy! It's time to remind everyone that Saturday we are having our semi-annual beach cleanup.

A lot of excitement surrounded Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson's recent announcement of the biggest beach protection program in our state's history.

A divided City Council on Tuesday gave $200,000 to a local nonprofit to help train hundreds of low-income residents for jobs in health care, education and technology -- all areas of high need in El Paso.