Somerville News

Although two juries have sided with BNSF Railway Co. in separate lawsuits claiming chemicals in a railroad tie plant in Central Texas caused cancer, dozens of similar lawsuits will go forward, an attorney said.

Jurors deliberated for less than two hours Thursday before deciding against a Somerville man who blames his cancer on his former employer, Fort Worth-based BNSF Railway.

CreditAnswers, a debt management and settlement company, leased 31,000 square feet of office space from Adler Realty Investments Inc.

A 60-year-old Somerville man died Friday after the lawn mower he was riding was struck by a vehicle on Texas 36, just north of Somerville, authorities said.

New details in a Burleson County trial, alleging an area tie-plant caused a Somerville man's cancer.

For years after visiting a railroad tie manufacturing plant in Somerville, members of an industrial waste cleanup team used the plant as a reminder to wear safety equipment, a witness told jurors Friday.

Somerville resident Dennis Davis was an athletic and active 19-year-old when he began his career at the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co.

Jury selection in a lawsuit filed against owners of a railroad tie manufacturing plant in Somerville will enter its third day Wednesday.

The polluters who turned Somerville into the Toxic Town described in an award-winning Houston Press story may have had a good result in the first lawsuit they faced, but a second one -- beginning a week from today in the town of Caldwell in Burleson County -- may be different.

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The North Texas chapter of Safari Club International is hosting its 15th annual dinner, banquet and auction Saturday at Embassy Suites Outdoor World.

The case against a Brenham elementary school administrator who parents said went too far in punishing a 4-year-old student has been dropped, Washington County's district attorney said Friday.

Steven Vela caught this 13.6-pound largemouth bass from Lake Somerville March 4. The fish was 25.25 inches long and 21 inches in girth.

A mobile home in Burleson County was destroyed late Sunday night, though no one is believed to have been injured.

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The National Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory for Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Madison, Waller and Washington counties until 9:00 p.m. Tuesday evening.

Two men were killed early Monday morning in a one-vehicle accident in Madison County, officials said.

A fatal accident near Somerville claims the life of a 19 year old. Officials say Dillon Gene Powell of Lyons was driving east bound on county road 423 early Sunday morning when he lost control of his vehicle.

Brenham police are investigating whether an elementary school administrator went too far in punishing a 4-year-old student this week.

A convicted sex offender accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl last month in La Marque was arrested at a relative's home in Somerville, police said.