1 hr ago | Daily India
School chief needs second doctorate
A Texas school superintendent will earn a new doctorate after questions arose about the Ph.D. she received from a non-accredited foreign university.
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Three Austin area high schools ranked tops in nation
Three Austin area high schools have been ranked on the list of the top 100 high schools in the nation, as compiled by Newsweek magazine.
Sunday | MySA.com
Tex-Arcana: Aspect of state's frontier justice lives on: Judges without law degrees
“It's an old system in that regard”
Judge Roy Bean may have been the most famous non-lawyer judge in Texas history, and a vestige of his frontier justice is alive and well in modern-day Texas. via MySA.com
Sunday May 18 | Austin American-Statesman
Jarrell school district superintendent accused of nepotism
“We will do everything to represent her and work with the county attorney's office to get the right thing done.”
School Superintendent Jamie Mattison is contesting a misdemeanor citation related to the hiring of her sister as a school bus driver for the Jarrell school district. via Austin American-Statesman
Friday May 16 | KHOU-TV Houston
Texas unemployment drops in April
The Texas unemployment rate dropped to 3.9 percent in April. It's the lowest unemployment rate the state's labor force has seen for April since 1979. via KHOU-TV Houston
Thursday May 15 | KXAM-TV Austin
Man killed in construction accident in Georgetown
An Austin man was killed at a construction site in Georgetown this morning when he was pinned between a building and a fork lift. via KXAM-TV Austin
Thursday May 15 | Boxing Blog
HBO's late-night boxing series presents a trio of emerging young stars in the toughest tests of their careers when HBO BOXING AFTER DARK: YURIORKIS GAMBOA VS. via Boxing Blog
Thursday May 15 | KRISTV.COM Corpus Christi
Father and son sent to prison for killing family rival
“I did it, not my son. I shot him. I was tired of them (messing) with us.”
A father and son have each been sentenced to decades in prison for killing a family rival at a summer barbecue last year. via KRISTV.COM Corpus Christi
Wednesday May 14 | KRISTV.COM Corpus Christi
Officials tell of incriminating statements
“I had a good thing going in Texas. One mistake ruined my whole life.”
Within hours of his arrest, a suspect in a cross-country killing spree offered details about murders and shootings in Texas, Pennsylvania and other states, law officers testified. via KRISTV.COM Corpus Christi
Tuesday May 13 | Houston Chronicle
Polygamist sect couple allowed to visit their children
“We had solid proof, including state-issued documents”
A couple from a polygamist sect can have daily visits with their three children and in 10 days will have a hearing to decide their custody, a San Antonio judge said, breaking them out of the terms of temporary ... via Houston Chronicle
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