Report: #Texas public universities 'dropout factories'
Those include the University of Houston-Downtown, where just 13 percent of students earn a degree within six years, and Texas Southern University, which the report calls one of the nation's "worst...
View ArticleExecution halted for #Texas accomplice who wasn't triggerman
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A court halted the execution of a Texas man who was scheduled to die for a fatal 1996 robbery in which he wasn't the person who pulled the trigger. The Texas Court of Criminal...
View Article#Texas researchers on front line of battle to stop Zika spread in USA
Researchers at Texas A&M University-San Antonio collect and count Aedes ... the Aedes aegyptiprefers human environments and human blood and has populated the southern Gulf States, she said. Wise de...
View ArticleHow an SMU law #Student and #President Obama saved a Fort Worth inmate from...
A North Texas woman who expected to die in federal prison has been enjoying newfound freedom, thanks to a former Southern Methodist University law student and President Barack Obama. Sharanda Jones...
View ArticleFCA Corp TX Has $298,000 Position in Norfolk Southern Corp. (NSC)
FCA Corp TX held its stake in Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE:NSC) during the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 3,500 shares of the railroad operator’s stock at the end of the...
View ArticleAlcorn State Braves Unveil Loaded 2016-17 Schedule
Southwestern Athletic Conference action starts Monday, Jan. 2 when the Braves host Texas Southern, followed by Prairie View A&M Wednesday, Jan. 4. SWAC play will feature a double round robin format...
View ArticleTSU: Michael Haywood returns to Houston to rebuild Tigers
Followers of the Texas Southern football program are hoping the hire of a head coach with Houston roots will make the team relevant again. To continue reading this story, you will need to be a digital...
View ArticleEast #Texas volunteers assist in southern Louisiana flood recovery
Members of an East Texas Baptist church and a Baptist disaster relief organization departed Wednesday morning to help those ravaged by historic flooding in southern Louisiana. The members left from...
View Article#Football P#Review: Prairie View A&M
The Panthers emerged from the infamous losing streak decades ago to winning the 2009 SWAC championship, but the real sign that the program has made a full recovery will be unveiled when they host Texas...
View ArticleWEST #Texas RESOURCES : Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial...
Stansell Field We hold a 1% working interest in an oil prospect located in Floyd County, Texas. The working interest comprises 15,000 leased acres in the southern section of the Palo Duro basin. The...
View ArticleThe Red River: The Wars for the Southern Plains
When the Texas joined the Union in 1845 ... one for the Comanche and Kiowa and one for the Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho. The government agreed to furnish housing, goods, services and food for thirty...
View ArticleSouthern nears permit for 920 MW #Texas peaking power plant
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality posted to its website on Aug. 19 a notice dated Aug. 15 that said it is close to a decision on a Southern Power application for a Greenhouse Gas Prevention...
View ArticleVolleyball P#Review: #Texas Southern
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Following a third-straight division-winning season that ultimately ended just shy of a Southwestern Athletic Conference championship, Texas Southern enters 2016 looking to get over...
View ArticleHistories of TSU and UH marked by segregation
The precursors to the University of Houston and Texas Southern University were started in the 1920s, as a segregated college system when the Houston school district launched two junior colleges: One...
View ArticleEast #Texas volunteers assist in southern Louisiana flood recovery
Members of an East Texas Baptist church and a Baptist disaster relief organization departed Wednesday morning to help those ravaged by historic flooding in southern Louisiana. The members left from...
View ArticleSaltine in Southern Living and Playtime Entertainment
based magazine Southern Living recently named Jackson chef Jesse ... State St., Suite 100) will travel to Dallas, Texas, to participate in a food-and-wine festival called Chefs for Farmers, which will...
View Article#Texas to Southern New Mexico
Planning a possible trip from West Texas to Southern New Mexico in December...yep, I'm crazy!!! Want to do some routes through Big Bend then out out west to the Mojave. Have about 10 days, maybe as...
View ArticleThe EPA’s the Latest to Link North #Texas Quakes to Oil & Gas Activity
Last year, a Southern Methodist University seismology team released a report that declared that recent earthquakes in and around Azle in North Texas were “most likely” caused by oil and gas operations...
View Article#Football P#Review: #Texas Southern
Texas Southern is hoping Michael Haywood can duplicate the turnaround that he orchestrated at his previous head coaching stop. In his only other head coaching stint at Miami (Ohio), Haywood followed up...
View ArticleThe Federal Government Is Trying To Grab 140 Square Miles Of Private Land In...
Texas). In that case, the Supreme Court defined the boundary between the state of Texas and the federal property as the “southern gradient boundary” of the Red River and defined that boundary as the...
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