COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) – A charity that trains service dogs for disabled veterans has commissioned a statue of the late George H.W. Bush’s service dog for the 41st president’s library. America’s VetDogs has commissioned sculptor Susan Bahary to create the bronze statue of Sully for placement in the east wing of the George H.W.…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – Police say they’re looking for three suspects in the fatal shooting of an armored car guard during a holdup in northwestern Houston. A police statement says the Thursday afternoon shooting happened outside a Popeye’s restaurant. Investigators say Francis Hazzard, a 68-year-old guard with Loomis Cash Handling Co., had just emerged from the…… MORE
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) – A judge in Texas has ordered another mental evaluation for a former Santa Fe High School student accused of opening fire on campus in a 2018 attack that left 10 people dead and 13 wounded. The Galveston County Daily News reports the judge on Tuesday also issued a gag order in…… MORE
The U.S. Border Patrol said workers were installing steel rebar at a site south of Donna, a small city in South Texas’ Rio Grande Valley. The rebar will reinforce concrete panels that will in turn be topped with 18-foot (5.5-meter) steel bollards. Crews will also clear vegetation 150 feet (45 meters) in front of the…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Former Republican Rep. Pete Sessions’ road back to Congress was already off to a rough start even before a federal indictment appearing to link him to a campaign finance scheme and the Ukraine scandal at the heart of the impeachment inquiry. Sessions spent 22 years in Congress but lost his seat…… MORE