Austin man arrested for DWI, admits to smoking embalming fluid

Around 9 p.m. on January 11, police responded to a welfare check on a suspect vehicle that was reported to be driving erratically at the 2000 block of Manor Road. 

Texas online gamer saves UK teen who had seizure

A British teen who had a seizure while playing an online game with a Texas woman earlier this month was reportedly saved when his opponent alerted first responders from thousands of miles away.

Video captures teacher appearing to abuse special needs boy

Surveillance video of a teacher appearing to shove and even kick a special needs student is raising alarm at Lamar Consolidated Independent School District in Rosenberg.

Parents of toddler taken in car theft appear in court

Kimberley Cook, 21, and Anthony Blue, 29, are both charged with abandoning a child with intent to return.

Court documents: Lori Vallow's brother threatened to kill her 3rd husband in Texas

It's now been six weeks since authorities say a mother who moved her kids from Arizona to Idaho lied about the children's whereabouts and refuses to cooperate.

Horse euthanized after it was found emaciated in Navasota

The Navasota community is upset when photos surfaced of an emaciated horse trapped with barbed wire around one of its legs. Other horses in the community are also in poor condition.

Houston Astros GM Jeff Luhnow, manager AJ Hinch fired after MLB's investigation into 2017 cheating

The Houston Astros General Manager Jeff Luhnow and manager A.J. Hinch have been fired by the team following Major League Baseball’s investigation into the camp's cheating during the 2017 championship season

Licensed gun carrier shoots, kills suspect during armed robbery attempt at cookout in Dallas

Dallas police say a man who was licensed to carry a handgun fatally shot one of three suspects who tried to rob people who were having a cookout at a Dallas home late Friday night.

Houston Astros’ Carlos Correa raises money to help those affected by earthquakes in Puerto Rico

Correa, a native of Puerto Rico, is raising money through his nonprofit, the Correa Family Foundation. As of 4:30 p.m. Saturday, the foundation has raised $12,403 of the $20,000 goal.

Texas governor to reject new refugees, first state to do so under Trump administration

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the state will reject the resettlement of new refugees, becoming the first state known to do so under a recent Trump administration order.

Texas man charged with murder of baby put in backpack, left in trunk: police

A West Texas man accused of putting his girlfriend’s 10-month-old daughter in a backpack and leaving her in a car trunk for five hours was charged Wednesday with capital murder.

Man arrested after allegedly beating stolen horse in Brookshire

The Brookshire Police Department says a man who was wanted for allegedly beating and punching a stolen horse was taken into custody in Austin County.

Man allegedly assaults girlfriend for saying his fart ‘smelled horrible’

A man was arrested on Sunday for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend after she complained that his fart “smelled horrible,” police in Wichita Falls say.