Giddings News

The National Transportation and Safety Board have closed the investigation of a deadly Central Texas plane crash without offering many answers.

June 27, 2008, 10:42PM THE WELL * Cameron has been awarded a contract worth about $100 million to supply subsea trees to Petrobras for use in their Campos Basin developments off Brazil.

Petroleum exploration firm South Texas Oil Co. is relocating its corporate headquarters from Bastrop to San Antonio.

Apache Corp. of Houston has filed for permits to horizontally drill two wells in the Giddings field.

Lower Colorado River Authority directors, facing higher fuel costs to run their power plants, will meet today to decide whether to raise wholesale power rates to municipal customers, a move that will probably ...

Burleson County officials on Monday released the identity of a 22-year-old man who drowned in Lake Somerville over the weekend.

I feel a little guilty writing about Snow's BBQ here. Texas Monthly has already made life hectic enough for this tiny place by naming it the best barbecue joint in the state in its June edition.

MasTec said it bought Pumpco , which specializes in oil and gas pipeline construction, for $44 million plus a five-year earnout.

The Apache Corp. of Houston has filed for a permit to horizontally drill the No.

Georgetown Police Officer Jimmy Fennell's guilty pleas to kidnapping and improper sexual activity with a woman in his custody Tuesday could play a role in the appeal process of convicted murderer Rodney Reed.

Now that a 29-year-old man is in Lee County Jail in Giddings on suspicion of aggravated robbery and evading arrest, officials can use his name.

Discussions on limiting the tradition of Texas House members voting for absent colleagues digressed Wednesday into talk of pantyhose and petticoats and the potty practices of men and women.

With the truck's air conditioner set at 60 degrees and his staple Diet Mountain Dew within reach, Bob Cole, 51, surveys a mile-long to-do list.

“The Global Oil Flow Compressor minimizes downtime, increases oil flow production and increases the life of the wells”

Caldwell, Texas; The Austin Chalk is a play that has been reinvigorated since 1990, with the advent of horizontal drilling. via PR-inside.com

AKG Operating LLC of Austin has filed for a permit to drill the No. 2 Marlin Unit in the Giddings field. via Theeagle.com

A Corpus Christi man is in custody after he allegedly robbed a Lee County bank. Around 2 p.m. Tuesday, authorities say Prosperity Bank in Dime Box was robbed by a man with a handgun. via KBTX-TV Bryan

“They just ran around like, well, kids.”

More than 70 inmates at a juvenile prison in Giddings ran out of dorms and climbed into trees or atop buildings in a disturbance that ended early today. via KLTV Tyler

“The state's theory that whoever had sex with [Ms. Stites] killed her was flawed from the very beginning”

Jurors sentenced Rodney Reed to death after DNA evidence showed he'd had sex with 19-year-old Stacy Stites, found strangled in the brush off a remote country road. via Dallas Morning News

Alpha Delta Pi sorority freshman Paige Halamicek performs as Grumpy Bear and Alpha Delta Pi sorority senior Julia Hornaday performs as Celebration Bear in their skit 'Who Cares About the Care Bears Anyways?' on ... via The Maneater

You can always find lots of unusual things for sale on ebay. But you won't find any nuttier item than one from Giddings. via KBTX-TV Bryan