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The Boy Scouts of America's national leadership will vote Thursday whether to allow openly gay Scouts in its ranks, a critical and emotionally charged moment for one of the nation's oldest youth organizations and its millions of members.

A 43-year-old man was sitting in his Range Rover with his wife in the 100 block of Grand Avenue when he was shot shortly before 7 p.m. near the Victoria's Secret store, Southlake Department of Public Safety Chief Stephen Mylett said.

As protesters made one last stand, the Boy Scouts of America's leadership began a conference Wednesday that was expected to culminate in a long-anticipated vote on whether to allow openly gay Scouts - a decision that, either way, could deeply affect the organization's membership and funding.

Councilman Eric Garcetti, who jammed with pop star Moby and fashioned himself as a voice for a new generation of city leaders, has opened a growing lead in the race for Los Angeles mayor with the pool of uncounted... The incoming mayor of Los Angeles was able to defeat a fellow Democrat by depicting her as a pawn of utility union bosses in a city ... (more)

The Boy Scout on the left is 17 and gay. Under proposed new rules to be voted on soon, he can be a member of the Boy Scouts of America.

Boy scouts and cub scouts hold signs at the "Save Our Scouts" Prayer Vigil and Rally in front of the Boy Scouts of America National Headquarters in Irving, Texas on Wednesday, Feb.

A bill awaiting Gov. Rick Perry's signature might not sound like a train whistle, but it's mighty important to rail in North Texas.

On May 7, the Keller City Council approved a resolution for a 20-month lease with the Texas House of Representatives for office space for Capriglione, who represents District 98 that includes all or some of Keller, Colleyville, Southlake and Grapevine.

National leaders of the Boy Scouts of America , headquartered in Irving, Texas, have proposed a new resolution on membership standards regarding homosexuality.

With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly gay boys can participate in Scout units.

Next Thursday, some 1,400 members of Boy Scouts of America's national council are expected to vote on the resolution seeking to revise the organization's membership policy on homosexuality at their annual meeting in Grapevine, Texas.

Lakewood Baptist Church of Gainesville announces the appointment of Jamie Willis as it students' pastor.

Keller City Council members are beginning to look at options for charging non-residents an extra fee to use the Keller Sports Park after they failed to get Fort Worth city officials to share the operating costs.

Police are looking for a missing 12-year-old child. Joshua Hernandez was last seen at Cross Timbers Middle School.

The initial phase of Lakeside DFW off Lake Grapevine in Flower Mound will have more than 53,000 square feet of retail space.

An FBI agent who told police in Virginia that he fatally shot his estranged wife last month has been charged in her death.

Walk at Grapevine Mills today to fight SjA gren's, an autoimmune disease that hurts 4 million Americans, from superstar Venus Williams to Cathy Ingels of Garland Tennis superstar Venus Williams has Sjogren's, an autoimmune disease that affects up to 4 million Americans, including many here in Texas.

He heads one of the oldest troops in the history of the Boy Scouts of America. Over several generations, scores of young men from Grapevine Boy Scout Troop 7 have participated in the high adventure that is trademark of the organization.

A new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds further public acceptance of gay rights in the United States, in areas ranging from the professional basketball court to the Boy Scouts, as well as the institution of marriage.

The Great Salt Lake Council of the Boy Scouts of America voted Wednesday to not take an official position on a proposed membership policy that would end the practice of discriminating youth members on the basis of sexual orientation.