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Offer condolences 1945-2013 John Randall "Randy" Davenport, 68, of Friendswood passed away on Friday, Nov. 22, 2013, in Webster.

The totals show Texas produced crude oil at the rate of 2.7 million barrels per day during September, the highest average since federal officials began keeping monthly records in January 1981 and a 30 percent increase over September 2012, the Houston Chronicle reported.

A blast of arctic air is headed for Texas, promising at least days of subfreezing temperatures and wintry precipitation in much of northern and western Texas.

Macey Meriggi CBS 7 News mmeriggi@cbs7.com December 3, 2013 Healthcare.gov has caused headaches for many Americans since it's launch in October.

A West Texas judge has denied a reduction in bond for the father of a baby whose body was found buried in the New Mexico desert.

A rather dramatic turnaround in South Plains weather will begin Wednesday morning, but will be most notable beginning Wednesday evening as a cold north wind brings plummeting temperatures and an increasing chance of light wintry showers.

Andrew Boven aboven@cbs7.com December 3rd, 2013 Big Spring, Tx The West Texas Energy Consortium is meeting today at The Dorothy Garrett Coliseum at Howard College.

All along the highway that leads into this city in West Texas, the rows of black pump jacks seem endless, bobbing up and down as they pull crude oil from beneath the parched scrub desert.

Petrichor Energy Inc. announces that a drilling rig has been moved on site and the Hinson #1 well was spud this morning and will be drilled to a depth of approximately 5,200 feet to test the Caddo Lime, Marble Falls, and Mississippi Lime formations.

Sweetwater ISD recently completed their campaign for the Nolan County United Way.

Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, current leader Neon Vincent, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, wader, Man Oh Man, rfall, and JML9999.

The former governor of the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas has been indicted in South Texas.

Customs officials say a 17-year-old U.S. citizen gave birth to a baby boy on Thanksgiving Day with the help of Customs and Border Protection agents at a West Texas port of entry.

Despite a thumbs-down vote by the citizens of Alpine, Texas A&M is pumped about drone testing in West Texas.

The Real Americans, written and performed by Dan Hoyle , developed with and directed by Charlie Varon , will play Joe's Pub for one night only on Thursday, January 16, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. Escaping his hipster bubble in San Francisco, Dan Hoyle spent 100 days searching to bridge the divide between the liberal, achingly hip, moral-relativism of ... (more)

The Christmas display that Laura Bush had planned for the White House in 2001 is finally open to the public - at the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas.

Grand Avenue Presbyterian Church has a long and great tradition of service in the City of Sherman and the larger community.

Retired Engineer/Author Joe Bob Newman has released his latest adventure thriller, "Phantom Canyon."

DeAnn Lopez CBS 7 News dlopez@cbs7.com December 1, 2013 PECOS, TX-It's no secret that it's hard to find a hotel room in West Texas, but would you guess a hotel in Pecos hasn't had a vacancy in three years? The Best Western in Pecos is currently the number one hotel in the city, but unless you book a room months in advance, the chances of getting a ... (more)

Approximately 7 million tons of ammonium nitrate are produced annually in the U.S. and, under normal conditions, it is a relatively safe material in storage and use.Ammonium nitrate has been in the news during the past two decades when it was used as an oxidizer for homemade chemical explosives by domestic and foreign terrorists.