McLennan County News

People waiting for answers about the cause of the April 17 explosion at West Fertilizer Company will be waiting longer as the investigation continues.

Prosecutors plan to retry a Central Texas man whose 25-year-old conviction for setting a fire that killed his two young stepsons was set aside due to issues raised later with the science used to find him guilty.

West police arrested a man at a local bar Thursday night after other patrons there reported he pulled a gun on them and later started shooting.

A McGregor man was arrested early Friday morning after he held police and sheriff's deputies at bay for a short time.

A Houston woman died and another woman and her children were injured in a Thursday afternoon crash on Interstate 45 near Fairfield.

While the Republican Party struggles to resolve fratricidal conflict over gay marriage and immigration reform, there is another elephant in the room: Texas, the last big-state bastion of the right.

With the joint investigation into the blast at West Fertilizer Company apparently winding down, officials have called a press conference for this afternoon to discuss their findings.

The focus of lawsuits stemming from the April 17 explosion at the West, Texas, fertilizer plant may change, after news that Adair Grain Inc., doing business as West Fertilizer Co., holds only a $1 million liability insurance policy.

A Texas paramedic who responded to a fertilizer plant explosion last month pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to possessing pipe bomb components, his lawyer said, after agreeing to postpone his detention hearing.

McLennan County deputies convinced a man who had barricaded himself inside a Hallsburg home with a woman held hostage to surrender after about a two-hour standoff.

This Thursday, April 18, 2013 file aerial photo shows the remains of a nursing home, left, apartment complex, center, and fertilizer plant, right, destroyed by an explosion in West, Texas on April 17.

This photo provided by the McLennan County Sheriff's office shows Bryce Reed in a booking photo on Friday, May 10, 2013.

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A McLennan County man is in jail after he attempted to set a home on fire twice in one morning.

Texas Medical Association is looking to save medical professionals time and money and modernize medical practices by backing a series of bills in legislation.

A Coryell County woman was held Monday in the Coryell County Jail after she was arrested and charged in connection with a bizarre extortion plot that targeted a former coworker whose husband is a retired Department of Public Safety trooper.

A 29-year-old Waco man accused of attacking and choking his girlfriend is now in McLennan County Jail.

This photo provided by the McLennan County Sheriff's office shows Bryce Reed in a booking photo on Friday, May 10, 2013.

Highs Monday will be in the lower 80's under a sunny sky. There is an isolated chance for rain in the mountains Monday with that rain potential increasing across the area Tuesday.

This photo provided by the McLennan County Sheriff's office shows Bryce Reed in a booking photo on Friday, May 10, 2013.