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Deputies with the Angelina County Sheriff's Office booked a 21-year-old Lufkin man into the jail on a charge of criminally negligent homicide after he turned himself in connection to a March 29 fatal accident on U.S. Highway 69 North that claimed the life of a 3-year-old boy.

Houston-based Belmont Village Senior Living broke ground this week on an assisted living and memory care facility at 7667 Woodway Drive.

If you're a gamer, today is a big day. Microsoft will unveil its next-generation XBOX console today.

Once the basic needs of food, water and shelter are out of the way, young families invariably look to public school systems, cost of living and economic growth in determining the prime location to revel in familial bliss.

One of the state's most gifted--and gracious--musicians: Brown Bird's David Lamb.

One reason the "mainstream" media was willing to sacrifice what precious little remains of its credibility to sweep the lurid and extremely newsworthy Kermit Gosnell trial under the rug is that it was not an isolated incident.

Drivers in northwest Houston looking to beat the traffic now have a new option: taking the HOV.

James Coney Island is one of the oldest restaurants in Houston, founded in 1923 by Greek immigrant brothers James and Tom Papadakis .

The planes are returning after being grounded for four months by the federal government because of smoldering batteries on 787s owned by other airlines.

The incident happened just after 5 p.m. on Kempwood Drive near Blalock Road. The officers each had one foot that was run over by a suspect trying to drive away.

HOUSTON Two teenagers were taken to the hospital late Saturday night after police said they were involved in a car wreck stemming from an altercation with another teen in southwest Houston.

It seems that someone still finds value in traveling to Austin . Travel + Leisure recently ranked Austin the No.

It's almost summertime in the city, and for me that means two things: Spending more time outdoors and drinking wine.

Before the social swells depart for their summers in cooler climes, the non-profits are filling the May calendar with kickoffs for their fall fundraisers and retailers are inviting others to shop for a worthy cause.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Jesse Bateman reacts after winning the 2013 Ascension Idol competition, a fundraiser for the Ascension Fund.

A Houston police officer was lucky to escape with only minor injuries after a pickup slammed into his patrol car early Saturday morning.

HOUSTON Homicide investigators are looking into the shooting death of a man at a Vietnamese restaurant Saturday afternoon in north Houston, deputies said.

A stolen car and a high speed chase late Friday night in north Houston landed one man in jail and the other on the run.

Texas law enforcement agencies have found the body of a missing postal worker in the remains of her burned vehicle in a Houston suburb.

The Clear Creek Independent School District in Texas has chosen Dell Latitude tablets running Windows 8 as the basis for a one-to-one student technology program that will begin in the fall.