Coahuila, Mexico News

More heat records tumble Austin saw more record high temperatures on Wednesday: 105 degrees at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, which broke the record of 102 degrees in 1956, and 106 at Camp Mabry, which broke the record of 105 degrees set in 1939.

Cops in Mexico arrested a man accused of abusing a child in Austin. Mexican immigration authorities took Clayton Douglas Shoemate, 38, of Austin into custody Tuesday night in Piedras Negras, Mexico.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents have a new place to check out trains along the border with Mexico.

For decades, tourists have been able to visit the movie set where John Wayne held off Mexican soldiers in the movie "The Alamo," but the Alamo Village in Brackettville is now closed.

Mexican authorities late Sunday arrested a San Antonio fugitive wanted in the shooting deaths of two men outside of a South Side strip club in April, the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force announced Monday.

We observe Independence Day this week. Grills will be smoking and fireworks popping as we celebrate our freedom.

Temperatures should reach the mid- to upper 90s across much of Texas on Monday, according to National Weather Service forecasts.

Israel Mireles, who was arrested in Mexico just across the border from Texas in the murder of a Kansas college coed who led a double life as an Internet porn star has made his first court appearance.

Austin Trout could be one of the top junior middleweights that nobody knows about.

A lawsuit alleging First Amendment free speech violations in the burning of a Mexican flag in front of the Alamo two years ago has been moved to federal court from state court.

Once upon a time, when I was still doing a lot of traveling in this state, I met a woman named Eulogia Espinosa.

A tiny cliff swallow clings to its mud nest under the bridge on Lake Woodlands Drive in The Woodlands.

AeroMexico, the global airline of Latin America, confirmed today its commitment to provide non-stop service between Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Chihuahua City, Chihuahua, Mexico.

Many years ago, I volunteered to help transport migrant workers and their children to doctor's appointments, after-school activities, the Social Security office, etc.

CHRYSLER BANKRUPTCY. Supreme Court to let Chrysler sale go forward. US-GUANTANAMO-PALAU. Palau agrees to take Uighur detainees from Guantanamo.

NEW THIS DIGEST PAKISTAN. Pakistani hotel blast victims include aid workers. IRAQ. Iraq: Car bomb kills 15 in southern Shiite area.

Tragedy is avoided on the outskirts of Nuevo Laredo thanks to a quick thinking pilot.

The head of the United Nations agency tasked with upholding press freedom condemned the kidnapping and murder of a newspaper journalist in Mexico, calling on the nation's authorities to catch those behind the killing.

Sheppard Air Force Base military personnel may not travel to some parts of Mexico because of drug activity there, according to a release from the 82nd Training Wing Public Affairs office.

Local artist Rene Alvarado has been named the 2009 Texas State Visual Artist 2D by the Texas legislature.