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An airline passenger from Mexico caught in Texas with nearly 4 pounds of heroin in her suitcases has been sentenced to three years in prison.

The Burnet County Sheriff's Office on Sunday identified the inmate as Gregory Currie.

Peach farmers around Fredericksburg and Stonewall, Texas have been hit by the drought, freezes and hail.

After an unusually quiet U.S. spring tornado season through the first half of May, it is trying to make up for lost time with multiple outbreaks of tornadoes possible through Tuesday.

There's a slight chance of severe storms Sunday evening for Tarrant County, but North Texans in the Bowie and Graham areas northwest of Fort Worth have a better chance of seeing those in a few hours.

New revisions to a major water bill calls for ousting the six-member Texas Water Development Board and the agency's top official before the state embarks on a new $2 billion water fund.

The judge ascended the bench. He looked down at cafeteria-style tables marked "Prosecuting Attorney" and "Defense Attorney." To his left, two men sat in a box marked "Jury." The witness stand was marked "Witness." "Sustained," proclaimed the judge, who wore a striped polo shirt, a thick goatee and a shock of greasy hair.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has aggressively helped shape state policy in his 12 years in office, vetoing more than 260 bills.

GRANBURY, TEXAS - Residents of a North Texas town ravaged by a deadly tornado are starting to return to home for the first time since the midweek storm.

He went to several meetings, worked on paperwork and did "normal things a county judge does in a county of our size." By the end of the day, the outbreak would produce the deadliest tornado to strike the Dallas-Fort Worth area in more than 50 years.

Rain showers benefit Montana agriculture, but severe weather is another story. Storms should not be taken lightly, as some North Texan residents learned first hand Wednesday evening.

A federal magistrate refused to appoint appellate attorneys for an Amarillo mother and daughter convicted in a 1995 murder-for-hire scheme.

A 300-pound Fort Worth man died shortly after police fired a Taser stun gun at him during a drug raid.

Every man holds his property subject to the general right of the community to regulate its use to whatever degree the public welfare may require it.

The Texas Senate honored Sen. Judith Zaffirini of Laredo after the veteran lawmaker cast her 50,000th consecutive record vote.

Prosecutors continue to press a North Texas jury to send a man to death row for drowning two of his sons in a creek.

A jagged bolt of lightning slashed through the darkened afternoon sky, commanding the undivided attention of the trio huddled beside a grave.

Twisters with winds of up to 200 miles per hour in north Texas left six dead, many injured and scores of homes destroyed in their wake; Then, the surviving Boston bombings suspect wrote a note inside the boat in which he was hiding, detailing the motive for the attack; Also, American combat troops are due to leave Afghanistan after next year and ... (more)

This aerial photo shows a neighborhood that was damaged by Wednesday's tornado in Granbury, Texas on Thursday, May 16, 2013.

Habitat for Humanity spent years in a North Texas subdivision, helping build many of the 110 homes in the low-income area.