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Texas Fish Hatchery Faces Closure Due to Drought

By Cole Shooter 2 hours ago

Dundee Fish Hatchery, located west of Wichita Falls, is the State's primary striped and hybrid striped bass production facility.

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Category: State News Tags: texas parks and wildlife

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U.S. Senate Candidate Ted Cruz Talks Senate Race on Lubbock’s First News [AUDIO]

By Ariel Walden 10 hours ago

On Wednesday's edition of Lubbock's First News, U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz talked with Chad and Rex about his run for senate and other hot-button issues in politics.

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Category: Audio, State News Tags: senate race, ted cruz

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Maxwell Found Guilty for Abduction, Assault of Neighbor

By Julie Fisher Yesterday

The North Texas man accused of raping and torturing his neighbor on a deer-skinning device has been found guilty on three counts.

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Category: State News Tags: Jeffery Allan Maxwell

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Wreckage of Small Plane Found on West Texas Ranch

By Julie Fisher Yesterday

A small plane crash in West Texas has left two people bound for Oklahoma dead.

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Category: Regional News, State News Tags: abeline, Baga Air Inc., plane crash

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New Statewide Poll Shows David Dewhurst in the Lead for the Race for U.S. Senate

By Robert Snyder Yesterday

This morning, the Texas Tribune released a new poll in conjunction with the University of Texas- Austin concerning the Republican primary race for U.S. Senate.

In the poll, Lt. Governor David Dewhurst scored the highest with 38%.

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Category: State News Tags: craig james, david dewhurst, ted cruz, Tom Leppert

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Airplane Goes Missing After Taking off From Abilene

By Robert Snyder Yesterday

A single-engine Piper Comanche airplane went missing last night after taking off from an airport in Abilene.

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State Collaboration Hopes to Keep Aerospace Jobs in Texas

By Cole Shooter 5 days ago

The state is awarding $500,000 to BayTech, a nonprofit advanced technology business consortium.

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Category: State News Tags: NASA, rick perry, texas emerging technology fund

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Barrio Azteca Leader Receives Life Prison Sentence

By Cole Shooter 1 week ago

Cardona and thirty five members and associates of the Barrio Azteca gang have been charged in a third indictment on various counts of racketeering, murder, drug offenses, money laundering, and obstruction of justice.

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Category: State News Tags: united states attorney general's office