Man fight animal shelter employees for cat

DALLAS-Police are looking for an irate pet lover so intent on liberating his lost cat that he wielded a bat to fend off animal shelter employees. Dallas Animal Shelter manager Kent Robertson says the man found his missing gray and ...

Missing Victoria man travels to Mexico

VICTORIA-A man who was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease wandered into Mexico twice before he was found about 400 miles from the Texas border on Sunday, officials said. Philip Orvan Kneifl, 67, was returned safely to his Victoria home Tuesday ...

A&M bonfire victims remembered

COLLEGE STATION -- More than 200 people turned out at a campus memorial to mark the 9th anniversary since the deadly Texas A&M bonfire collapse. The crowd, of mainly students, was present before dawn Tuesday, at the same time the ...

Office of the Texas Comptroller

Elected by the people of Texas in 2006, Susan Combs serves as the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. The Comptroller is the chief steward of the state’s finances, acting as tax collector, chief accountant, chief revenue estimator and chief treasurer for all of state government.

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Walk raises funds for breast cancer

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