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Fess Parker, whose star-making portrayal of frontiersman Davy Crockett on television in the mid-1950s made him a hero to millions of young baby boomers and spurred a nationwide run on coonskin caps, died Thursday.

Gov. Rick Perry ordered Texas National Guard helicopters to the border Thursday to support law enforcement efforts to block spillover of Mexican border violence into Texas.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has affirmed the conviction of a fan serving life in prison for the 1995 killing of Tejano singing star Selena.

AUSTIN Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's Child Support Division today released its annual Top Ten List of Texas' Most Wanted Child Support Evaders.

Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas holds up a copy of the proposed Senate health care reform bill as he speaks at a health care rally by The American Grassroots Coalition and The Tea Party Express on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 16, 2010.

Former state Sen. David Sibley wants to retake the Texas Senate seat he held for 11 years.

The temple on the ranch of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is seen in Eldorado, Texas.

Governor Rick Perry has sent a letter to U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, requesting the federal government base its next predator drone in Texas.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon has called for the United States to share responsibility in the battle against drug traffickers in the two countries.

However, some parts of the state received more moisture, which continued to be a mixed blessing.

A federal appeals court Tuesday refused the case of a former Army recruiter on Texas death row for the Valentinea TMs Day 2002 abduction, rape and murder of a 28-year-old woman.

Prison food has never been considered a delicacy ... so one Texas jail is adding to the menu.

This April 1998 picture shows al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 that bin Laden will never face trial in the United States because he will not be captured alive.

AUSTIN Following the recent escalation of murders in northern Mexico and the increasing threat of violence crossing over into neighboring border communities in Texas -- including a military intrusion by armed Mexican forces last week -- Texas Gov.

At least two people are dead and several others injured after a Mexican tour bus overturns near Campbellton.

As Texans settle into their seats for the next stage of the 2010 gubernatorial race, we offer this suggestion: Prepare yourselves now for a dizzying set of claims and counter-claims. That's natural for big races, but the pace already has accelerated for a pivotal statewide race that's certain to attract national attention.

It took the case of "JihadJane" to illuminate what should have been obvious by now: Anyone who claims to be able to identify a potential terrorist by appearance or nationality is delusional.

A Denton man has been sentenced to 17 and a half years in prison and ordered to repay nearly $18 million after pleading guilty to fraud in an oil and natural gas drilling scheme.

More than 12,000 illegal immigrants, non-permanent residents or non-U.S. citizens paid in-state tuition or received other such financial aid at public colleges and universities across Texas during late 2009, the Dallas Morning News reported Monday.

Usually out of the national spotlight, state legislative races are taking on new prominence this year.