Lana Shadwick

A military official from Qatar and his wife were indicted in San Antonio Wednesday, charged with two counts of engaging in forced labor.

Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick told the press corps that he would never run for Governor. He said “I will be lieutenant governor and this will be my last position.”

Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill on Tuesday designating a segment of U.S. Hwy 287 in Midlothian as the “Chris Kyle Memorial Highway.” Chris Kyle was a Navy SEAL and author of the New York Times bestseller American Sniper.

The Twin Peaks Corporation, located in Dallas, and the Don Carlos restaurant next door, have filed a lawsuit against the Waco restaurant. A biker has sued for civil rights violations because of his arrest.

Petco accidentally cooked a customer’s golden retriever in an oven-like dryer cage. Allison Marks, the owner of the dog, is devastated by the loss of her two-year old golden retriever, Colby. She took him for routine grooming and he died after being left in a drying cage.

Judges who originally set $1 million dollar bonds for Waco Twin Peaks bikers had three of them re-arrested after they bonded out on reduced bonds. Their bonds were reset to $1 million, but they were able to bond out again.

There have been at least 24 deaths in Texas since historic flooding began in the Lone Star State just before Memorial Day. About fourteen people across the state are still missing.

President Barack Obama has granted Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s request for disaster funds for a state hit by devastating flooding. The Texas Governor requested a Presidential Disaster Declaration for Texas counties on Friday afternoon and the President granted the Governor’s request on Friday evening.

A homecoming queen was on her way home from the prom early Sunday morning when she was swept away and killed by flood waters, about 35 miles from San Antonio, and just miles away from her home of Devine Texas. Her body has now been recovered.

An attorney out of Austin, Texas has filed motions to remove three McLennan County judges who have set and retained $1 million bonds on bikers arrested at the Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco, Texas.

A controversial open carry advocate is calling for the arrest and hanging of Texas state elected officials who voted against an open carry bill. Open carry activists in Texas have denounced him.

A panel of the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has refused to remove an order that blocks the President from implementing his executive amnesty program, which would prevent deportations and grant work permits to millions of illegal immigrants.

President Barack Obama told press corps in the Oval Office this morning that he spoke with Texas Governor Greg Abbott and assured him that Texas can count on the federal government to help Texans. The Lone Star State has sustained historic damage from catastrophic floodwaters that hit the state over the Memorial Day holiday and weekend.

A former Nueces County Commissioner has confirmed that his two grandchildren and daughter-in-law are missing after being swept-away in flood waters near Wimberly, Texas. His son was seriously hurt when the home his family was staying in was overtaken by the flood.

A long time statutory probate judge in Harris County, Texas, is raising an issue which begs the question of where the legislature’s power over the judiciary begins and ends. It is his opinion, that Senate Bill 1876, relating to appointing attorneys, mediators, or guardians, via a rotating list, is unconstitutional as violative of the separation of powers.

A Twin Peaks biker refused to show up for a motorcycle safety proclamation at a Waco City Council meeting. He took issue with Waco PD’s characterization of the bikers as criminals and said it was Waco PD, not the bikers, who put others in harm’s way.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott addressed those in attendance at a Memorial Day service at a joint session of the legislature and promised “We will continue to fight for the freedom they died for.”

The “Pastor Protection” bill, designed to protect pastors and their churches when refusing to perform a same-sex marriage, passed the Texas House with bipartisan support. The bill will go immediately to Texas Governor Abbott, who has vowed to sign it.

One of the nine bikers killed outside the Twin Peaks Restaurant in Waco, Texas served in Vietnam, and was a Purple Heart recipient. Although some news accounts have claimed all nine of the slain bikers belonged to criminal gangs, he was not even a member of a motorcycle club, and had no criminal record.

The Texas Senate passed House Bill 1187 designating a segment of U.S. Hwy 287 in Midlothian, as the Chris Kyle Memorial Highway. The Texas House passed the bill earlier this month. The bill will now go to Governor Greg Abbott for signing and making the bill law.