Environmental Group Hails Clean Air Settlements & Nightly Roundup

01/21/10 A group of environmental activists is hailing settlements reached by a container glass-maker and a cement manufacturer with the federal government. The Justice Department says Saint-Gobain Containers Inc. of Muncie, Ind., and Lavarge North America Inc. of Herndon, Va., could end up paying $282 million to cut emissions at 28 plants around the country under the Clean Air Act settlements.

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Dream homes in Texas

01/18/10 Whenever we talk of home, we think of a place where we can rest after a long hectic and perturbing d...
 

Find What You Are Looking For In the Grand Prairie everyday Yellow Pages

01/13/10 The 2010 edition of the Grand Prairie everyday Yellow Pages has been delivered to homes across the area, putting information about local businesses from heating and air conditioning contractors to realtors at your fingertips. Use maps and seating charts for local venues to plan your outings to Lone Star Park, American Airlines Center and the New Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington.

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Commentary: Photographing Dignity

01/12/10 A recently released book recalls a period many in Fort Worth might prefer to forget. But commentator Tom Dodge says we need to remember.

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FFB announces officer promotions and elections

01/11/10 First Financial Bank, N.A., Sweetwater announced the promotion of Debbie Anthony to Senior Vice President and Manager of Retail Operations, Britt Stuart to Senior Vice President and Roby Branch Manager and Jason Gazaille to Assistant Vice President.

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Stricter smog standard will be challenge for North Texas

01/08/10 Thursday's announcement by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson that she will lower the national limit on smog renews a North Texas debate: How can a metro area of 6.5 million people clean up its air?

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19 people and#8211 most from Dallas-Fort Worth and#8211 indicted in alleged cybercrime conspiracy

01/08/10 U.S. prosecutors indicted 19 individuals - most from North Texas - and accused them of a "massive cybercrime conspiracy" involving defrauding local telecommunications companies and buying merchandise using fake identifications and companies.

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'Fast Food Panic' for Nintendo DS is Hot off the Grill and Available Now, Wii Version to Follow on 1

01/07/10 Fast Food Panic (DS) SouthPeak serves up a kitchen full of exciting cooking action.

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SouthPeak Interactive and Koch Media's Deep Silver Announce Strategic Alliance in North America

01/07/10 MIDLOTHIAN, Va. & LOS ANGELES----SouthPeak Interactive Corporation and Deep Silver, Inc., a Koch Media Company, today announced that they will team up to bring next generation videogames from Deep Silver to North America.

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Brown finalist in national photo contest

12/28/09 The grand prize winners, which will be announced on Jan. 9, will each earn the once in a lifetime opportunity to have their photo displayed in The Pro Football Hall of Fame, in Canton, Ohio and a trip for four to Super Bowl XLIV in Miami.

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Mundelein will fete Iraq , Afghan GIs

12/08/09 Mundelein native, Army Capt. Michael Gunther, like so many othersoldiers, is coming home for the holidays. He will arrive in town Dec. 18 fresh from his third tour of duty in Iraq . The village is inviting Gunther and other veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to attend a holiday welcome-home reception Dec. 20.

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Texas A&M poultry team repeats as national champion

12/07/09 COLLEGE STATION-- For the seventh time in the last eight competitions, the Texas A&M University Poultry Judging Team has won a national championship. The team took the fall 2009 National Collegiate Poultry Judging Contest held at the University of Arkansas, sweeping the field of nine teams from across the nation. The Aggie team had also won the spring 2009 event. The fall event is the second ...

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Small Quake Hits Ellis County Friday Night

12/05/09 A late-night earthquake barley registered much beyond a notice in North Texas. A magnitude 2.8 earthquake hit around 11:30 Friday night in the Ellis County community of Mountain Peak, south of Midlothian and west of Waxahachie.

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Sarah Palin Makes Plano Book Tour Stop

12/04/09 Former Alaska governor and GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's book-signing tour brought her to North Texas on Friday. Palin arrived at Legacy Books in Plano just after 11:00 a.m. Friday. Wearing a burgundy top with her hair swept back, and sporting her signature glasses, Palin began to sign copies of her book, "Going Rogue," which is already a runaway bestseller.

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Victron Energy Gives Back

11/30/09 WAXAHACHIE, Texas----Ali Sharaf, President and CEO of Victron Energy, Inc., along with ExxonMobil, would like to recognize the following schools in the Midlothian Independent School District: Midlothian High School, Walnut Grove Middle School, Frank Seale Middle School, and J.R.

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First Financial Bankshares Announces Plans for First Bank Branches in Fort Worth, Odessa

11/19/09 ABILENE, Texas -- First Financial Bankshares, Inc. today announced plans to open bank branches in Fort Worth and Odessa, Texas, to complement trust services and serve customers in these markets.

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DSCR admiral speaks to local community on Veterans Day

11/17/09 RICHMOND - Despite grey skies and cold rain, dozens of community members came together to honor America's military members during a Veterans Day ceremony Nov. 11 at John Tyler Community College's Midlothian campus. Navy Rear Adm. Vincent Griffith, comman

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Latest Playoff Pairings (statewide)

11/14/09 Here are the latest Texas High School Football playoff pairings for the state of Texas as of 9 a.m. Saturday.CLASS 5ADIVISION IRegion IBi-districtEP El Dorado (8-2) vs. Odessa Permian (7-3), 1 p.m. Saturday, El Paso's Socorro ISD Student Activities ComplexArlington Martin 50, Haltom City 6Euless Trinity (8-2) vs. Flower Mound (6-4), 11 a.m. Saturday, Cowboys StadiumPlano 28, Duncanville 17Odessa ...

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Commentary: People Need People

11/05/09 Some people are joiners, some are not. And then there's commentator Tom Dodge.

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In The Pipeline: CoStar Development and Construction News for Nov. 1-7

11/03/09 In this week's issue, Atlanta-based IDI delivers a 130,000-square-foot build-to-suit to Porsche America for its training and customer service center in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley; Blue Springs, MO, officials are trying to move forward on the 500-acre...

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Statewide Scores

10/31/09 Texas high school football finals. By The Associated Press Longview Pine Tree 7, Longview 56 A&M Consolidated 21, Copperas Cove 7 Abilene 45, N. Richland Hills 14 Abilene Cooper 21, Wolfforth Frenship 7 Ackerly Sands 52, Buena Vista 30 Addison Trinity 21, Gainesville State School 6 Albany 53, Cross Plains 0 Aldine 23, Kingwood 21 Aledo 34, Mineral Wells 9 Alice 68, Laredo Nixon 13 Alief Hastings ...

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