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Dad hopeful son, reporting in Syria, turns up safe

Written by TERRY WALLACE - Associated Press Friday, 24 August 2012 16:27

DALLAS (AP) — The father of an American journalist working in volatile regions of Syria said his son hasn't been in contact with his editors or his family in Texas in more than a week, but he's hopeful his son will turn up safe. Austin Tice, a former Marine, has reported for The Washington Post, McClatchy Newspapers and other media outlets from the Middle Eastern country, where he recently spent time with rebel fighters. He was expected back in the U.S. in mid-August. "It's not uncommon for various journalists moving in and about Syria to be out of communication. We're…

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San Antonio police say 2 accused in school threat

Written by ASSOCIATED PRESS Friday, 24 August 2012 16:24

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — San Antonio police say two students have been accused of making a terrorist threat related to next week's start of school. Classes begin Monday at Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio. The San Antonio Express-News (bit.ly/Q76xpo) reports both teens were arrested Thursday night. Each faces a charge of making a terrorist threat related to their school. Further details on the investigation of the male students, ages 17 and 18, were not immediately available. Police did not immediately return a message for comment. A message left with the school for comment was not immediately returned Friday.…

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Lubbock man pleads guilty in child porn case

Written by ASSOCIATED PRESS Friday, 24 August 2012 16:23

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — A 45-year-old West Texas man has pleaded guilty in a child pornography case that police say involved six girls. Lyle Shane Johnson of Lubbock pleaded guilty Thursday to six counts of production and attempted production of child pornography. A federal judge in Lubbock did not immediately set a sentencing date for Johnson, who's been in custody since his June arrest. Johnson faces up to 30 years in prison on each count. Authorities say Johnson since 2009 used six girls to produce images and videos of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Prosecutors say Johnson at times…

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Court: Texas can cut off Planned Parenthood funds

Written by WILL WEISSERT - Associated Press Wednesday, 22 August 2012 16:28

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas officials are vowing to cut off funding for Planned Parenthood after a federal court sided with the state in a challenge over a new law that bans clinics affiliated with abortion providers from getting money through a health program for low-income women. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans late Tuesday reversed a federal judge's temporary injunction that was allowing the funding to continue pending an October trial on Planned Parenthood's challenge to the law. State officials are seeking to halt money to Planned Parenthood clinics that provide family planning and health…

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Deputy clerk in Brazos County charged with theft

Written by ASSOCIATED PRESS Wednesday, 22 August 2012 16:08

BRYAN, Texas (AP) — A deputy clerk in a Central Texas county has been charged with pocketing about $18,000 in marriage license fees. Brazos County Clerk Karen McQueen says all marriage licenses issued by Jaime Hines are valid. Hines was arrested Tuesday on a charge of theft by a public servant. She's free on $5,000 bond. The $72 license must be paid in cash. An audit began after another employee noticed Hines allegedly issued a license but no receipt. McQueen says Hines was put on administrative leave Aug. 11 but will now be fired. McQueen told WTAW radio that Hines…

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East Texas toddler found dead in woods after game

Written by ASSOCIATED PRESS Wednesday, 22 August 2012 16:07

WINONA, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a 2-year-old East Texas boy who disappeared while playing hide-and-seek has been found dead in some nearby woods. The Smith County Sheriff's Office says the body of Jake Kimbley was located Wednesday morning near Winona. Investigators say Jake was playing with another youngster Tuesday afternoon when he turned up missing. Searchers on foot and using horses spent the night looking for the child, whose body was found about 12 hours after he disappeared. Sheriff's officials did not immediately provide additional details Wednesday. Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.

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2 Texas brothers indicted, same bank robbed twice

Written by ASSOCIATED PRESS Wednesday, 22 August 2012 16:04

DALLAS (AP) — Two brothers have been charged with robbing the same North Texas bank twice. Federal prosecutors in Dallas on Wednesday announced the indictment of 43-year-old James Robert Cleveland Butler and 45-year-old Johnny Charles Butler. The siblings allegedly held up a Bank of America branch in Forney last Nov. 25 and again on May 18. Both were arrested following an Aug. 2 standoff at their home in Quinlan, about 25 miles northeast of Forney. Each brother faces two counts of armed bank robbery and one count of possessing a firearm during a violent crime. Johnny Butler is also charged…

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Texas inmate hoping for 3rd execution delay

Written by MICHAEL GRACZYK - Associated Press Tuesday, 21 August 2012 16:16

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A former auto mechanic who shot and killed three of his former housemates while they were sleeping 14 years ago was hoping Tuesday to delay his execution for a third time. John Balentine, 43, is scheduled to die by injection Wednesday evening. Ballentine, who had a long criminal record in his native Arkansas before he killed the three Texas teens in January 1998, avoided lethal injection in September 2009 when a federal appeals court gave him a reprieve a day before his scheduled trip to the Texas death chamber. Then in June 2011, he was within…

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Perry: US immigration plan doesn't alter state law

Written by WILL WEISSERT - Associated Press Monday, 20 August 2012 17:54

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry has written to state agencies calling a new Obama administration immigration policy "a slap in the face to the rule of law." In a letter sent Monday, Perry said the White House's "Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals" program doesn't change Texas policies. Last week, young illegal immigrants around the state and nation formed long lines to begin applying for work permits under the policy. It defers deportations for that group if they meet certain criteria, including arrival in the United States before they turned 16 and no convictions for certain crimes. Perry…

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Rep: Willie Nelson better, to go back on road

Written by ASSOCIATED PRESS Monday, 20 August 2012 17:35

DENVER (AP) — A representative for Willie Nelson says the country music legend is feeling better after canceling a weekend performance and will be back on the road. The 79-year-old Nelson was scheduled to perform Saturday at a private home in Castle Pines Village, Colo. The benefit was for an organization that provides animal care and shelter in the Denver area. The host of the fundraiser, Fred Bartlit, told The Denver Post (http://bit.ly/NedGyD ) that he was informed that Nelson was taken to the hospital after having trouble breathing. But Elaine Shock said Monday that Nelson was not hospitalized and…

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