Texas / South Central News

Texas home developers’ practice of using dirt to raise homes above a flood plain is drawing increased scrutiny as experts... Read More

A company is off the hook in a crash involving one of its employees, according to a recent ruling by... Read More

Emergency officials in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas are bracing for two types of disasters as spring gets into full swing:... Read More

Houston, Texas, officials on Wednesday approved a rule for new homes and other buildings in the city’s flood plains that... Read More

A team including an Iowa State University researcher studied Galveston, Texas, homes following Hurricane Ike, finding that the types of... Read More

Louisiana’s legal drinking age will remain 21, after a state senator Tuesday shelved his proposal to let some younger people... Read More

Ethan Couch, who as a 16-year-old driver drunkenly struck and killed four pedestrians but dodged prison after suggesting at trial... Read More

Nine years after a judge began supervising a multitude of federal lawsuits that claim homes were damaged by Chinese drywall,... Read More

Last year’s NCAA Final Four men’s basketball tournament was one of the highest attended and most watched games in the... Read More