Ryan Ross skipped school to burn down the countryside. On that first afternoon, the 19-year-old Mount Vernon (Texas) senior ...

Federal law enforcement officials arrested a Texas man after he allegedly threatened to harm deportation officers and ...

LFR documents released to the A-J highlight firefighters' experience and response to Texas Tech fires and explosions in March ...

Texas Tech's campus in Lubbock will be closed Thursday, Friday and next week for spring break after a manhole explosion ...

Dallas Fire-Rescue has its new leader. City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert announced Thursday that Justin Ball will be the ...

More than half of habitable land in Austin is now considered at risk of being damaged in a wildfire. That’s up from just ...

The Texas A&M Forest Service is offering grants to Central Texans for clearing their land of flammable vegetation to reduce ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Monday that the special election to fill the seat vacated following the death of Rep. Sylvester Turner will be held on Nov. 4.

City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert, who made the final selection, praised Ball’s leadership and vision for the department’s ...

The Salt Flats Fire is 75 percent contained, and several fire departments are still working to put it out, said Rockport VFD officials. The Aransas Woods Fire is 95 percent contained, according to the ...

An apartment building in western Fort Worth partially collapsed due to the fire, injuring a firefighter, FWFD said.

A large brush fire in South Texas has burned 157 acres, destroying homes and trailers, with 50% containment reported.