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Man sues truck co., TxDOT over wreck
GALVESTON � A Harris County man is suing a Florida-based trucking company and the Texas Department of Transportation after a one-vehicle wreck last year left him severely injured, recent court documents say. -
Family blames auto fatality on poor visibility, sues TxDOT
Five children of a woman have filed suit against the Texas Department of Transportation and MD Johnson Tractor Service, alleging their mother was killed because she was unable to see oncoming traffic due to high, uncut grass. -
Perry begins state preparations ahead of Hurricane Ike
Gov. Rick Perry visits with Mayor Barbara Bass of Tyler and members of the Texas State Guard outside a shelter in Tyler where evacuees fled Hurricane Gustav on Sept. 3. AUSTIN � With the latest forecasts showing potential landfall for Hurricane Ike to be somewhere along the Texas coast, Gov. Rick Perry issued a disaster declaration that will allow the state to begin preparation efforts. -
Gustav misses SE Texas; Area prepared for the worst
Many businesses, like this florist shop on Calder Avenue in Beaumont, took necessary precautions before Hurricane Gustav. As Hurricane Gustav swelled to wind speeds of 145 mph and possible landfall anywhere from the upper Texas coast to east of New Orleans, emergency management officials from local, state and federal agencies were taking no chances. -
Andrade named new Texas secretary of state
Esperanza "Hope" Andrade AUSTIN � Esperanza "Hope" Andrade of San Antonio became the first Hispanic woman to serve as Texas secretary of state Wednesday when she was appointed by Gov. Rick Perry. -
Barge worker files Jones Act suit against employer
Citing the Jones Act, a seaman has filed suit against his employer, Bo-Mac Contractors, for injures he received while serving aboard a barge. -
Texans can vote for new license plate design
'My Texas,' the state's current general-issue license plate design. Should the license plates on Texas vehicles sport a blooming field of the state's beloved bluebonnets or a vista of the endless West Texas skies? Or maybe a skyline of Texas' dynamic cities? -
TxDOT blamed for man's death in suit
A wrongful death suit has been filed against the Texas Department of Transportation, claiming the governmental entity was responsible for the death of James Harper by causing a fatal collision on Interstate 10. -
Statue of King unveiled in Beaumont
It took 24 years, but the city of Beaumont finally has a statue of Martin Luther King Jr. -
Group sues to stop highway expansion project in East Texas
Jim Blackburn A herd of Denton County residents calling themselves the Highland Village Parents Group are seeking an injunction against the U.S. Federal Highway Administration and Texas Department of Transportation in hopes of stopping a massive highway project that would allegedly endanger the lives of children. -
Supreme Court agrees driver, not traffic light caused PA wreck
Texas Supreme Court AUSTIN � Yolanda Guidry, whose daughter and unborn grandchild died in a Port Arthur car crash, must give up trying to prove that the traffic lights beamed as green for her daughter as for the driver who hit her. -
Pedestrian struck on highway sues TxDOT
During the night, Kayla Carpenter darted across a Highway 73 feeder road and was struck by an oncoming motorist. Her left leg had to be amputated. -
This Just In
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Mother and daughter sue Port Arthur over 'defective' stop signs
Often motorists injured in collisions sue the driver of the vehicle that struck them, but a Port Arthur family is practically blaming a hurricane for their accident. -
City reaches settlement with injured motorcycle driver
Beaumont City Council agreed to cut Glenn McNeel a $75,000 check on Tuesday, July 24. Back in 2005, McNeel filed a lawsuit against the city, claiming he lost control of his motorcycle and wrecked when the bike's tire "struck elevated pavement." -
New visitors' center opens to attract tourists to region
The Ben J. Rogers Regional Visitors Center on Interstate 10 officially opened to the public on June 21. More than 125,000 travelers drive through Jefferson County on Interstate 10 every day. To grab those drivers' attention and get them to stop and take advantage of the tourist destinations in Southeast Texas instead of just passing through, a new visitors' center for the region was officially opened June 21. -
Perry urges Texans to prepare for hurricane season
AUSTIN - Gov. Rick Perry, along with the National Weather Service and the Governor's Division of Emergency Management, is urging all Texans to be prepared for the 2007 hurricane season, which officially started June 1.