News Radio 710 KEEL » texas http://710keel.com Depend On It! Tue, 21 May 2013 16:37:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Texans Love Their Trucks and So Do Texas Crooks http://710keel.com/texans-love-their-trucks-and-so-do-texas-crooks/ http://710keel.com/texans-love-their-trucks-and-so-do-texas-crooks/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:35:55 +0000 Dennis Foley http://710keel.com/?p=146776 Texas is full of pickup trucks. If a major car company makes it, a Texan either owns one or has tested one.  But new crime stats from the Texas Department of Public Safety show that pickup trucks are also the top vehicles stolen in the Lone Star State.

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]]> http://710keel.com/texans-love-their-trucks-and-so-do-texas-crooks/feed/ 0 David Paul Morris/Getty Images 2 People Shot at Lone Star College in Houston (UPDATED) http://710keel.com/lone-star-college-shooting/ http://710keel.com/lone-star-college-shooting/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:47:02 +0000 Chris Chaberski http://tsminteractive.com/?p=154180 Update 5:30 p.m. (Eastern): Three people in total were taken to the hospital, including one in critical condition.

Update 2:55: One shooting victim's name is Jody Neal, according to his uncle and sister, who were interviewed at the scene.

Update 2:50: "The police believe the danger has been mitigated," according to a spokesman for the college. "The school is under control but still being evacuated."

A small college in Houston is on lockdown following what appears to have been a shooting on campus on Tuesday. One suspect has been detained, and a second is possibly on the loose, according to local authorities.

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]]> http://710keel.com/lone-star-college-shooting/feed/ 0 Louisiana Weighs Eliminating Personal Income Tax for Higher Sales Tax http://710keel.com/louisiana-debates-income-tax-or-higher-sales-tax/ http://710keel.com/louisiana-debates-income-tax-or-higher-sales-tax/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:50:54 +0000 Dennis Foley http://710keel.com/?p=133216 Governor Bobby Jindal's office is offering a proposal to make Louisiana more competitive for business and residents by eliminating state personal income tax and corporate income tax. However, this proposal would mean a sales tax hike from the current 4% state sales tax to 7% to make up the difference in revenue.  

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]]> http://710keel.com/louisiana-debates-income-tax-or-higher-sales-tax/feed/ 0 Texas State Troopers in Hot Water for Roadside Cavity Search [VIDEO] http://710keel.com/texas-state-troopers-in-hot-water-for-roadside-cavity-search-video/ http://710keel.com/texas-state-troopers-in-hot-water-for-roadside-cavity-search-video/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:10:52 +0000 Puff http://therockstation99x.com/?p=127610 Imagine this: You're going down the road smoking a cigarette and listening to the radio. You toss said cigarette out the window. Then, out of nowhere, a cop pulls you over for littering and gives you a full body cavity search.

Seem a bit excessive and a complete violation of your rights as a person? Yup. And this is exactly what happened just outside of Dallas in July this year.

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]]> http://710keel.com/texas-state-troopers-in-hot-water-for-roadside-cavity-search-video/feed/ 0 73-Year-Old Houston Surgeon Pleads Guilty in Child Porn Case http://710keel.com/73-year-old-houston-surgeon-pleads-guilty-in-child-porn-case/ http://710keel.com/73-year-old-houston-surgeon-pleads-guilty-in-child-porn-case/#comments Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:49:55 +0000 Associated Press http://710keel.com/?p=124332 A Houston surgeon has pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography in a plea deal sending him to federal prison for up to 10 years.

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]]> http://710keel.com/73-year-old-houston-surgeon-pleads-guilty-in-child-porn-case/feed/ 0 Photo by: Joe Goldberg/Flickr Texas Battles High Tuition Costs With Controversial Degree Program — Dollars and Sense http://710keel.com/texas-10000-dollar-degree-program/ http://710keel.com/texas-10000-dollar-degree-program/#comments Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:50:09 +0000 Mike Adams http://tsminteractive.com/?p=151165 Lawmakers in Texas are exploring affordable-education options for people under the financial hammer of the nation’s exploding tuition rates. The most controversial option is a bachelor’s degree for $10,000, which would cover tuition costs and textbooks.

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]]> http://710keel.com/texas-10000-dollar-degree-program/feed/ 0 iStockphoto Arlington Texting & Driving Ban Leads to Many Warnings, Few Tickets http://710keel.com/arlington-texting-driving-ban-leads-to-many-warnings-few-tickets/ http://710keel.com/arlington-texting-driving-ban-leads-to-many-warnings-few-tickets/#comments Sat, 24 Nov 2012 23:46:25 +0000 Associated Press http://710keel.com/?p=123823 A North Texas city has issued few tickets since it started enforcing its driving-while-texting ban a year ago.

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]]> http://710keel.com/arlington-texting-driving-ban-leads-to-many-warnings-few-tickets/feed/ 0 Lord Jim, Flickr Texas Man Receives 20-Year Prison Sentence for Biting Roomate http://710keel.com/texas-biter-jacques-quinn/ http://710keel.com/texas-biter-jacques-quinn/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:03:48 +0000 Associated Press http://710keel.com/?p=122849 GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — A Southeast Texas man convicted of biting his female roommate as he argued with his girlfriend has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.

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]]> http://710keel.com/texas-biter-jacques-quinn/feed/ 0 p_x_g, Flickr Man Executed for 2001 Rape and Murder of Texas Woman http://710keel.com/man-executed-for-2001-rape-and-murder-of-texas-woman/ http://710keel.com/man-executed-for-2001-rape-and-murder-of-texas-woman/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:25:54 +0000 Associated Press http://710keel.com/?p=122110 HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Texas prison officials have executed a registered sex offender for the rape, robbery and slaying of a woman abducted from a San Antonio bus stop 11 years ago.

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]]> http://710keel.com/man-executed-for-2001-rape-and-murder-of-texas-woman/feed/ 0 Handout, Getty Images Shooting Leaves One Dead, Suspect Surrenders to Texarkana Police http://710keel.com/shooting-leaves-one-dead-suspect-surrenders-to-texarkana-police/ http://710keel.com/shooting-leaves-one-dead-suspect-surrenders-to-texarkana-police/#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2012 10:47:54 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=119490 20-year-old Texarkana man arrested for killing ex-girlfriends male visitor.

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]]> http://710keel.com/shooting-leaves-one-dead-suspect-surrenders-to-texarkana-police/feed/ 0 Texas Planned Parenthood Clinics To Remain in Women's Health Care Program http://710keel.com/texas-planned-parenthood-federal-funding/ http://710keel.com/texas-planned-parenthood-federal-funding/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:16:58 +0000 Associated Press http://710keel.com/?p=118576 GEORGETOWN, Texas (AP) — A top state official says Planned Parenthood will remain in the Women's Health Program for now.

Health and Human Service Commissioner Kyle Janek said Wednesday the state needs time to verify it has enough doctors signed up for a new program that will exclude doctors and clinics with ties to abortion providers.

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]]> http://710keel.com/texas-planned-parenthood-federal-funding/feed/ 0 scATX, Flickr Texarkana, Texas, Authorities Looking for Murder Suspects http://710keel.com/texarkana-texas-authorities-looking-for-murder-suspects/ http://710keel.com/texarkana-texas-authorities-looking-for-murder-suspects/#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2012 23:53:36 +0000 Elaine Etheridge http://710keel.com/?p=104709 The Texarkana, Texas, Police Department is asking for help in locating two
people who may have information related to the most recent homicide in the city.

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]]> http://710keel.com/texarkana-texas-authorities-looking-for-murder-suspects/feed/ 0 Wanted Out of Texarkana, Texas /Texarkana, Texas, Police Dept. Brazen Burglars Bust into Businesses, Caught on Tape http://710keel.com/east-texas-authorities-seek-help-in-search-for-burglars/ http://710keel.com/east-texas-authorities-seek-help-in-search-for-burglars/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:14:31 +0000 Elaine Etheridge http://710keel.com/?p=101973 Harrison County, Texas, authorities are searching for two Hispanic men believed to have broken into two houses located near each other on the same night.

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]]> http://710keel.com/east-texas-authorities-seek-help-in-search-for-burglars/feed/ 0 Glass Cactus in Grapevine, Texas Named a Top 25 North American Nightclub http://710keel.com/glass-cactus-in-grapevine-texas-a-top-25-north-american-nightclub/ http://710keel.com/glass-cactus-in-grapevine-texas-a-top-25-north-american-nightclub/#comments Sat, 04 Aug 2012 11:00:48 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=99850 I may not have believed it had I not seen it for myself. Billboard Magazine has named Glass Cactus in Grapevine, Texas, a Top 25 Nightclub in North America.

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]]> http://710keel.com/glass-cactus-in-grapevine-texas-a-top-25-north-american-nightclub/feed/ 0 The Molly Ringwalds at Glass Cactus in Grapevine, Texas Texas Senator Speaks Out On Fifth Year Of Adding $1T In Debt http://710keel.com/texas-senator-speaks-out-on-fifth-year-of-adding-1t-in-debt/ http://710keel.com/texas-senator-speaks-out-on-fifth-year-of-adding-1t-in-debt/#comments Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:41:31 +0000 James Stanley http://710keel.com/?p=97837 Texas Senator John Cornyn weighs in on the five straight years of adding $1T to the U.S. debt.

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]]> http://710keel.com/texas-senator-speaks-out-on-fifth-year-of-adding-1t-in-debt/feed/ 0 John Cornyn, U.S. Senate (R-TX) How I Spent My Summer Vacation…In Lake Fork, Texas http://710keel.com/how-i-spent-my-summer-vacation/ http://710keel.com/how-i-spent-my-summer-vacation/#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2012 17:44:36 +0000 Elaine Etheridge http://710keel.com/?p=94175 I just got  back from a five-day vacation during the Fourth of July Holiday at Lake Fork, Texas. Yes there is a lake in Texas.  It wasn't an ordinary vacation.  It was actually 'My Big Ole Family Reunion."

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]]> http://710keel.com/how-i-spent-my-summer-vacation/feed/ 0 Texas Governor Says No To Covering More Texans Under Medicaid http://710keel.com/texas-governor-says-no-to-covering-more-texans-under-medicaid/ http://710keel.com/texas-governor-says-no-to-covering-more-texans-under-medicaid/#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2012 16:03:55 +0000 James Stanley http://710keel.com/?p=94115 Texas Governor Rick Perry is calling Medicaid a "failure,'' as he defends his decision to oppose any expansion of the program as part of the national health-care overhaul.

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]]> http://710keel.com/texas-governor-says-no-to-covering-more-texans-under-medicaid/feed/ 0 Governor Rick Perry, (R) Texas, webn-tv East Texas Earthquake Town Gets Alert System http://710keel.com/east-texas-earthquake-town-gets-alert-system/ http://710keel.com/east-texas-earthquake-town-gets-alert-system/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 12:13:19 +0000 Elaine Etheridge http://710keel.com/?p=80979 The earthquake ridden town in East Texas is taking steps for preparedness since it has been shaken, not once, not twice, but three times by earthquakes.

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]]> http://710keel.com/east-texas-earthquake-town-gets-alert-system/feed/ 0 Timpson Gets Earthquake Warning System photo by clipartof.com East Texas Residents Awaken to "Shake, Rattle and Roll" http://710keel.com/east-texas-residents-awaken-to-shake-rattle-and-roll/ http://710keel.com/east-texas-residents-awaken-to-shake-rattle-and-roll/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 14:28:12 +0000 Elaine Etheridge http://710keel.com/?p=79773 That earthquake that was felt in East Texas this morning, shook, rattled and even rolled  people out of bed. In fact, my two teenage daughters were awakened by the tremors.

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]]> http://710keel.com/east-texas-residents-awaken-to-shake-rattle-and-roll/feed/ 0 Earthquake Map from earthquakereport.com My Vacation in Texas http://710keel.com/my-vacation-in-texas/ http://710keel.com/my-vacation-in-texas/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 17:32:36 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=78857 So you're probably wondering why you didn't hear me on the air all last week.  I had a nice week-long vacation in Ft. Worth, Texas.  It began early Sunday with a trip to Six Flags Over Texas with the family

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