Texas reports a minor measles outbreak due to low vaccination rates. Health officials urge vaccinations to prevent the spread.

Measles has returned to Texas, with two cases confirmed in Houston last week. No cases have been found in Central Texas, but measles is a worry for health officials, causing Austin Public Health and the Texas Department of State Health Services to issue alerts.

The U.S. Marshals Service announced in a Thursday news release that it had joined the Waller County Sheriff's Office in the search for an escaped inmate.

Parts of Central and Southeast Texas woke up to snow Tuesday morning. See photos of videos shared on social media.

Texas state lawmakers have proposed a state budget that could potentially provide Houston ISD with millions in additional funds to increase teacher pay and address campus safety. Sen. Joan Huffman, R-Houston,

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The unusual combination of snow and ice hit Central Texas and spread all the way to the Gulf Coast ... Ice stopped accumulating around 11 a.m. Tuesday, with accumulations of 0.05 to 0.15 inches. Austin woke up Tuesday morning to sleet and snow ...

Austin barbeque joint Terry Blacks to start construction this year in Houston. It will also bring a boutique hotel to the Heights.

Other Texas cities also ranked high for single-family building permits including Dallas, Austin, San Antonio and New Braunfels.

A D.C.-based luxury charter bus company plans to expand its intercity services across Texas and the country over the next two years.

GOGO Charters, which began renting out charter buses in major U.S. cities in 2012, is planning daily bus routes between Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth as well Houston and San Antonio, with in-between stops in Katy and The Woodlands.

Taylor Jones scored 17 points, Madison Booker added 16 and No. 5 Texas defeated Missouri 70-61 for its fifth straight win and 18th in a row at home.