KBMT - 12 News - State News http://www.kbmt12.com/news/state RSS Feed for KBMT - News - State News en-us Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:47:25 GMT Gun Group Targets Texas For Open-Carry Law http://www.kbmt12.com/news/state/35316244.html FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Saying Texas firearm laws are overly restrictive, a group of gun advocates is lobbying state lawmakers to permit wearing handguns in plain view. A&M Schools Push To Be 'Military Friendly' http://www.kbmt12.com/news/state/35313189.html COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - Schools in the Texas A&M system are looking to become more military friendly. The system will announce plans to ensure all nine schools offer enough online classes, distance-learning and easy credit transfers to be considered "military friendly." Group seeks Pickens' wife's help to save rangeland http://www.kbmt12.com/news/state/35307349.html ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Conservationists are looking to the wife of Dallas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens to help thousands of wild horses and save rangeland in the West. Parents sue school over sex offender check system http://www.kbmt12.com/news/state/35307299.html AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A background check system used by many Texas schools to spot visititing sex offenders is being challenged by two parents. Houston Sees Record-low Days of Dangerous Smog http://www.kbmt12.com/news/state/35307194.html HOUSTON (AP) - The former smog capital of the U.S. is steadily getting cleaner. For the third consecutive year, the Houston area has seen a drop in days with harmful levels of smog from its heavy industry, weather and traffic-choked highways. Houston Man Kills Wife and Self While 20 People Hid in Home http://www.kbmt12.com/news/state/35259474.html A Houston man shot and killed his wife and himself while 20 people were inside the home hiding from the him. 100 Arrested at Illegal Dallas Cock Fight http://www.kbmt12.com/news/state/35290664.html Dallas police got a tip about a cockfighting ring and were able to nab some 100 spectators Saturday, November 29. Boat Capsizes Leaving One Texan Missing http://www.kbmt12.com/news/state/35290559.html Police in Dallas have called off a search overnight Sunday, November 30 for a man who may have drowned in a lake. Houston Fuels Drug Cartels With Weapons http://www.kbmt12.com/news/state/35284414.html HOUSTON (AP) - Federal officials say Houston has become the top source for firearms going into Mexico to supply drug cartel gangsters with weapons for their deadly insurgency. Texans Struggle with Border Fence Issue http://www.kbmt12.com/news/state/35259334.html McALLEN, Texas (AP) - Rio Grande Valley property owners are girding for hearings to determine how much the federal government will pay for land it grabs to build the border fence.