A single mother and several insurance companies are among the first to sue West Fertilizer Co. and its parent company Adair Grain, Inc. for the devastating fertilizer plant explosion in West.
David Lambert, astronomy professor, will step down from his position as director of UT's McDonald Observatory at the age of 75. The search for a new director has begun.
Universities would not be able to prohibit students with concealed handgun licenses from storing handguns and ammunition in their vehicles on university property if a proposed law passes the Texas Legislature.
The Texas House of Representatives’ chief budget writer said he intends to keep amendments to the proposed state budget limiting the spending power of the UT System Board of Regents and UT System administration. Lawmakers have also sought to limit regents through legislation.
Five days after a fertilizer plant explosion rocked the small town of West, federal and state investigators are still at a loss as to what started the fire that triggered the explosion.
When marketing senior Hannah Hutyra got a call from her mom, who said there had been an explosion, Hutyra said she didn’t understand why her mom sounded upset.
