BASTROP, Texas, Aug. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative announced today it is seeking $18.8 million in grant funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The funding will allow the cooperative to complete the next phase of its Sustainable Grid(TM) initiative.

BASTROP, Texas, May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- A Senior delegation from the government of Southern Sudan arrived in Texas on Sunday for a weeklong program of discussions with public and private sector companies.

Alcoa Inc., owner of a Rockdale, Texas, smelter that partially closed because of power-supply interruptions, said Monday it sued Energy Future Holdings Corp., alleging it tried to put the plant out of business.

THORNDALE, Texas - A pack of six dogs mauled a 76-year-old woman to death as she worked in her yard, authorities said.