A former Lacy Lakeview woman who beat her stepdaughter and isolated her in a room bound by chains and who later ran an illegal home day care business was sentenced to 70 years in prison Friday.

It’s not that I hate surprises, it’s just that I tend to feel better when they aren’t … you know … around. Surprises that so ...

A Lacy Lakeview woman who said God has forgiven her for isolating her stepdaughter in a barren room and restraining her with ...

Today is International Polar Bear Day ...

Whisper Hill Farm’s well-traveled multi-millionaire homebred Grand Sonata, unraced since mid-October, will be in familiar ...

The cat always looks angry. Even when I’m minding my own business, and she pads over to the couch to plunk herself down on my lap – as her fearless sense of ownership often compels her to do when ...

Former Mexia head football coach Aaron Nowell has confirmed with 25 News that he is the new defensive coordinator for ...

Whether he's barking instructions or cracking jokes, the second-year guard has become a leader of one of the NBA's most surprising teams.

Central Texas boys high school soccer is in the thick of district play. Here's the American-Statesman's team of the week for Feb. 16-21.

I often think author and activist Arundhati Roy introduced me to mortality in her novel, The God of Small Things. Since reading her haunting, poetic prose when the volume was published in 1997, I have ...

LeBrun, passed away on February 12, 2026, at the age of 63. Born on August 17, 1962, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Ann enriched the lives of many with her warmth ...

The wait is over. Blooming Grove's Lady Lions opened the 2026 season at home with an 11-1 five-inning, Mercy Rule victory over Waco Connally, and yes, it felt like a long wait to get to the 2026 ...