Victims' families grow frustrated with stay of execution for convicted 'Desert Killer" David Leonard Wood. El Paso families awaits ruling for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on the fate of Wood's ...

David Leonard Wood, 67, known as the convicted "Desert Killer," was set to be executed Thursday, March 13, but less than 48 hours before the state of Texas was to kill him, the state's highest ...

Throughout this season, the Odessa College baseball team has had plenty of easy wins and close victories. After winning two close games in last Friday's doubleheader against Western Texas College, ...

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Full Story By Ayden Runnels Updated: March 11, 2025 The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals did not clarify why it halted the execution of David Wood in its order granting the stay. Full Story By ...

In February, the National Endowment for the Arts, which distributes about $39 million annually to arts groups across the ...

Also—David Leonard Wood is being called the 'Desert Killer.' Now he is facing execution. But there are questions about his guilt. February 21, 2025 • Today on Texas Matters: As measles ...

The latest projections have the Texas Tech Red Raiders landing four-star edge rusher David Bailey, who played three seasons ...

Defensive coordinator Shiel Wood joined the Texas Tech football team in December from Houston. He discusses his Tech coaching colleagues from Wofford NiJaree Canady delivers a single for Texas ...

David Geier has repeatedly claimed that vaccines cause autism. Working alongside his father, he has published a number of ...

Near present-day Marfa, Texas, a prehistoric hunter once took shelter in a cave. The person built a fire and went through ...