On the 23rd, March 2005, a hydrocarbon vapour cloud explosion occurred at the ISOM isomerization process unit at BP’s Texas City refinery in Texas City, Texas, killing 15 workers and injuring more than 170 others. The Texas City Refinery was…
On the 23rd, March 2005, a hydrocarbon vapour cloud explosion occurred at the ISOM isomerization process unit at BP’s Texas City refinery in Texas City, Texas, killing 15 workers and injuring more than 170 others. The Texas City Refinery was…
The Poe Elementary School bombing was a school bombing that occurred in Houston, Texas, United States on September 15, 1959. Six people, including the perpetrator and his own son, were killed.
West Texas is a vernacular term applied to a region in the southwestern quadrant of the United States that primarily encompasses the arid and semiarid lands in the western portion of the state of Texas.
Marfa is a town in the high desert of far West Texas and the county seat of Presidio County. Located between the Davis Mountains and Big Bend National Park, the population was 1,981 as of the 2010 United States Census.…
On August 13, 2012, a shooting occurred in College Station, Texas near Texas A&M University around 12:30 p.m. central time, in which multiple people, mostly police officers, were shot in a shootout. The suspect, who was shot and fatally wounded…
The Texas Lottery is the government-operated lottery available throughout Texas. It is operated by the Texas Lottery Commission, headquartered in downtown Austin.