A new bill has recently passed the legislature and is awaiting signing by Governor Perry to make it official This law is designed to take a proactive step to preventing the growing illegal weapons trade between Texas and Mexico.

According to this piece from the Houston Chronicle, guns are often smuggled from Texas cities like Houston into Mexico where weapons are typically banned from civilian possession. This gun trade and the opposite flowing drug trade have significantly contributed to crime in our state. read more

Dallas Maverick Dirk Nowitski wasn’t home when police served a warrant on his friend Cristal Taylor. Taylor had been staying with the star forward for the past few months in what seems to be a close relationship. According to this article from the Dallas Morning News, however, the team and people around Nowitski are pleased to see that Taylor may be on her way out of Nowitski’s life.

Understandably, Nowitski doesn’t want to talk about Taylor or the two warrants she had out for her, for a probation violation and a theft charge. Looking into Taylor’s past one may be surprised that she was able to build a friendship with someone in the limelight like Nowitski. read more

Texas wouldn’t be the same without football. It is who we are; football is simply a way of life for many of us. This doesn’t mean, however, that the players, both professional and college, are outside the ramifications of the law. On the contrary, it seems we see plenty players making the news for more than just their sacks and touchdowns.

Most recently, former Cowboy Michael Kiselak, was charged with defrauding both friends and family into investing several million dollars. After the lights on the field go out players are left trying to maintain their NFL lifestyle; this one may have ultimately failed.

Kiselak led investors to believe their money was going towards Treasury bills. Instead, as this WFAA report claims, the money was being invested in Kiselaks own “capital investments.” He purchased a personal jet and vineyards with their money. read more