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DENTON, Texas (AP) — Former major league pitcher John Wetteland has been charged in Texas with continuous sex abuse of a child under age 14.

PHOENIX (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates have acquired hard-throwing closer Keone Kela from the Texas Rangers for minor league starter Taylor Hearn and a player to be named.

A West Texas teacher admitted to having a sexual relationship with a high school student. He also acknowledged that he enticed the 17-year-old over Snapchat, said federal officials.

Yankees training camp has always been a gathering point for stars in the world of sports. However, after the move the “Bombers” made with the Rangers on Wednesday, they’re taking this thing to a whole new level.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Texas Rangers left-hander Martin Perez broke his non-pitching elbow in a mishap with a bull and is likely to miss the start of the season.

Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector arrested violent felons, an MS-13 gang member, and a wanted child rapist after they illegally crossed the border from Mexico.

A Facebook post for a protest dubbed “Destroy the Confederacy” at Sam Houston Park in Houston on Saturday warns “*Do NOT bring children.” A group “committed to protecting Texas and Texas History,” “This Is Texas Freedom Force” (TITFF), says demonstrators plan to tear down a Confederate statue. They also warn there will be violence.

Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre was ejected from Wednesday’s game with the Miami Marlins. During the eighth inning and trailing by 12 runs, umpire Gerry Davis instructed Beltre to get in the designated on-deck circle while waiting for his

A west Texas man, formerly a corrections officer who pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography earlier this year, got eight years in federal prison Monday for the crime.

Former President George W. Bush was in attendance Wednesday to see the Texas Rangers host the Philadelphia Phillies. As Fox Sports Southwest’s Emily Jones shared a report during the live broadcast, the former Rangers owner, drink in hand, walked by and shouted,

Students reportedly chanted “build that wall” while dressed in ponchos, sombreros, construction outfits and maid’s uniforms at a Texas university fraternity party.

Arrested within days of each other, two teachers face allegations of sexual misconduct with students in unrelated cases in the same Texas town.

New England Patriots star quarterback Tom Brady’s Super Bowl jersey is missing and now the famed Texas Rangers have been put on the case to find it, reports reveal.

Law enforcement officials in East Texas are reporting the alleged murderer of 10-year-old Kayla Gomez-Orozco is a previously deported illegal alien from Mexico.

Friday night, the Houston Astros will put the best baseball trio in 15 years on the field in the battle for Texas against the Rangers.

Cleveland Indians second baseman Jason Kipnis did not want the same fate as Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Jose Bautista when dealing with Texas Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor. On Thursday, Odor slid into Kipnis while cleanly trying to break up

In a new interview, Texas Rangers GM Jon Daniels rationalizes the team’s demand for a brand new, tax-funded stadium only 22 years after getting a tax-funded stadium.

Officials with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) have filed 15 additional corruption charges against the mayor and city manager of the south Texas town of Crystal City. The new charges include wire fraud, theft of services, and additional conspiracy charges.

The Arlington, Texas, city council took the first step toward approving a massive plan to help build the Rangers a new stadium despite overwhelming opposition from citizens speaking at the meeting.

HOUSTON, Texas — One year ago today, Sandra Bland died in a small county jail cell just 25 miles northwest of Houston. The deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, the recent Black Lives Matter protests, and the execution of five officers in Dallas, have made the anniversary date even more concerning.

Not since 1985 has San Antonio enjoyed a professional football team within its immediate media market. If the Oakland Raiders have their way, the Alamo City could be competing with Las Vegas for Texas’ third franchise, at the expense of local taxpayers according to a Breitbart Texas interview with Stanford University economics professor Roger Noll.

Despite claims that the proposed retractable roof for a new Texas Rangers’ stadium would be paid for with a 50-50 deal between the team’s money and tax dollars, a new analysis seems to show that the taxpayers would be paying far more than half the costs.

The Dallas Morning News sent a tweet out on Tuesday afternoon that implied they had inside knowledge of future actions to be taken by Travis County prosecutors against Republican state officials.

The Texas Rangers look to break ground on a new ballpark despite opening up their current venue just 22 years ago.

The Texas Rangers had payback on their minds for this weekend’s series with the Toronto Blue Jays. In Game 5 of the 2015 ALDS, Blue Jays outfielder Jose Bautista angered the Rangers when he unleashed one of the biggest bat flips

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has appointed a former chief of the Texas Rangers as new Commissioner of the disgraced Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS). DFPS is the agency responsible for protecting abused and neglected children in the state. Breitbart Texas has reported about the abuses, problems, and overreach in the agency, particularly among CPS caseworkers. DFPS is also referred to as Child Protective Services or “CPS.” There have been horrific abuses of children who are in the state’s foster care system.

The State of Texas has filed a brief to reply to the claims on appeal made by the convicted murderer of “American Sniper” Chris Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield. Eddie Ray Routh is asking an intermediate appellate court in Texas to set aside the jury’s guilty verdict.

A multi-agency law enforcement task force raided and shut down the city hall building of the town of Crystal City, Texas, on Thursday. Five city officials and a Texas businessman were arrested on corruption charges.

Major League Baseball confirms an investigation into Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish related to gambling charges against his brother.

The Texas Rangers have begun an investigation into border law enforcement officials over cash evidence missing from the vault.

Toronto Blue Jays fans, unaware of the perfect legality of a tie-breaking run scored by the Texas Rangers in the pivotal fifth game of the ALDS series, hurled debris on the field. The Jays eventually won the game, 6-3.

In the final days of the 2015 MLB season, Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton made one of the better plays of the season against his former team, the Los Angeles Angels. Hamilton made the amazing catch while running backwards and

A notice filed by special prosecutors in the securities fraud cases against Texas Attorney General Paxton raises potentially exculpatory, as well as damaging evidence. Clint Broden, a lawyer from Dallas who is double-board certified in criminal law told Breitbart Texas, “The notice could be a double-edged sword.”

A Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) employee has been arrested for allegedly accepting $1,000-$2,000 bribes to issue Texas driver licenses to illegal aliens who did not legally qualify for those driver licenses. She is accused of fraudulently inputting into the DPS computer system that the illegal aliens were born in the United States.

On Monday, Adrian Beltre of the Texas Rangers, 38, became the third player in modern baseball history to hit for the cycle three times in his career. Beltre slammed a home run in the fifth inning after tripling in the first, doubling in the second, and singling in the third.

As the New York Mets find themselves in a pennant race for the first time in years, largely due to stellar pitching, many have been calling for the team to make a move for some bats. The term “professional hitter” has been thrown around lately on the radio talk shows and in print. The Mets need to add a “professional hitter” they say. Each time I’ve heard that phrase of late Darryl Hamilton came to mind.