Partner
UNT Libraries Special Collections
76
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
53
Sterling Municipal Library
31
Alvin Community College
13
San Antonio Public Library
10
UNT Libraries
10
FM Buck Richards Library
9
Livingston Municipal Library
9
Patrick Heath Public Library
9
Sammy Brown Library
9
41 More
Collection
Texas Digital Newspaper Program
220
Tocker Foundation Grant
121
The Baytown Sun
31
KXAS-NBC 5 News Collection
28
Texas State Publications
27
Texas Attorney General Opinions
18
Randy Mallory Papers
17
Ladd & Katherine Hancher Library Foundation
16
LGBT Collections
14
Brazoria County Area Newspapers
13
70 More
Country
States
Year
Month
371 Matching Results
Results open in a new window/tab.
Results:
1 - 24 of
371
next
Eleven Days in Hell: the 1974 Carrasco Prison Siege in Huntsville, Texas
Access:
Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
From one o’clock on the afternoon of July 24, 1974, until shortly before ten o’clock the night of August 3, eleven days later, one of the longest hostage-taking sieges in the history of the United States took place in Texas’s Huntsville State Prison. The ringleader, Federico (Fred) Gomez Carrasco, the former boss of the largest drug-running operation in south Texas, was serving life for assault with intent to commit murder on a police officer. Using his connections to smuggle guns and ammunition into the prison, and employing the aid of two other inmates, he took eleven prison workers and four inmates hostage in the prison library. Demanding bulletproof helmets and vests, he planned to use the hostages as shields for his escape. Negotiations began immediately with prison warden H. H. Husbands and W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director of the Texas Department of Corrections. The Texas Rangers, the Department of Public Safety, and the FBI arrived to assist as the media descended on Huntsville. When one of the hostages suggested a moving structure of chalkboards padded with law books to absorb bullets, Carrasco agreed to the plan. The captors entered their escape pod with four hostages and secured eight others to …
Date:
August 15, 2004
Creator:
Harper, William T.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Financial Review of the Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education Fund
Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether local law enforcement agencies have established proper controls over state law enforcement officer standards and education (LEOSE) funds and whether expenditures are consistent with statutory restrictions.
Date:
August 2004
Creator:
Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A Review of Implementation of Prior Audit Recommendations by the Commission on the Arts
Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Commission on the Arts has addressed the conditions of the audit findings the State Auditor's Office identified in 2002, which will help ensure that grant recipients use funds as intended and that the Commission promptly and properly awards grants.
Date:
August 2004
Creator:
Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Selected Controls Over Instant Tickets at the Texas Lottery Commission
Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to multiple internal weaknesses in controls over instant tickets at the Texas Lottery Commission (Lottery) that require immediate attention and correction.
Date:
August 2004
Creator:
Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Restoring Native Grasslands
This document provides information about restoring Texas grassland, range management, and watershed management.
Date:
August 2004
Creator:
Hays, K. Brian
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Cash Controls at the University of North Texas
Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the University of North Texas's (University) controls for receiving, safeguarding, and disbursing cash, the accuracy of its accounting and record-keeping of collections and of state revenues, receipts, and disbursements, and its compliance with state laws and regulations related to cash management.
Date:
August 2004
Creator:
Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 155, No. 24, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 4, 2004
Weekly newspaper from Rusk, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
August 4, 2004
Creator:
Whitehead, Marie
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 155, No. 25, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 11, 2004
Weekly newspaper from Rusk, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
August 11, 2004
Creator:
Whitehead, Marie
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 155, No. 26, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 18, 2004
Weekly newspaper from Rusk, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
August 18, 2004
Creator:
Whitehead, Marie
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 155, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 25, 2004
Weekly newspaper from Rusk, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
August 25, 2004
Creator:
Whitehead, Marie
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Karen DeVinney to Sterling Houston and Sandra Mayor - August 13, 2004]
Letter from Karen DeVinney, managing editor from the University of North Texas press, to Sandra Mayo and Sterling Houston. She writes to both to inform them of edits that have been made to a manuscript titled Myth, Magic, and Farce. The manuscript is a collection of plays by Houston, a prominent San Antonio playwright. DeVinney goes on to talk about other stages that need to be met before publication.
Date:
August 13, 2004
Creator:
DeVinney, Karen
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0225
Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a school district may offer an early payment discount to its taxpayers if the school district has contracted with a county for tax collection services and the county had discontinued early payment discounts (RQ-0179-GA)
Date:
August 3, 2004
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0226
Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether, consistently with section 573.041 of the Government Code, a home-rule municipality may appoint a department head who is related to the mayor within the third degree by consanguinity or the second degree by affinity if the city charter authorizes the city manager to “appoint, subject to consultation with the Board of Commissioners, all department heads” (RQ-0180-GA)
Date:
August 3, 2004
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0227
Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Effect of newly adopted article XVI, section 66 of the Texas Constitution on certain municipal employees who are required to accept medical retirement (RQ-0183-GA)
Date:
August 5, 2004
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0228
Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a county clerk must accept for recording a paper copy, containing printed images of signatures or a printed image of a notary seal, of an electronic record of a real estate transaction (RQ-0186-GA)
Date:
August 5, 2004
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0229
Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a county sheriff is authorized to enter into a contract to house federal prisoners or to accept and dispose of federal surplus property (RQ-0181-GA)
Date:
August 9, 2004
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0230
Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Determining the applicable deadline for a municipality and a county to complete their certified subdivision regulation agreement as required in section 242.0015, Local Government Code (RQ-0182-GA)
Date:
August 9, 2004
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0231
Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether the family protection fee, which section 51.961 of the Government Code authorizes a commissioners court to adopt, violates the open courts provision, article I, section 13 of the Texas Constitution (RQ-0166-GA)
Date:
August 10, 2004
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0232
Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether a student fee advisory committee established under section 54.5031 of the Education Code is subject to the Open Meetings Act, chapter 551 of the Government Code (RQ-0184-GA)
Date:
August 10, 2004
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0233
Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether the Texas Residential Construction Act excludes from its definition of "builder" businesses and individuals engaged in residential construction and licensed by a municipality, and whether the Texas Residential Construction Commission may seek to enjoin builders who have failed to obtain a certificate of registration from the Commission (RQ-0176-GA)
Date:
August 17, 2004
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0234
Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether, under section 1551.114 of the Insurance Code, an eligible retiree of a community supervision and corrections department may participate in the Employees Retirement System group benefits program after meeting the requirements of subsection (c)(2), with no further requirements, such as the "rule of 80" set out in section 1551.102 (RQ-0213-GA)
Date:
August 17, 2004
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0235
Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether a county may acquire and operate property for the exclusive interment of deceased paupers (RQ-0185-GA)
Date:
August 19, 2004
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0236
Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether the Board of Nurse Examiners may permit registered nurses to administer a dangerous drug on the order of a therapeutic optometrist (RQ-0188-GA)
Date:
August 19, 2004
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0237
Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether the liens for public improvement district assessments levied against property that was not a homestead at the time of assessment may be enforced by foreclosure even though the property has become a homestead between the date of assessment and the date of the enforcement action (RQ-0187-GA)
Date:
August 25, 2004
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History