by CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press Writer

McALLEN, Texas (AP) - Residents along the Texas-Mexico border kept a watchful eye on Tropical Storm Dolly on Monday, stocking up on plywood, generators and flashlights as forecasters predicted the storm would strengthen into a hurricane later this week and make landfall. (0) comments

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - An inmate who fled from his from his job as groundskeeper outside a Huntsville-area prison was recaptured about five hours later Monday night, riding a stolen bicycle along an interstate highway. Convicted burglar and robber Michael McCumber, 55, was apprehended without incident about 10 p. (0) comments

AUSTIN (AP) - A 23-year-old resident of a state facility for the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled was in critical condition after another male resident sexually assaulted him, police said Monday. The assault occurred this weekend in a communal shower area at the Austin State School, said Sgt. (0) comments

KEMP, Texas (AP) - Identities have been released on three members of a Fort Worth family who died when their single-engine plane crashed and burned near Kemp. Officials say the accident killed 50-year-old pilot John Walter Newman Junior, his 48-year-old wife Cyndy and their 19-year-old son, John "J. (0) comments