Latest local news, weather and high school sports from Amarillo

Friday, December 28, 2012  Amarillo Fire Department responded to the 900 block of South Van Buren for a fire that sparked in the lower level of the Amarillo Globe News building.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012  North Texas has had another minor earthquake.

Friday, September 28, 2012  A wheelchair-accessible van is being donated to the family of the Vega football player who suffered a spinal cord injury last year.

Saturday, September 08, 2012  The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation hosted the Amarillo 2012 Rock The Park-'Walk to cure Diabetes,' to raise awareness and funds for research.

Wednesday, September 05, 2012  Powerful magnitude-7.6 earthquake reported in Costa Rica

Friday, August 24, 2012  As the use of newer technology continues to grow, many newspapers across America are embracing new media and new protocol. In our area, the Amarillo Globe News is one of them.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012  Close to 8.5 million Americans say they sleepwalk during the night. Trevor Ashcraft, is one of them, and says he has been sleepwalking since he was a young boy.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012  "(There is a) need to be perfect and go to extreme efforts in order to present themselves with perfection," said Kaye Renshaw, a licensed professional counselor.That need for perfection that is causing an alarming trend. More women in their thirties, forties and fifties are being diagnosed with eating disorders.

Wednesday, February 08, 2012  Man told police he knew how to use discarded televisions to create "electromagnetic distortion devices" to block communications and disrupt commerce

Tuesday, January 24, 2012  Right now, nearly one in 100 children are diagnosed with autism. Some are calling it the "autism epidemic".

Wednesday, January 18, 2012  On Sept. 29, a hush came over the crowd as junior varsity football player Luis Morales collided with a retaining wall after he was pushed out of bounds.

Friday, November 18, 2011  After 30 years mystery surrounding Natalie Woods' death remains; detectives re-open case

Sunday, November 13, 2011  Doctors may be able to diagnose autism at an earlier age.

Sunday, November 06, 2011  North American toy design and manufacturing company, Battat, is recalling close to 100,000 Toulouse-LapTrec magnetic sketch boards in the U.S. and 4,300 in Canada.

Monday, October 03, 2011  A Texas chemical plant spokesman says employees who were inside the plant when a massive fire broke out were able to evacuate.