Police officers who responded to the Uvalde school shooting are unlikely to be charged with any crimes for the lack of action taken during the May 2022 tragedy, despite a grand jury looking into the...
Instagram Halts Filters in Texas
Instagram users in Texas can no longer use certain filters after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Meta, the new parent company of both Facebook and Instagram. While the...
Single Meth Bust Worth $18 Million Seized at Border
According to the U.S. Customs Border Patrol (CBP), a semi-trailer truck was stopped after it attempted to cross the southern border into Laredo, Texas, from Mexico. On May 6, 33-year-old Luis...
Ten People Charged with Trafficking Methamphetamine
Eight people accused of trafficking methamphetamine were arrested in Tulia, Texas, on May 10, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham announced. In an eight-count indictment...
By Mary Dada | May 16, 2022
Missing Texas Woman’s Body Found in Trunk
The body of a Texas woman reported missing last week was located in the trunk of a vehicle, according to Texas City Police. According to police, on May 11, around 2:30 p.m., investigators were...
County Judge Tests Positive for COVID
Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley is now under quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19. According toย NBC 5 News, Judge Whitley broke the news of his infection during a Tarrant County...
By Mary Dada | May 14, 2022
Texas Murderer Escapes Prison Bus
An active search isย ongoing for a convicted murderer who fled after attacking a corrections officer driving a prison bus on Thursday.ย ย On May 12, Gonzalo Artemio Lopez, 46,ย was aboard the bus with...
Texas Social Media Law Reinstated
On Wednesday, May 11, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a Texas law that prohibits large social media platforms from banning or restricting user speech on account of political views. The...
Gnats Plague North Texas Town
Katy Lake, an idyllic, scenic neighborhood consisting of a couple of dozen homes in the North Texas town of Waxahachie, has become much less peaceful in the past few weeks. Residents of Katy Lake...
Austin Decriminalizes Marijuana, Bans ‘No Knock’ Warrants
Voters in Austin approved Proposition A, which is meant to decriminalize low-level marijuana possession and place a ban on no-knock warrants. More than 30,000 signatures were collected to support...
Woman Emerges from Crash Site after Two Days
Crash on FM 1431 in Jonestown where woman emerged from wreckage after two days
Churches Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Messages
Three churches and one pregnancy resource center in Texas were vandalized over Mother's Day weekend as tensions rise across the country over the leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion that could...
Man Cut Stranger’s Lawn Before Allegedly Stealing Lawnmower
On April Fools' night, a bizarre incident involving a manย mowing a stranger's lawn and then briefly stealing the mower has police still pursuing the thief. Police in Port Arthur, Texas, indicated...
Project Connect Light Rail Estimate Rises to $10.3 Billion
The cost estimate for the proposed Project Connect light rail system in Austin has almost doubled from $5.8 billion to $10.3 billion, according to a memo issued by the program's director, David...
Man Arrested for Alleged Robbery of Mail Carriers
On May 11, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas announced that the U.S. Postal Inspection Service arrested a San Antonio resident on criminal charges, alleging his...
College Cheerleader from DFW Takes Her Own Life
According to school officials, a DFW-native freshman cheerleader at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, died lastย weekย after posting a frightening message on social media. Now, the...
Texas Judge Presiding Over DWI Cases Arrested for DWI
A Texas judge who regularly presides over drinking and driving cases was arrested on drunk driving charges this past weekend. Judge John Lipscombe, who has presided over the Travis County Court at...
Local Pregnancy Center Vandalized on Camera
Denton Police are looking for a woman caught on camera vandalizing a pregnancy centerย on Saturday, May 7. Fox 4 News reports Executive Director Randy Bollig arrived at the Loreto House on Saturday...
By Amy Jones | May 12, 2022
Hispanics in South Texas Increasingly Supporting Republicans
Many citizens in South Texas, an area traditionally seen as a Democratic stronghold across the predominantly red state, are changing their political affiliation from Democrat to Republican. The...
Texas Gas Prices Hit All-Time High
According to AAA, gas prices in Texas reached another record high on Tuesday, surpassing the previous record set two months ago. As of last week, prices had risen 48% over the past year. Texarkana...
Teens Fatally Shoot 49-Year-Old Texas Man With Cane
Houston Police are on the hunt for a group of teenagers who allegedly attacked and fatally shot a 49-year-old man walking in north Houston on May 9. Detectives C. Vaughn and W. Dunn, investigators...
By Mary Dada | May 11, 2022