An Austin court ruling on Monday blocks Texas from accessing records on transgender children maintained by a national LGBTQ+ organization. Judge Amy Clark Meachum from Travis County’s 201st Civil...
TX City Honors 15 Killed in Plant Explosion
The City of West, Texas, is celebrating and honoring those who lost their lives in the fertilizer plant explosion that left 15 dead a decade ago. On April 17, 2013, following a fire, approximately...
Texan Gets 70 Years for Spitting on Officers
A man has been sentenced to 70 years in prison for spitting on police officers during an arrest. The incident happened in May 2022 while 36-year-old Larry Pearson was being arrested for domestic...
Mystery Fish IDed by TX Parks and Wildlife
Experts have managed to identify a mysterious fish that was spotted on the Gulf Coast earlier this year. Suzanne Choate Arceneaux uploaded an image of a strange fish that had washed ashore on a...
Monday’s Lotto Texas Jackpot Hits $72M
The excitement is building as the Lotto Texas jackpot continues to soar. With no winner in Saturday's drawing, the estimated jackpot for Monday night's drawing has climbed to a staggering $72...
SpaceX Calls Off Starship Launch
SpaceX on Monday morning postponed the launch of the world’s largest rocket ship. This launch was meant to be the rocket ship’s, dubbed Starship, first integrated flight test. SpaceX champions...
Outrage as DFW Toll Prices Reach $24
Extreme frustration has been reported among drivers due to high toll prices on North Tarrant Express toll lanes. During rush hour, the North Tarrant Express toll has reached as high as $24, NBC 5...
Exonerated Texas Man Charged With New Murder
Three and a half years after a Houston man was released from prison for a crime he did not commit, police arrested him on a murder charge. Lydell Grant, 46, is currently being held at the Harris...
TX County Decides to Reinstate Banned Books
Officials in Llano County announced the return of several banned books, many of which include themes relating to race, gender, and sexuality.
Aggressive Bees Attack Residents
An apparent bee attack has left two hospitalized. The Grandview Fire Department reported responding to an apparent bee attack on April 12. Emergency personnel said that they had seen what seemed to...
Daylight Savings Time Could Become Permanent
The Texas House of Representatives this week voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill that would end the twice-a-year clock change. House Bill 1422, which mandates maintaining Daylight Saving Time...
Texas County Considers Closing Libraries
After a federal judge ordered its libraries to return banned books, a rural Texas county is considering closing its libraries. Llano County, located in the heart of Texas, is holding a special...
Remembering the West Fertilizer Plant Fire
The 10-year anniversary of the West Fertilizer Plant explosion approaches, leading many to remember those lost in the disaster and others to warn that another may be imminent. The fire that broke...
Mysterious Animal Caught on Camera
A mysterious four-legged animal spotted on a park visitor's game camera last Thursday has left officials at Texas Parks and Wildlife stumped. "Is it a new species? An escapee from a nearby zoo? Or...
Air Over the Gulf Loaded With Pollution
A recent report from the University of Houston (UH) has revealed that the air along the Gulf of Mexico coast in Texas may be more polluted than previously thought. The mass concentration of aerosols...
NASA Creates Mars Habitat Simulation in Texas
NASA has begun preparations for a manned mission to Mars. The agency has constructed an artificial environment and habitat to simulate life on the red planet. Recruiting for this endeavor began in...
Rare TX Wildflower Gets Federal Protection
A wildflower that grows in Central Texas was added to the federal register of threatened species on Monday. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service classified the bracted twistflower as "threatened" on...
Senate Passes CRT Ban for Public Universities
The Texas Senate passed a bill on April 12 that would prohibit educators at public universities from coercing students into the belief that “any race, sex, or ethnicity or social, political, or...
Texans Drop Down Forbes’ Billionaires List
A handful of Texans figured on this year's list of global billionaires compiled by Forbes, yet on the whole, their fortunes aren't what they used to be. The combined net worth of the 2,640...
North Texans Celebrate Jackpot Winnings
Last Thursday, 10 players got lucky on tickets bought across Texas, including several in North Texas. In a rare and impressive occurrence, 10 jackpot-winning tickets were sold in the Texas Two Step...
Explosion at TX Dairy Farm Kills 18K Cows
A blast and fire at a dairy farm in the Texas Panhandle on Monday night left one worker hospitalized and thousands of cows dead. Southfork Dairy Farm in Castro County was rocked by an explosion at...