No. 20 USC pulls off fake punt after the Trojans' 3rd-string QB switches to punter's uniform number
Read full article: No. 20 USC pulls off fake punt after the Trojans' 3rd-string QB switches to punter's uniform numberNo. 20 Southern California pulled off a remarkable fake punt against Northwestern by unexpectedly sending out third-string quarterback Sam Huard in the same uniform number as the Trojans’ punter.
Rural providers, advocates push Texas Legislature to "rescue" maternal health care system
Read full article: Rural providers, advocates push Texas Legislature to "rescue" maternal health care systemAlmost half of Texas counties have nowhere to get prenatal care, let alone deliver a baby. This plan offers legislative proposals to shore up what’s left.
Boerne nonprofit offers equine therapy to Uvalde school shooting first responders
Read full article: Boerne nonprofit offers equine therapy to Uvalde school shooting first respondersAn equine therapy program in Boerne is helping veterans and first responders who are battling Post-traumatic stress disorder to heal and build trust.
Analysis: Rural Texas hospitals still searching for a remedy
Read full article: Analysis: Rural Texas hospitals still searching for a remedyThe good news is that no rural hospitals in Texas have closed in the last two years. The bad news? They’re still in crisis mode, and the state government is still struggling to find a remedy.
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“On a crash course”: Texas hospitals brace for another COVID-19 surge as delta variant burns through unvaccinated communities
Read full article: “On a crash course”: Texas hospitals brace for another COVID-19 surge as delta variant burns through unvaccinated communitiesHospital officials worry that "staggering and frightening" hospitalization rates will push facilities to capacity at a time when staffing is short and workers are exhausted.
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Concert benefit underway in Boerne for late Texas state trooper Chad Walker
Read full article: Concert benefit underway in Boerne for late Texas state trooper Chad WalkerIt's more than a month since DPS trooper Chad Walker died in the line of duty. Today in Boerne, a special tribute and fundraiser for trooper Walker's family.
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Coronavirus is ablaze in West Texas as tourists flock to Big Bend and Marfa. Hospitals are running out of overflow options.
Read full article: Coronavirus is ablaze in West Texas as tourists flock to Big Bend and Marfa. Hospitals are running out of overflow options.So before Thanksgiving, he drove more than 500 miles west from his home in McKinney to visit Marfa and Big Bend National Park. They’re rural, sparsely populated, outdoorsy and now — overrun with visitors and saturated with COVID-19 cases. Presidio and Brewster counties, home to Marfa and Big Bend, along with nearby Culberson County, lead the state in cases per 1,000 residents in the last two weeks, according to a Texas Tribune analysis. In fact, all of West Texas, including Jeff Davis, Hudspeth and El Paso counties, is ablaze with increasing COVID-19 cases and low on hospital beds. “It’s a scary feeling to have a critically ill patient with nowhere to go,” said Gilda Morales, a Culberson County commissioner and doctor at Culberson Hospital.
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Air Force launches investigation at Lackland after reports of falsified maintenance records
Read full article: Air Force launches investigation at Lackland after reports of falsified maintenance recordsSAN ANTONIO – The Air Force Office of Special Investigations is looking into a private housing company after a Reuters report found that employees falsified maintenance records to receive bonuses, military officials told KSAT Tuesday. ‘We fudged the numbers:’ Ex-Lackland workers say they falsified housing inspection records in new reportThe company released a statement about the incident Wednesday. “In addition to the audit work we are undertaking in connection with our Air Force bases, we are conducting a comprehensive review of work order practices at our Army and Navy bases,” the spokesperson said. The Air Force is pursuing “51 separate actions” intended to improve oversight on private housing and standardize the policy, Henderson said. Balfour Beatty officials told KSAT Wednesday that the dorms are entirely managed by the Air Force.