Coroner: 7 dead in tornado that ripped through US South
A powerful tornado has torn through rural Mississippi and Alabama, killing at least seven people, destroying buildings and knocking out power as severe weather that produced hail the size of golf balls moved through several southern states.
Texasโ foster care system has been in shambles for years. Hereโs how lawmakers want to fix it.
Texas legislators are considering increasing the Department of Family and Protective Servicesโ budget, giving extended relatives more money to care for kids and notifying the subjects of child abuse investigations of their rights.
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National signing day The reigning back-to-back Conference USA champions are wasting no time stacking up to their new league competition. UTSA football played its final season as a C-USA representative in the 2022 season, now joining the American Athletic Conference for the 2023 season. As of Friday evening, the Roadrunners sit at 59th overall in
paisano-online.comVideos show icy conditions across Texas due to winter storm
A winter storm system that moved through parts of Texas this week caused icy roads, flight delays, power disruptions and downed trees. While Texans dealt with the effects and frustrations of icy conditions, some were quick to make the most out of a chilly situation.
Hundreds of Chinese Americans protest in Dallas against 'discriminatory' Texas Senate bills
Chinese Americans from North Texas are protesting against two Texas Senate bills that would ban specific communities from buying property in the state. Over 250 protesters flocked to John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza in downtown Dallas on Sunday to condemn Senate Bills 147 and 552, which they have denounced as discriminatory. Bill 147, filed by Republican State Sen. Lois Kolkhorst in November 2022, will effectively prevent people with ties to four countries โ China, Russia, North Korea and Iran โ from purchasing Texas property or real estate if passed.
news.yahoo.comWomenโs basketball: UTSA fails to end its losing streak
San Antonio โ UTSA basketball drops their fourth game in a row against North Texas 54-51 Thursday night in the Convocation Center. Jordyn Jenkins led the team with 27 points, her 11th 20-point game of the season. Coleman and White each added six points in the loss. The Roadrunners (4-15, 2-8 C-USA) have not beaten
paisano-online.comMenโs basketball: Roadrunners swept by North Texas in season series
Denton โ North Texas guard Tylor Perry knocks down back-to-back threes to withstand a UTSA upset, pulling away 63-59 on Thursday night in The Super Pit. Jacob Germanyโs 15 points and seven rebounds off the bench helped find the Roadrunners in another close ball game against the current second seed in Conference-USA. Thursday's loss adds
paisano-online.comAnnual anti-rabies flights take off to salt Valley with vaccines
The annual anti-rabies campaign along the border began Tuesday with flights out of Edinburg as part of the stateโs holding action to keep certain strains of the disease out of Texas. The $2 million annual program aims to prevent coyotes and foxes who consume the vaccine baits from contracting the dog-coyote and fox rabies strains, thus allowing the disease to spread north from Mexico. Rollo said there were no human rabies cases in Texas in 2021, but as is usually the case, about 450 cases were recorded in animals. The skunk variant is not down here around the border,โ Rollo said Tuesday. โWe believe itโs important to continue to keep the wildlife population immunized along the border,โ Rollo said.
myrgv.comTexas GOP lawmaker hires Christian nationalist who called for drag show attendees to be executed
A Republican lawmaker and Texas House speaker candidate has hired a self-described Christian nationalist who called for the public execution of people who take children to drag events. And like his sister โ who has called for โrounding upโ people who attend Pride events โ Jake Neidert has similarly espoused anti-LGTBQ views. โYou want to force kids to see drag shows, I want to โdragโ you to the town square to be publicly executed for grooming kids. Across the state and country, drag and Pride events have been increasingly targeted by far-right movements, and right-wing pundits and politicians have routinely, and falsely, depicted drag events as opportunities for children to be sexually groomed. Other Republican leaders, including Abbott and Texas Republican Party Chair Matt Rinaldi, did not respond to requests for comment.
mysanantonio.comTexas GOP lawmaker hires Christian nationalist who called for drag show attendees to be executed
State Rep. Tony Tinderholt, R-Arlington, hired Jake Neidert, 22, last month as his officeโs legislative director amid a wave of anti-LGBTQ violence and rhetoric and ahead of an impending legislative session that is expected to focus heavily on anti-trans bills.
Texas GOP lawmaker hires Christian nationalist who called for drag show attendees to be executed
State Rep. Tony Tinderholt, R-Arlington, hired Jake Neidert, 22, last month as his officeโs legislative director amid a wave of anti-LGBTQ violence and rhetoric and ahead of a legislative session that's expected to focus heavily on anti-trans bills.
sacurrent.comNew Texas maternal mortality report shows disparities persist
The Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee report, delayed by more than three months, estimates that up to 90% of the deaths may have been preventable. Severe complications from pregnancy and childbirth also increased significantly.
Pilot ejects from fighter jet in Texas in failed landing
FORT WORTH (AP) โ A pilot safely ejected from a plane Thursday after a failed landing that was caught on video at a North Texas military base, officials said.The Marine Corps variant of a fighter jet,[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]
sanmarcosrecord.comPilot ejects from fighter jet in Texas in failed landing
A pilot safely ejected from a plane Thursday after a failed landing that was caught on video at a North Texas military base, officials said. The Marine Corps variant of a fighter jet, known as a F-35B, took a nose dive and spiraled after its wheels briefly touched down on the shared runway at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth. At the Pentagon, a spokesman said that the aircraft was being flown at the time of the crash by a U.S. government pilot, although it had not been transferred to the military yet by manufacturer Lockheed Martin.
news.yahoo.comAthena Strandโs father suing FedEx, contractor who hired driver acccused of kidnapping, killing child
The father of a 7-year-old girl who authorities say was abducted and killed by a FedEx driver in North Texas has filed a lawsuit against the suspect, delivery company and a Dallas-based contractor that hired him, according to media reports.
Massive US storm brings tornadoes to South, blizzard threat
DALLAS (AP) โ A massive storm blowing across the country spawned tornadoes that wrecked homes and injured a handful of people in parts of Oklahoma and Texas, including the Dallas-Fort Worth area, as m[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]
sanmarcosrecord.comPACK THE DOME: Traylor, UTSA want record-setting crowd for Conference USA Championship Game
For the second straight season, UTSA will host the Conference USA Championship Game, and head coach Jeff Traylor wants to pack the Alamodome with a record-setting crowd to help the Roadrunners take on North Texas.
Texas Democrats admit to faltering on messaging and voter turnout, contributing to resounding midterm losses
Beto OโRourke lost by double-digits on Tuesday night and so did every other statewide Democrat. That has left Democrats in a familiar position: wounded after a disappointing election night while contemplating their strategy and their future.
Uvalde schools get $442,000 from John Cornynโs federal gun safety law
The gun safety law allocates $100 million for a Department of Justice grant program for school districts to invest in safety programs and technology. Twenty-eight Texas school districts were awarded grants through the program, totaling almost $8 million.