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Firefighters are looking to the skies for much-needed rain this week as crews continue battling wildfires across the state.[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

The Texas Wildfire Incident Response System map lists 10 active wildfires as of Friday morning.

Reader letters published in our June 2022 issue.

Ryan Palmer shot a 10-under 62 on Friday at the Byron Nelson for a share of the second-round lead with Sebastián Muñoz and 40-year-old tour rookie David Skinns.

The Dallas police chief says they don’t believe a shooting at a hair salon in Dallas’ Koreatown area that injured three women was a hate crime.

More than a quarter of women of childbearing age are uninsured in Texas, the highest rate in the nation, and the state has chosen to cap Medicaid benefits for new moms earlier than other states.

The three men are accused of using excessive force during May 2020 protests following the murder of George Floyd.

Police say a 2-year-old child has been hospitalized in critical condition after being mauled by a coyote on the front porch of the child's Dallas home.

SAN ANTONIO - Tackling is usually reserved for football, but a viral video shows just that occurring in a junior college baseball game in north Texas. The video, which has been viewed 5.1 million times as of this writing, was taken during the top of the sixth inning in an April 20 game between North…

The candidates are church members.

A man charged with killing 18 older women in the Dallas area over a two-year span was convicted Thursday in one of the cases against him and was immediately sentenced to life in prison without parole.

The Marine landed overnight according to reports.

The once world-famous Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells is finally getting a facelift courtesy of a contractor, who also happens to be a budding TikTok star.

Conquer the Guadalupe Mountains, lollygag through the loblollies in East Texas, or trace a historic railroad near Caprock Canyons.

The North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference has handed out a long list of suspensions after a pitcher leveled a batter after giving up a home run.

While Marfa, Texas may be the Lone Star town most readily associated with 'strange...

Typically political allies, two of the state’s top Republicans have endorsed different candidates in six GOP primary runoff races.

Several Republicans abstained from requesting earmarks in the budgeting process, citing concerns about ethics and wasteful spending.

Almost 20 years after a North Texas police officer was shot and injured by a man who had just robbed a bank, authorities say they used DNA to identify the suspect, who was found dead in Oklahoma as they prepared to arrest him.

A teacher at a North Texas middle school resigned this week after she covered a student’s hands in sanitizer and lit them on fire, according to police and media reports.

One Texas man has turned those annoying robocalls into tens of thousands of dollars.

Critics of Texas’ push for a “Don’t Say Gay” bill say acknowledging LGBTQ people isn’t the same as teaching kids about sex.

Republicans say they don’t want young kids learning about sex. Educators say that’s already the standard.

Severe thunderstorms ripped through North Texas Monday night

The Florida law prohibits teachers from teaching sexual orientation or gender identity to kids below the fourth grade.

Dallas police say an outdoor concert in Dallas where one person was killed and 15 others were injured by gunfire over the weekend did not have a permit.

After the state’s abortion ban went into effect last year, the president promised a response that experts say has not materialized.

Utility companies and key oil and gas transportation hubs are on high alert as Russian hackers have been probing energy infrastructure’s digital networks for weak points.

A Texas city has settled a lawsuit with the parents of a 3-year-old boy who died last September after being infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba that was found at a splash pad he’d visited.

Utility companies and key oil and gas transportation hubs are on high alert as Russian hackers have been probing energy infrastructure’s digital networks for weak points.

A man who pleaded guilty to shooting a classmate in a North Texas high school cafeteria in 2018 has died in prison, officials said Wednesday. Chad Padilla, 20, was found unconscious shortly before 2 a.m. Monday in his cell at the Telford Unit prison near Texarkana, Texas, according to a statement from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Padilla was serving a 40-year prison term for the Jan. 22, 2018, shooting of a classmate in the Italy High School cafeteria in Italy, Texas, when he was 16 years old.

Authorities say one person was critically injured when their vehicle struck a natural gas pipeline in a Dallas suburb, sparking a huge fire and triggering evacuations of a nearby neighborhood.

A tornado tore through parts of New Orleans and its suburbs Tuesday night, flipping cars, ripping roofs off homes and killing at least one person in a region pummeled by Hurricane Katrina 17 years ago.

At least 20 tornadoes tore through homes and buildings in Texas and Oklahoma on Monday. At least two dozen people were injured and a woman died, authorities said.

On Monday, severe weather across Texas resulted in multiple tornado touch downs....

Police in Dallas say the 10 people wounded in a weekend shooting outside of a party venue were bystanders caught in a shootout between at least two gunmen.

The attack shut down some its systems.

Thunderstorms and possible tornadoes that ripped through North Texas on Monday yanked the roof away from a school gym in the Jacksboro School District.

Severe thunderstorms with reports of possible tornadoes have spread damage across parts of North Texas and injured at least four people.

Images​ showed damage to parts of Jacksboro High School, especially its gym, and parts of Jacksboro Elementary School.

Police say 10 people were shot at a spring break party in Dallas and several others were injured as they tried to escape the gunfire.

It’s too early to say goodbye for Terrence Johnson.He’s been coaching senior guard Shelby Adams for the past five years. Senior forward Isiah Small’s been on the Texas State roster for three.[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] Sports San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

Jeff Younger sees himself as the “tip of the spear” in an effort that led the state to investigate parents of transgender children for child abuse.

For the first time in program history, Texas State Men's Basketball will play in the NIT.The Bobcats were selected to go up against No.[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] Sports San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

During her two terms, state Rep. Jessica González, the first openly gay Latina in the Texas Legislature, has proven she's not afraid to make waves.

Gov. Greg Abbott has directed the Texas Education Agency to create a task force to examine the state’s teacher shortage problem. In a letter to TEA Commissioner Mike Morath on Monday, Abbott said the task force should investigate why these shortages exist, recommend policy changes to the state education agency and consider more flexibility in […]

As the invasion of Ukraine continues to intensify in its third week, Reed’s family and U.S. lawmakers are calling for the former Marine’s release at a time when his parents say his health is worsening. “They feel like this is a fairly desperate situation for Trevor right now,” Jonathan Franks, a family spokesman, told The Washington Post.

The letter, published as a full-page ad in The Dallas Morning News, was also signed by Salesforce, Johnson & Johnson, Dow and Capital One. The companies said they do business, create jobs and serve customers in Texas and are committed to creating safe communities for LGBTQ people.

A North Texas police officer was indicted Thursday on a murder count in the fatal shooting last year of a murder suspect. The Tarrant County grand jury indicted Forest Hill police Officer Logan Barr, 24, on Thursday for the fatal June 9 shooting of knife-wielding Michael Lee Ross Jr.

The issue is no longer contained to just the party’s fringes — and it is unlikely to go away any time soon as the national fervor grows, Gov. Greg Abbott’s directive faces legal challenges and it factors prominently into a slew of GOP primary runoffs.

Evan Smith, CEO of The Texas Tribune, sat down with superintendents Michael Hinojosa of Dallas, Kent Scribner of Fort Worth and Jeannie Stone of Richardson.

Teaching demands during the pandemic have exacerbated the nation’s teacher shortage. Abbott wants a task force to investigate.

If you’re on the prowl for some Chicago-style hot dogs, you can try some of the best in North Texas this fall.

A Northeast Texas school district is planning to arm some staff members with concealed weapons on school campuses.

Prices have edged up in Wichita Falls, but North Texas remains one of the cheapest places in the nation to fuel up.

U.S. Rep. Van Taylor of Texas is ending his reelection campaign and has admitted having an affair following reports that he had been in a relationship with the widow of an American-born recruiter for the Islamic State group.

“I could not run in a Republican primary because I just couldn’t look myself in the mirror and do it,” Mattie Parker said during an event with Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith.

Both easily won their party's nomination for governor on Tuesday.

Both easily won their party's nomination for governor on Tuesday.

Almost all the preferred candidates of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dade Phelan nabbed enough votes to head into the November general election. And nearly all sitting House and Senate members seeking to return to the Texas Capitol kept their seats.

Abbott is now in a commanding position as he seeks a third term, beginning his run with more than $50 million and campaigning on a strongly conservative agenda in America’s largest Republican state. This is on all of us.”A more competitive race was taking shape in the GOP primary for state attorney general. Texas’ rapid growth — driven by more than 4 million new residents — has shifted once solidly red suburbs away from Republicans. The Republican now faces four primary challengers who have largely refused to accept Biden’s victory and have tried to minimize the insurrection. A 28-year-old immigration attorney who supports Medicare for All, Cisneros nearly toppled Cuellar during Texas’ 2020 primary.

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After Texas, primaries in other states won't resume until May. The results could be viewed for months as a measure of the nation's political mood.

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott will face Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke after voters in Texas opened what could be a lengthy, bruising primary season.

Some experts doubt that classifying gender-affirming care as child abuse would hold up in court, but families still feel targeted by Gov. Greg Abbott’s new order

Police find 2 adults, 2 children dead in North Texas home[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

Former state Sen. Don Huffines and ex-Republican Party of Texas Chair Allen West have each made careers out of championing conservative values.

Texas State Football announced the hiring of two new assistant coaches and released its schedule for spring camp.The team is bringing in Chris Buckner as its co-wide receivers coach and Clay Jennings [San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] Sports San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

Austin police say officers facing indictments over tactics used during the 2020 protests over racial injustice have been placed on administrative duty.

In Texas's Republican primaries, the stop-the-steal message doesn’t seem to be catching fire.

On top of Mt. Aggie, the only slope in the state, it’s all downhill from here.

As it turns out, even the best films and TV shows about the Lone Star State have their share of gaffes. (Yes, even ‘Lonesome Dove.’)

An abandoned zoo in Cisco, roughly 90 minutes southwest of Fort Worth, has been turned into a scenic hike called the Old Zoo Nature Trail.

There are currently three other open investigations into racial and gender discrimination at Carroll ISD.

Police in the Dallas suburb of Garland say a 15-year-old boy has been charged in juvenile court with manslaughter after he said his friend was fatally shot last week while they played with a gun.

The cobra is still on the lam.

He decided to mount a GOP primary challenge when COVID-19 policy was animating Texas’s right wing. But the governor stole his thunder.

A “creepy Victorian murder doll” was caught terrorizing a small North Texas town and causing quite a stir among city staff, residents and first responders.

While Texas schools are incredibly diverse, our teacher population is not.

The head of Texas Department of Motor Vehicles has resigned amid pressure on the agency to address security vulnerabilities that have allowed criminals to create and sell hundreds of thousands of fake[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

Police say a sixth person has died after a man opened fire on members of his family in Texas before killing himself as officers approached.

The head of the Texas DMV has resigned amid pressure to stop security vulnerabilities that allow the sale of fake paper license plates.

Authorities have expressed frustration with the agency as fake tags are illegally sold and used in a wide range of offenses.

At least nine North Texas superintendents who have announced they would leave their jobs since the start of the school year.

Texas tenants hit with soaring rent increases see little relief in sight

Renters are seeing their housing costs jump as population increases, strict zoning regulations and rising home sales push up rent prices.

Several departures come after months of contentious fights over teaching about slavery, requiring pandemic precautions and limiting what books kids can access.

Tens of thousands are without power in San Antonio and DFW.

Texas faces a new winter storm a year after a deadly freeze left millions without power. Here’s the latest.

State leaders did little to prevent future blackouts, but ERCOT should have the electric supply to meet skyrocketing demand this week.

The wildlife rescue center in North Texas heals its patients and returns them to the sky

The wildlife rescue center in North Texas heals its patients and returns them to the sky

Abbott has become more outspoken about actions of school boards and how schools approve books in their libraries as well as social studies lessons.

Two more people are in custody in connection with the 11-hour hostage situation at a North Texas synagogue earlier this month.

Abbott promises a “parental bill of rights” amendment to the Texas Constitution. Current education code already provides an array of parent protections when it comes to schools.

Gov. Greg Abbott unveiled the outline of a proposed “Parental Bill of Rights” that would give parents — and not schools — the right to decide if a student should repeat a grade.Why it matters: Abbott said he wants to amend the Texas Constitution to make parents the “main decision makers in all matters” involving their children, which mirrors a national push from conservatives fueled by contentious battles over how race and sexuality are addressed in public schools.Stay on top of the latest marke

The state's teams don't give us much reason to feel proud, so why not focus on Patrick Mahomes, Trent Williams, and Matthew Stafford?

Jewish communities feel pain and fear over the latest in a series of antisemitic attacks and incidents in Texas and beyond.

A North Texas man has pleaded guilty to picketing in the U.S. Capitol while holding a beer can.