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Quinn Ewers Used One Unexpected Word To Sum Up Arch Manning's Personality
By far the biggest story of SEC media days has been the incoming Texas Longhorns. Seemingly every player and coach in attendance has been asked about the Longhorns, and now that their representatives finally took the stage, everyone is dialed in even more. The team sent three players along with ...
Local cybersecurity school paying students to take the course, and find them a job right after completion
SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio is not only known as Military City, USA, but also Cyber City USA by many. As KENS5's Jeremy Baker reports, one cyber school that is only a few months old is already receiving thousands of applicants for their course where students get paid to learn.
Several Texas Longhorns Players and National Standouts Missing From College Football 25
EA Sports' much anticipated College Football 25 Video Game was released on Monday afternoon, with several Texas Longhorns Players - including a couple of big names - missing from the roster.
Mesquite police arrest man in 2014 beating, rape; look to solve more cold cases with genealogy techniques
Mesquite police say DNA technology recently helped solve a decade-old case involving the brutal beating and rape of a disabled woman. The police department is now reviewing other unsolved crimes that may also be solved. The savage attack happened in September 2014 in the 3500 block of Moon Drive in...
WATCH: Shohei Ohtani bends the knee, says he was most impressed by Bryce Harper, naming him the player that stood out the most at the All-Star Game
Shohei Ohtani spoke with the media following the American League’s 5-3 victory over the National League in the MidSummer Classic, naming Bryce Harper as the player he was most impressed with in Arlington, Texas. Shohei Ohtani on Bryce Harper at the 2024 MLB All-Star Game. Make no mistake. Bryce...
Why Texas’ mass power outages continue to happen
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. It’s become a familiar cycle: A powerful storm sweeps through a swath of Texas and takes the electric system down in its grip. Trees might bend and topple, crashing down onto a power pole. Sometimes the weight of ice pulls branches onto electric lines. Other times wind makes a wire spark, and that ember ignites a destructive blaze.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tells RNC that Trump will ‘restore order’ at border
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX), a border state leader who has unleashed an unprecedented effort to reinforce security at the Mexico boundary amid the Biden-era border crisis, said he sees “hope on the horizon” with the potential election of former President Donald Trump. “I see hope on the horizon because on Nov. 5, Joe Biden will […]
Rent Prices In Three Texas Cities Have Largest Decreases In America
With rent prices going through the roof all over the country, we've seen the opposite in three Texas cities that have one of the largest rent decreases in the country. We have all the details. CBS News is reporting that rent prices across the USA are rising faster than wages...
Texas Is The Number One Worst State In Nation For Pests
There are many animals in the state of Texas. With so much surface area covered by the state, you're bound to see one animal you've never seen before. I mean, some of us have seen a fox run past us in Texas right?. Not all animals are friendly to humans...
Saddle up for the 43rd Annual Texas Ranch Roundup
Each year, 10 historic ranches from around the Lone Star State compete in the Kay Yeager Coliseum to see who is the best to then compete in the Working Ranch Cowboys Association Championship in Amarillo in November.
Texas farmers grapple with water worries amid drought and population growth
SAN ANTONIO - As the drought in Texas continues, farmers in rural areas of the state are growing more concerned about their water. Mark Friesenhahn, a former Exxon Mobile engineer turned pecan farmer, voices growing apprehension among agricultural workers about the future availability and cost of water in Texas. "Somebody's...
Frustration with power company mounts as Texans face weeklong outage after Hurricane Beryl
More than a week after Hurricane Beryl made landfall, utility crews across Houston are still working to restore power to the last 50,000 customers who have been without electricity through a stretch of hot weather. Some residents and politicians say they've had enough and their frustration is directed at CenterPoint Energy. William Brangham discussed more with Dug Begley of the Houston Chronicle.
Hurricane Beryl: Road to Recovery
People seeking answers and still seeking power after CenterPoint Energy’s delayed response. Houston and surrounding areas…we have a problem!. When Winter Storm Uri hit the state of Texas in February 2021, it exposed the many inadequacies we have in the state relative to the separate electricity grid with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). Well over 3.5 million Texans were forced to be without power to warm their homes and the Texas Department of State Health Services declared that 246 was the official death toll because of Winter Storm Uri in Texas. Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott asked the Republican-controlled Texas State Legislature to conduct investigations into what preparations and decisions were made by ERCOT in advance of Winter Storm Uri.
Trampoline Goes Airborne During Wild Texas Storm
Thanks to the miracle of modern technology, we’re all able to witness Mother Nature’s wrath from a safe distance. In some cases, the clips serve as reminders of the less obvious dangers of severe weather. This is one of those cases. If you’re looking to add a trampoline...
Mosquito invasion in South Texas is annoying and dangerous
Any time we have a hurricane come through, it increases standing water, which increases mosquitoes. Mosquitoes run the gamut from annoying to dangerous. “They definitely are annoying, but they also carry disease,” explained Dr. Linda Yancey from Memorial Hermann in Katy. Dr. Yancey said at her hospital she sees...
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