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Tracking some nice changes to the forecast!
Cooler weather and rain are usually not things we get to talk about much during July, but that is exactly what we are lucky enough to talk about for the next week to 10 days! A few isolated showers and thunderstorms are possible this evening, but the better rain chances will move in during the early morning hours of Thursday as a cold front moves in. As of now it doesn’t look like all of us will see rain Thursday, but the best coverage of scattered showers and thunderstorms will be during the morning hours. Most of Thursday afternoon will be rain-free, with highs only making it into the low-to-mid 90s.
ALERT: Food Sold At H-E-B In Texas Recalled Due To “Foreign Material”
Mustard Potato Salad from Reser’s Fine Foods sold in Texas via H-E-B has been pulled from store shelves. Here's what is known at the time of writing. As reported by the US Food & Drug Administration, the food was recalled recently. The release was put out on July 9th, 2024. Per the FDA, the food was removed from shelves due to one major issue: something was found in the product that shouldn't be in it.
Texas Windstorm board to consider 10% increase in residential, commercial policies
Austin — The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association's Actuarial & Underwriting Committee met July 15 and voted to recommend the TWIA Board of Directors approve a rate filing to increase rates by 10% for 2025 residential policies and by 10% for 2025 commercial policies when it meets August 6. The...
USPS Announcement: Massive Mailing Changes Impacting Texas Residents Now In Effect!
The United States Postal Service (USPS) is extremely vital to many people in Texas for a variety of purposes, from sending and receiving letters and packages to getting mail including bills and other crucial papers. But USPS has announced organizational changes that will soon impact mail services for citizens of Texas.
Become an Instant Millionaire With Any of These 27 Texas Lottery Scratch Offs
Me and a coworker were talking recently about what seven figure money number we'd be comfortable having in our bank account. My answer was $2.5 million. I could buy a house and a good car for my fiancé and me, about $500,000 for those. We could pay for our wedding and have a nice honeymoon, about $50,000 for those. That's my Lindale math working there but I think those numbers are reasonable. Everything else would sit in the bank to take care of everything else.
Texas woman arrested in connection to Arizona fraud case
PHOENIX — A Texas woman was recently arrested in connection with an Arizona fraud case, authorities announced Tuesday. Maria Rivera, 64, was arrested in Carrollton, Texas, in early July on charges of fraud, theft and identity theft, according to the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office. YSCO began investigating the...
Texas restaurants sue utility CenterPoint over response to Hurricane Beryl
HOUSTON (Reuters) -Restaurants in and around Houston on Monday filed a class action seeking more than $100 million from U.S. power provider CenterPoint Energy, alleging incompetence and negligence in the utility's efforts to restore power quickly following Hurricane Beryl.
90 School Districts in Texas Have Moved to a 4-Day-Week
This is a topic that has been trending for the past year. School districts in Texas moving to four-day-school weeks. KXAN, reports that at least 90 school districts across Texas have now switched to four-day school weeks. This is the state of Texas' effort to prevent teacher turnover!. Other districts...
Texas Standard for July 16, 2024: Department of Energy turned down CenterPoint’s upgrade plans for Houston, report says
CenterPoint Energy is facing growing scrutiny for what the governor says was a failure to prepare for Hurricane Beryl. But a new report says that a year ago, the Department of Energy turned down a CenterPoint plan that could have prevented widespread outages. Here are the stories on Texas Standard...
Texas AG Paxton seeks to revive effort to close El Paso-based migrant shelter network
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday asked the state’s Supreme Court to allow his office to continue its efforts to shutter an El Paso-based shelter network that assists asylum seekers and other migrants. Paxton has alleged the shelter network, Annunciation House, aids illegal migration by “operating a stash...
Texas adds two fugitives to most wanted list, offers $5,000 reward
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has added two fugitives with ties to Central Texas to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Criminal Illegal Immigrants List. Fabian Martinez Toribio, a 25-year-old criminal illegal immigrant from Mexico, has been wanted by the Austin Police Department since January 2024 for aggravated sexual assault of a child. Additionally, in February 2024, a warrant was issued out of Travis County for his arrest for possession of a controlled substance. Martinez Toribio was previously arrested and convicted of entry without inspection in April 2018 and was subsequently removed from the United States. In October 2023, he was arrested by the Manor Police Department for resisting arrest/search and possession of a controlled substance, then bonded out of jail. Martinez Toribio is 5 feet 3 inches tall, weighs about 150 pounds, and has ties to Travis County, including the cities of Austin and Pflugerville.
2 Major Texas Grocery Store Companies Set To Merge, Prices Could Lower
It appears that two major chain grocery stores will be merging, and it might even have a positive impact on the cost of your grocery bill moving forward. A while back it was announced that Albertsons and Kroger would soon be merging, well it looks like that will certainly be the case. We've got everything you should know about the merger and what it could mean for your grocery bill moving forward...
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