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High temperatures near 100 as hottest month of the year begins
On average, August is the hottest and driest month of the year. Thursday and Friday will get progressively hotter with heat advisories, with a slight chance of showers and storms on Saturday before temperatures slowly heat back up next week.
Texas Security Guard’s Brutal Takedown of Woman Caught on Camera
Texas Security Guard Hits Woman with Rock Bottom on Pavement. We will be breaking down the video at the bottom of this article without knowing any of the context whatsoever. All we know is that it's a security guard applying what looks to be Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's finishing move when he wrestles: The Rock Bottom.
One of the original plaintiffs against Texas says it has more to fix in foster care
Alyssa Murphy turned 27 last week. She was 6 years old when she was placed in foster care. She stayed in 40 placements after that. She reflected on what the case she joined at 14 has done for foster kids, and why she wants Judge Janis Jack to stay on the case.
Authorities Turn Up the Heat to Find August’s Most Wanted Fugitive in Texas
August is hot and the hunt for some of the most wanted fugitives in Texas is on. Your help is needed to get this man behind bars, with a hefty reward offered. Your help is needed to put Omar David Zavala behind bars. Zavala is a Hispanic male, 30-years-old. He's 6' 1" and 180 weighs pounds. Zavala has other identifying marks including a tattoo on his right forearm.
Texas Walmart Now Accusing Teenagers Of $1 Million Swindle
San Angelo, Texas has a Walmart that is accusing a couple of teenage employees of masterminding a massive theft enterprise that they claim has caused losses of over $1 million during the past year. Look, I am a middle aged father of 3 very young children, so I know exactly how easy it would be to spend one million dollars and can imagine how easily teenagers could go on that type of shopping spree, but how were they able to allegedly steal over $1 million?
New Title IX rules are in effect. Here's why Texas schools don't have to comply.
Texas is one of 15 states that are temporarily exempt from new sex-based discrimination rules, which go into effect Thursday and seek to expand federal protections for survivors of sexual assault, students who seek an abortion and LGBTQ+ students. A North Texas federal court judge issued a preliminary injunction July 11 in...
CenterPoint's new power outage tracker map goes live online
HOUSTON — CenterPoint Energy’s new outage tracker map went live overnight after their original one went down following the derecho storm in May. This comes after CEO Jason Wells went before Texas lawmakers again on Wednesday telling the members of the House Committee on State Affairs that he took personal responsibility for the outages after Hurricane Beryl.
Most Texans set their AC thermostat to this temperature, poll shows. Do you agree?
A recent American-Statesman poll asked residents what the best temperature to keep their AC thermostat at is, considering hot summer days and high electricity bills. As temperatures remain in the 90s during most days, the poll investigated the most popular AC setting among Texans. ...
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