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Spotting heat-related illness could save your life
TEXARKANA, Texas (KTAL/KMSS)—Summer has only just officially begun, but one local hospital says it has already seen several patients suffering from heat-related illnesses. “Texas is number two behind Arizona in heat-related deaths. So we need to be very careful in Texas, especially East Texas where it’s humid,” says Dr. Erik Jacobsen, a physician and owner of Texarkana Emergency Center & Hospital.
Heat advisory, excessive heat warning in effect for North Texas
NORTH TEXAS – Dangerous heat continues across Dallas-Fort Worth as the weekend nears.CBS News Texas meteorologists have issued a weather alert for this afternoon due to dangerous heat in the area.The heat advisory that was initially issued for North Texas on Monday has once again been extended into today and will likely be extended into Friday as well. An excessive heat warning is in effect for the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex until 7 p.m. Feels-like temperatures could reach 115 degrees.The frontal boundary that sparked evening storms yesterday has become stalled out across the area and could generate a few more showers...
Thursday Midday Forecast: Few more storms today, drying out Friday
THIS AFTERNOON: Partly cloudy with a 20% chance of rain and storms. Highs in the low-to-mid-90s with a max heat index around 105. Wind: E 5 mph. TONIGHT: Mostly clear with lows in the mid-70s. Wind: SE 5 mph. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny with highs in the mid-to-upper-90s. Max heat index around 107. Wind: S 10 […]
The Station That Introduced Color TV to Texas
June 25th is National Color TV Day. So, when did Texas see color TV for the first time? Well, we'll need to travel back just a couple of years to 1954 in Fort Worth, TX. The precursor to NBC 5/KXAS, WBAP was Texas' very first television station in '48. Although...
BE ALERT: Here’s Why Texans Say Billionaire Elon Musk Is Destroying The State
Billionaire Elon Musk has been a fan favorite here in the great state of Texas for the last couple of years. The businessman and investor who is known for his roles in space company, SpaceX and automotive company, Tesla Inc., has hundreds and thousands of Texans employed. Not only did Elon Musk give Texans employment, but his impressive healthcare benefits, convenient transportation back and forth from work, and employee pay easily made him very popular here in the great state. According to Reform Austin, that could all change very soon.
Texas doesn’t fund special education enough — and it’s hurting districts’ pockets
Shawnda Kracja doesn’t want her daughter to be known as “the deaf kid.”. Kracja’s daughter is an incoming third grader at Davis Elementary, which has hosted a regional day school program for the deaf and hard of hearing for decades. But the other deaf and hard of hearing students at Davis will be moving to Harrington Elementary for the 2025-2026 school year. The Plano ISD board of trustees recently voted to close Davis and three other schools, citing budget concerns.
Governor Greg Abbott wins legal battle on Texas' floating buoy barrier in border with Mexico
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott won a legal victory in his battle with Biden administration over the handling of unlawful immigration across the Texas-Mexico border, as a judge sided with his motion to exclude testimony that would jeopardize the floating buoys in the Rio Grande, part of the state's Operation Lone Star policy to deter the influx of migrants.
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