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Devastating Fire Destroys Historic Texas Sanctuary
A four-alarm fire on Friday has destroyed the historic chapel at First Baptist Church in Dallas. The chapel served as the main sanctuary for the church until 2013 when a new sanctuary was built. The historic secondary chapel held services for nearly a century. Firefighters were called to the scene...
Buy a Blizzard and benefit Driscoll’s RGV children’s hospital
Cool off and do a good deed. That’s the idea as Dairy Queens in the Rio Grande Valley and Corpus Christi areas will be donating 50% of all Blizzard sales to Driscoll Children’s Hospital on Thursday. Dairy Queen in partnership with Children’s Miracle Network Hospital are giving back...
Texas LNG Executes 20-Year Binding Tolling Agreement With EQT
This agreement follows two Heads of Agreement signed by Texas LNG and EQT earlier this year. Tolling agreements are fee-for-service deals in which the gas provider pays the company to convert gas to LNG, which it then sells to its customers. “Glenfarne’s partnership with EQT will bring low-emission natural gas...
In Texas, violating campaign ethics laws rarely yields repercussions. The attorney general’s office is to blame.
TEXAS, USA — Editors Note: This article was originally published in The Texas Tribune. You can read the original article here. In 1989, Bo Pilgrim, an East Texas chicken plant magnate, strolled the floor of the Texas Senate and dispensed $10,000 checks to nine members in an effort to stop a worker’s compensation bill from passing.
TWDB approves $10,000,000 to Laguna Madre Water District for seawater desalination plant
AUSTIN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Texas Water Development Board has approved financing from the State Water Implementation Fund for Texas program to the Laguna Madre Water District. The District will use the $10,000,000 assistance it has received for the planning, acquisition and design of a seawater desalination plant, according to a release from Texas Water […]
Top 6 Texas-Caught Florida Bass
Top 6 Texas-Caught Florida Bass News Staff Tue, 07/23/2024 - 22:18 Image Body 1. BrianTurner,16.89,1993, Lake Fork2. JoeMcKay,16.40,2021,O.H. Ivie3. JerryBales,16.08,2010,O.H. Ivie 4. RobertBandy,16.00,2022, Eagle Mountain5. RickyBearden,15.93,2009, Conroe 6. KyleHall,15.82,2024, O.H. Ivie (All-Tackle World Record)
Texas A&M commit Landon Rink ranked as the top defensive tackle prospect in Texas
Not all recruiting rankings are the same, and that’s good. No matter what many of us see with our own eyes when watching high school prospects, 247sports, Rivals, and On3 have their own opinions when ranking each prospect at every position. In the 2025 recruiting class, the defensive line cycle is borderline elite, in my humble opinion. The prospect that constantly sticks out is a 4-star defensive lineman and Texas A&M commit, Landon Rink, who is heading into his senior season at Cy-Fair HS in Cypress (TX). Within 247Sports’ 2025 DL rankings, Rink is currently the 30th-ranked defensive line prospect in the...
40 Texas high school football teams in Preseason HSFA 300
Texas has the second most teams in the Preseason High School Football America 300 national rankings, powered by NFL Play Football. Florida leads the way with 46 teams in our national rankings that are created with our proprietary algorithm. Florida – 46 Texas – 40 Georgia – 32...
Final Judgement: The Texas Counties That Sentence The Most People To Death
Here in Texas, if you are about to commit a capital crime, you might want to see how far you are from the county line. While death penalty sentences are on a steady decline here in Texas and across the U.S., there are still some areas of Texas that are more likely to hand down the most severe of punishments.
Former Sinton Pirate baseball star commits to Longhorns
A former Sinton High School baseball star is joining one of the most prominent programs in the country. On July 22, former Pirate Jaquae Stewart announced that he will be taking his talents to the University of Texas after spending the 2024 season with Northwest Florida State College. There, he will join former Sinton teammate and Longhorn catcher Rylan Galvan.
Texas Police Department Missing Thousands of Items, Including Guns and Drugs
If most people take something from work and decide to keep it, it's usually something like a pen or office paper, maybe some post-it notes. Stealing from within a police department? That's a different category of work theft. According to CBS News in Dallas, DeSoto Police have discovered they have...
Business Digest: Fitzpatrick honored, Mejia joins workforce board, Jacksonville names interim communications manager, UT Health announces new physician
Steve Fitzpatrick, of Tyler, was awarded the Texas Society of Architects (TxA) Award for Community Service in Honor of James D. Pfluger, FAIA on July 17. The TxA Honor Awards program recognizes exceptional members, firms, individuals and organizations for their outstanding achievements in supporting the profession of architecture, the built environment, and the quality of life in Texas.
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