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Texas DPS Offices Reopen After Crowdstrike Incidents
You can now count the Texas DPS driver's license offices among the victims of the global Crowdstrike incident. Though offices were closed last week due to the computer systems being down, all are reopened now according to cbsaustin.com. The closures were all about one bad software update. The same outage...
JUST IN: Girl Scouts Of Northeast Texas’ Women Of Distinction Luncheon Honorees, Deets Revealed
Leaving the teen years behind, the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas is preparing for the 20th Annual Women of Distinction Luncheon. And Luncheon Co-Chairs Andrea Weber and Kim Williams have arranged for an all-star group to be honored, thanks to presenting sponsor Verizon. According to GSNETX Board Member/Verizon SVP/Coastal Plains...
Q&A: What to know about Texas public school funding challenges
Community Impact spoke with Raise Your Hand Texas’ Bob Popinski about how school districts spend their money and what Texans can expect during next year’s legislative session. (Courtesy Raise Your Hand Texas) As July comes to a close, many Texas families are preparing to send their children back...
Monday Night Forecast: Scattered Storm chances over the next few days
TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with some scattered showers and thunderstorms around the area. Chance of rain: 40%. Low: 72. Winds: S 5 MPH. TOMORROW: Mostly cloudy skies with some scattered showers and thunderstorms around. Chance of rain: 40%. High: 86. Winds: S 5 MPH. WEDNESDAY: Partly cloudy skies with some scattered showers and thunderstorms around. Chance […]
Texas baseball stays busy in portal, signs JUCO slugger Jaquae Stewart
Texas baseball continued a busy day in the portal by getting a commitment from slugger Jaquae Stewart, a Texas native who recently helped Northwest Florida State College reach the junior-college national championship game. Stewart, a burly 5-foot-10, 230-pounder from the Coastal Bend town of Sinton, was considered one of the...
Heat-related deaths climb in Texas after Beryl left millions without power
SPRING, Texas – As the temperature soared in the Houston-area home Janet Jarrett shared with her sister after losing electricity in Hurricane Beryl, she did everything she could to keep her 64-year-old sibling cool.But on their fourth day without power, she awoke to hear Pamela Jarrett, who used a wheelchair and relied on a feeding tube, gasping for breath. Paramedics were called but she was pronounced dead at the hospital, with the medical examiner saying her death was caused by the heat."It's so hard to know that she's gone right now because this wasn't supposed to happen to her," Janet...
Rain chances, mild temperatures in store for North Texas this week
A slow-moving cold front will produce scattered showers and storms on Monday isolated storms Tuesday through Friday. More scattered storms are possible this weekend and below-average temperatures will continue over the next seven days.
Monday Midday Forecast: Stormy (but cooler!) week ahead
THIS AFTERNOON: Mostly cloudy with a 70% chance of rain and storms. Highs in the mid-to-upper-80s. Wind: S 5 mph. TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with a 40% chance of rain and storms. Lows in the low-70s. Wind: S 5 mph. TOMORROW: Mostly cloudy with a 60% chance of rain and storms. Highs in the low-to-mid-80s. Wind: […]
Houston electric accounts show power use during Hurricane Beryl power outages
No electricity for up to 11 miserable, sweltering days, and now, some of you are saying your electric provider charged you for kilowatts there’s no way you could have used when you had no power. How is this possible? And what can you do about it? KPRC 2 Investigative...
TxDOT Amarillo District Spearheads Cleanup after Record Wildfire near Amarillo, Removes 13,000 Cubic Yards of Debris
The Texas Panhandle experienced an unprecedented challenge earlier this year when a wildfire, now classified as the largest in state history, consumed over a million acres of land and mobilized the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Amarillo District staff into a full-scale emergency response. The fire prompted numerous evacuations in the surrounding small towns and brought the region's largest city, Amarillo, under a veil of worry as flames edged dangerously close.
Tremors in Texas: 3 Deadly Earthquakes That Made Their Mark
When people think of earthquakes, Texas isn't the first place that comes to mind. However, the Lone Star State has had its share of seismic events that have left an impact. Texas is not known for frequent or intense earthquakes like the West Coast, but they do happen. Volcano Discovery...
Chinese national indicted in largest fentanyl precursor seizure in Southern Texas
HOUSTON, Texas — A 48-year-old Chinese national has been indicted for his role in a conspiracy involving the importation of what is believed to be the largest amount of fentanyl precursors found in the Southern District of Texas and one of the largest in the country, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
Cooler temps, muggy weather in store for North Texas
NORTH TEXAS — Another day of Flash Flooding risk is winding down as the threat moves south beginning Tuesday.Slow-moving storms training over the same areas in an atmosphere of deep tropical moisture produced 3"-4" of rain quickly in scattered areas. As the night wears on the flooding threat should abate. Tuesday morning's commute should be dry.The rest of the work week calls for smaller storm chances and cooler days (for July). While it will be very muggy each day this week, afternoon storms will be rather sporadic. Bigger rains will be further south as the stationary front drifts toward the coastline of Texas.Where the rain threat is higher, there is also a significant flooding threat.North Texas finds itself in a very unusual weather pattern for July, a persistent trough is parked over the central plains. This keeps temperatures below normal and rain chances in the picture.This pattern could hold until the end of the weekend. After that, as we count down to the start of August (next Thursday), the typical summer heat creeps back in.Here is your 7-day forecast:
A&M's Elko is mending fences with state's high school coaches
SAN ANTONIO — Texas A&M’s Mike Elko has gone to great lengths to not pour dirt on Jimbo Fisher’s grave since Elko took over as Aggies coach. Fisher was Elko’s former boss, after all. But it’s no secret that there was a bit of a disconnect...
Linda Ruth: The Yellow Rose Of Texas Award 2024
Linda A. Ruth, from Lewisville, has been awarded The Yellow Rose of Texas. The award is an honorary commission given only through the Governor’s Office to recognize outstanding Texan women who have made significant contributions to their communities through community service, preserving history, accomplishments of the present, and building the future.
Open Registration – EMT Classes On Texas College Campuses
With an ever-growing population in Texas, paramedics are critical and are often the initial protectors of public safety during emergencies. They have the training and expertise to handle the effects of disasters and crises, provide medical care, and often prevent further harm or death. This is why Emergency Medical Technician...
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