Texas Archives

At the debut of a brand new Texas ballpark, the cracks of bats echo through empty stands

July 25, 2020 7:59 PM CNN

There’s nothing quite like a summer baseball game — except a baseball game in the summer of 2020. In the age of a pandemic, ballparks are…

Texas couple has been married 46 years and just overcame Covid-19, cancer and chemo together

July 25, 2020 5:03 PM CNN

DALLAS, Texas — A Texas couple is feeling extra blessed after beating the coronavirus, cancer and finishing chemo. Robert and Janice Beecham…

Hundreds of Texas bar owners pledge defiance to Gov. Abbott’s order

July 25, 2020 4:01 PM ABC News, Associated Press

FORT WORTH, Texas — Hundreds of Texas bar owners say they’ll defy Gov. Greg Abbott’s mandate that ordered them closed after a surge in coronavirus…

Here’s what we know about eight of the soldiers who have died this year at Fort Hood

July 25, 2020 11:09 AM CNN

FORT HOOD, Texas — Fort Hood in Texas is no stranger to tragedy. In 2009 a U.S. Army psychiatrist killed 13 people, an unborn child and injured…

Texas hospital overwhelmed by the virus may send some patients home to die

July 24, 2020 10:02 PM CNN

RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas — Doctors at a Texas hospital along the U.S.-Mexico border may decide to send coronavirus patients “home to die by…

Woman who invited Texas governor to her mother’s funeral says she would be alive if state had mandated masks sooner

July 23, 2020 2:43 AM CNN

DALLAS, Texas — The woman who invited Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to her mother’s burial “to witness first-hand the tragedy” of…

Texas hits new high in daily virus death count with 197 fatalities

July 22, 2020 11:16 PM Associated Press, KVIA ABC-7

AUSTIN, TEXAS — Texas reported a new daily high number of deaths Wednesday from the illness caused by the new coronavirus, even as the state…

Migrant kids being held in Texas & Arizona hotels, then expelled

July 22, 2020 4:55 PM Associated Press

HOUSTON, Texas — The Trump administration is detaining immigrant children as young as 1 in hotels before deporting them to their home countries.…

U.S. orders China to close its consulate in Houston

July 22, 2020 1:50 AM Associated Press

HOUSTON, Texas — The United States ordered China to close its consulate in Houston, escalating tensions between the world’s largest economies as…

Texas Covid-19 hot spot is facing a ‘tsunami’ of patients, overwhelming hospitals

July 22, 2020 4:30 AM CNN

Jessica Ortiz said she and her twin brother, Jubal, were inseparable. Even when Jubal lay dead in an open casket with plexiglass over his body…

Fort Hood soldier’s body found near base; 3rd death in a month

July 21, 2020 9:52 PM Associated Press

FORT HOOD, TEXAS — U.S. Army officials on Tuesday said that the body of a Fort Hood solider was found near the Texas army base,…

Abbott ducks question about adviser’s remark that Trump is ‘bored’ with pandemic

July 21, 2020 11:48 PM Jim Parker

EL PASO, Texas — In an interview with ABC-7 on Tuesday evening, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott declined to directly address a remark by one of his advisers…

Hard-hit Rio Grande Valley counties issuing directives for residents to stay home

July 21, 2020 10:30 PM Associated Press, Texas Tribune

HIDALGO COUNTY, Texas — While some big cities in Texas are reporting signs that an alarming surge in cases of the coronavirus may be leveling off,…

NSA leaker Reality Winner among 500 women with coronavirus at Texas federal prison

July 21, 2020 9:15 PM CNN

FORT WORTH, Texas — Hundreds of incarcerated women in Texas, including NSA leaker Reality Winner, are at the center of one of the largest…

Texas pastor dies of Covid-19 a month after giving sermon on the virus’ impact on her community

July 21, 2020 7:11 AM CNN

In her last sermon in early June, Rev. Vickey Gibbs described what she called a fractured nation, and the impact that the coronavirus was having on…

University of Texas anticipates football games this fall at 50% stadium capacity

July 20, 2020 11:03 PM Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas says it anticipates hosting football games this season at 50% capacity in the stands. Athletic Director…

Texas surpasses 4,000 deaths due to coronavirus

July 20, 2020 9:20 PM Associated Press, KVIA ABC-7

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas surpassed 4,000 deaths in the coronavirus pandemic Monday but officials in Houston, one of the hardest-hit cities in the…

Texas AG Paxton: Religious and private schools don’t have t follow COVID-19 public health orders

July 20, 2020 4:42 PM CNN

Click here for updates on this story North Texas, TX (KTVT) — In a letter simply addressed to ‘Religious Private…

Texas town removes fence separating historically segregated cemeteries

July 20, 2020 1:24 PM CNN

MINEOLA, Texas — A 60-year-old chain link fence at a cemetery in Texas has just come down. And while its removal may seem unremarkable, for…

In rare move, Biden & DNC air presidential TV ads in El Paso, across Texas

July 20, 2020 12:50 AM CNN, Associated Press, El Paso Matters, Texas Tribune

EL PASO, Texas — Joe Biden’s campaign debuted its first general election television ad in El Paso on ABC-7 over the weekend, dipping its toes in…

Texas man said his grandmother was shot in a drive-by shooting, now he faces a murder charge

July 19, 2020 7:07 PM CNN

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — A 23-year-old Texas man allegedly shot his grandmother early Sunday and tried to stage her death as a drive-by shooting,…

85 infants under age 1 test positive for coronavirus in one Texas county

July 18, 2020 3:36 AM CNN

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Eighty-five infants under age 1 have tested positive for coronavirus in one Texas county. And local officials are…

Texas virus deaths, cases set records for 4th straight day

July 17, 2020 7:51 PM Associated Press, Texas Tribune

AUSTIN, Texas — The state of Texas set a new daily record for virus deaths, with 174 on Friday, and reported more than 10,000 confirmed new cases…

Texas will allow schools to keep classrooms closed longer than previously ordered

July 17, 2020 10:46 AM Texas Tribune

AUSTIN, Texas — Facing growing backlash from teachers, parents and health officials, Texas education officials Friday relaxed a previous order that…

Texas attorney general says religious private schools ‘need not comply’ with local health orders

July 17, 2020 4:44 PM Texas Tribune

AUSTIN, Texas — While local health officials have the authority to keep school districts closed for in-person instruction through the…

Investigators say Texas couple defrauded Army out of millions

July 17, 2020 2:52 PM Associated Press

KILLEEN, Texas — Federal agents have seized more than 20 vehicles and the money from 10 bank accounts belonging to married U.S. Army veterans in…

Military medics deploy in Texas, California as virus surges

July 17, 2020 2:42 PM Associated Press

HOUSTON, Texas — Teams of military medics were deployed in Texas and California to help hospitals deluged by coronavirus patients, as Miami area…

24-year-old Texan who beat virus after nearly 80 days in hospital says she regrets not wearing a mask

July 16, 2020 5:47 PM CNN

NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas — A 24-year-old Texas woman who spent nearly three months in a hospital fighting Covid-19 says she wishes she had…

Abbott says ‘no shutdown coming’ in Texas despite virus surge

July 16, 2020 7:19 PM Texas Tribune

HOUSTON, Texas — As the number of coronavirus cases in Texas continues to rise and hospitals grow more crowded, Gov. Greg Abbott said…

Arizona and Texas bring in refrigerated trucks as morgues fill up due to virus

July 16, 2020 12:01 PM CNN

With skyrocketing coronavirus hospitalizations in several states, hard-hit counties in Arizona and Texas are preparing for the worst by bringing in…