COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Texas A&M has established a reduced capacity, distanced seating plan designed to host fans at Kyle Field as safely as possible. The university’s plan focuses on the recommended health protocols and ensures that attendance during the season will comply with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order limiting the normal operating capacity
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday proposed punishing cities that cut police funding by freezing property tax revenue, the main funding source for local government services including schools, roads and law enforcement. Other top Texas Republicans joined Abbott in announcing what they promised would be a priority during the 2021 legislative session.
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EL PASO, Texas — Texas reported more than 200 additional coronavirus deaths Tuesday as the the total number of infections surpassed 550,000 statewide. In El Paso, there were five new deaths reported Tuesday as the total number of infections in the county reached 18,682. Texas health officials say demand for testing has dropped in recent weeks even
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AUSTIN, Texas — In response to a letter by Democratic state senators urging the removal of Confederate monuments and symbols at the Texas Capitol, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick this week blamed Democrats for past discrimination in the state and said the party is not committed to a “sincere” or “serious conversation” about the future of the monuments.
Continue Reading Police in Plano, Texas, arrested and charged a 29-year-old man in connection with the death of a scientist who was a mother of two. Sarmistha Sen, 43, went for her usual early morning jog August 1. Her body was found less than two hours later near a creek, according to Plano Police Department in a
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — The U.S. Census deadline has been cut from Oct. 31 to Sept. 30 as the Census Bureau looks to accelerate the completion of data collection by the statutory deadline of Dec. 31. “I can’t stress enough how important the census is to fill out, this isn’t even a political issue this
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WESLACO, Texas – A man dressed in black armed with both a rifle and a handgun who entered a Walmart store in the Rio Grande Valley was shot and killed by police Monday afternoon, ABC affiliate KRGV reported. The incident happened in Weslaco, about 250 miles south of San Antonio in Hidalgo County, near the Texas-Mexico
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CEDAR PARK, Texas –A standoff that began Sunday at a home in Texas has ended peacefully, Cedar Park police announced Monday. “The suspect and last hostage have come out of the home peacefully. The scene will continue to be active for quite a while as we investigate,” police tweeted. The suspect was identified as Joseph
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas — Texas surpassed 10,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths Monday as the lingering toll of a massive summer outbreak continues, and health experts expressed concerns that recent encouraging trends could be fragile as schools begin reopening for 5 million students across the state. Roughly four in every five of those deaths were reported after June 1. Texas
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Police in San Antonio say at least five people were wounded, including one critically, in a shooting at a flea market. Police Chief William McManus said gunfire erupted Sunday at Mission Open Air Market during a dispute, but said he didn’t know the nature of it. “This is the result of
Continue Reading CEDAR PARK, Texas — Three police officers in Cedar Park were shot while responding to a call at a home Sunday, according to a tweet from the police department. The officers are in stable condition at a local hospital and “doing well,” Cedar Park Interim Chief of Police Mike Harmon said at a press briefing
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FORT HOOD, Texas — Army leaders have delayed the planned transfer of the Fort Hood commander, as a team of independent investigators look to determine whether leadership failures at the base contributed to the murder of a soldier earlier this year, and several other deaths. Maj. Gen. Scott Efflandt, commander of Fort Hood was slated
Continue Reading SAN ANTONIO, Texas — A San Antonio man who was hospitalized with Covid-19 the same week as his wedding got the chance to say “I do” with the help of compassionate hospital staff. Carlos Muniz and Grace Leimann were scheduled to marry in mid-July when their nuptial plans were put on hold after Muniz became
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HOUSTON, Texas — Mourners gathered Friday in Houston to honor the life of a slain Texas soldier whose story has renewed a push for changes in the way the military handles sexual abuse and harassment from Fort Hood to Capitol Hill. Vannessa Guillen’s family held the memorial service at Cesar E. Chavez High School, where
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CRYSTAL CITY, Texas — A statewide Amber Alert was issued Friday for five Texas children. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, Ruben Lopez, 29 and Roxanne Fuentes, 31, are wanted by police in connection with the abduction of Justine Lopez,10, Jolyne Lopez, 9, Ruben Lopez Jr., 7, Jordan Lopez, 4, and Jayden Lopez,
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EL PASO, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott visited the Borderland Thursday to meet with local leaders to discuss the coronavirus situation after Texas surpassed 9,000 deaths and El Paso reported its deadliest day of the pandemic. Afterwards, the governor briefly visited the Grand Candela memorial to honor the 23 victims of the Cielo Vista Walmart
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DALLAS, Texas — Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is confident about having fans for all home games, and the club has now announced details toward that end. The Cowboys say they are selling tickets in groups to try to prevent people who don’t know each other from sitting together. The club says fans will only
Continue Reading MIDLAND, Texas — Southwest Airlines removed a passenger and her 3-year-old son from a Monday flight after the boy, who has autism, refused to wear a face mask and became upset. Passenger Alyssa Sadler, who was also traveling with her 1-year-old daughter, told CNN affiliate KPRC that the family was deplaned from the Southwest flight
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AUSTIN, Texas — The Big 12 conference announced Wednesday that it was moving forward with its college football season, and the University of Texas then released its revised schedule. The start of the season will take place Sept. 12 with Texas hosting UTEP. That game was originally scheduled for Sept. 19, but has now been moved up
Continue Reading Despite the state recently experiencing a surge in coronavirus cases, Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, will play host Wednesday to the first Major League Soccer game of the season with fans in attendance. FC Dallas will be facing off against Nashville SC at 7:30 p.m. in the opener of two back-to-back matchups. Both teams were
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IRVING, Texas — A day after the Big 10 and Pac-12 conferences decided not to play college football this fall, the Big 12 conference on Wednesday announced it plans to play. The Big 12 reaffirmed its commitment to moving forward with the fall football schedule, a slate which includes the iconic Texas vs. Oklahoma rivalry
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OAKLAND, California — Houston Astros hitting coach Álex Cintrón received a 20-game suspension and a fine Tuesday for his role in a benches-clearing brawl at Oakland, while Athletics outfielder Ramon Laureano was given a six-game suspension and a fine. Cintrón’s suspension is the longest for an on-field transgression in 15 years, since Texas pitcher Kenny
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BEAUMONT, Texas — Texas surpassed 500,000 confirmed coronavirus cases Tuesday as Gov. Greg Abbott suggested family and neighborhood gatherings are behind a sharp rise in the rate of positive tests, which has climbed to record levels just as schools are beginning to reopen across the state. Abbott, during a visit to two southeast Texas communities,
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American food insecurity is an under-told story amid the coronavirus pandemic, but as more people find themselves unemployed or underemployed, it’s a reality with which too many are grappling. At the North Texas Food Bank in Plano, government relations director Valerie Hawthorne sees up close the toll Covid-19 has taken on the 13 counties it
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AUSTIN, Texas — For weeks, 1.6 million Texans were receiving an extra $600 weekly thanks to federal legislation designed to help keep Americans and businesses afloat. Funding for those benefits expired at the end of July, and although President Donald Trump issued an executive order over the weekend that could give unemployed Americans more money
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AUSTIN, Texas – The state of Texas is on the right track in its fight against the coronavirus with hospitalizations on the decline – and El Paso is doing even better, said one of the governor’s top medical advisers in an interview with ABC-7. Both Texas and El Paso on Monday saw hospitalizations drop to
Continue Reading HOUSTON, Texas — A memorial service for Fort Hood Army Specialist Vanessa Guillen will be held this Friday at the high school she attended in Houston, ABC affiliate KTRK reported. According to the family’s attorney, Natalie Khawam, the Guillen family will host a private funeral on Saturday, Aug. 15, and Vanessa will be laid to
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KILLEEN, Texas — Killeen police have arrested 9 people, including at least two Fort Hood soldiers, during a two-day child prostitution sting, according to ABC affiliate KXXV. It was joint effort by the Killeen Police Department Special Victim’s Unit in partnership with the Texas Department of Public Safety Human Trafficking Program. Authorities said the overall
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is advising that local Texas governments’ attempts to delay evictions for renters grappling with the Covid-19 recession amounted to rewriting state law — something they can’t do, he said in non-binding legal guidance. “While local officials do possess certain emergency powers … statewide eviction procedures far exceed the requirement that
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BREWSTER COUNTY, TEXAS — Three Texas Parks and Wildlife Department employees died after their helicopter crashed in a West Texas wildlife preserve, the department announced Sunday. The group was surveying desert bighorn sheep in the Black Gap Wildlife Management Area on Saturday when the helicopter went down, according to a statement from the agency. It was not immediately
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