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4th-graders at Surratt Elementary receive $1,000 scholarships

CLINT, Texas (KVIA) — Texas Woman’s University gave $1,000 dollar scholarships to 23 4th-graders at Surratt Elementary School. The students won the scholarships for creating a You Tube video highlighting the university. “I feel very happy about it, I’m very surprised that we got this” said Alicia, a scholarship winner.   The students created the video as part of a college exploration project. University representatives went

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Anthony police held annual event “Operation Santa drop” 

ANTHONY, Texas (KVIA) — The Anthony police department continued their yearly holiday tradition of giving toys to elementary school students with its event “Operation Santa drop”. The event happened at 1 p.m. at the Anthony Texas high school football field. Santa arrived from the sky in a helicopter and delivered toys to the kids of Anthony elementary school. The students were pointing at the sky

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Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocks pregnant woman from receiving emergency abortion

(CNN) — The Texas Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a pregnant woman from obtaining an emergency abortion in a ruling issued late Friday. The court froze a lower court’s ruling that would have allowed Kate Cox, who sued the state seeking a court-ordered abortion, to obtain the procedure. “Without regard to the merits, the Court administratively stays the

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Texas attorney general petitions state supreme court after woman who sued the state was granted permission for an abortion

Originally Published: 08 DEC 23 17:26 ET Updated: 08 DEC 23 17:39 ET By Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN (CNN) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has petitioned the Texas Supreme Court to intervene in the case of a pregnant woman who was granted permission by a lower court judge on Thursday to obtain an emergency

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A Texas judge ruled a pregnant woman who sued the state seeking an abortion can legally terminate her pregnancy

CNN By Ashley Killough, Ed Lavandera and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A Texas judge ruled Thursday that a pregnant woman who sued the state seeking a court-ordered abortion can legally terminate her pregnancy. The decision marks a significant development in the ongoing debate over the state’s medical exception to its controversial ban on abortions after

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Texas claims in filings that challenges to 2023 election are invalid, results are final

State officials have apparently found a legal tactic to prevent a slew of election contest lawsuits from derailing the constitutional amendments that voters overwhelmingly approved in November. The state argued in court filings Tuesday that the lawsuits were improperly served and because Gov. Greg Abbott canvassed the results a day earlier, the lawsuits are now

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Groundbreaking for affordable housing development in Clint, Texas

CLINT, Texas (KVIA) — Housing Opportunity Management Enterprise, also known as HOME, broke ground on it’s latest affordable housing development, Kinship Commons, in Clint, Texas. “Kinship Commons represents a significant step forward in our mission to provide affordable, quality housing to the residents in Clint and throughout El Paso County,” HOME CEO Gerald Cichon said.

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