Zinnia Health identified the total number who received treatment in Texas using data from a one-day census data from the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services and state population data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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DALLAS (AP) — Severe thunderstorms with reports of possible tornadoes have spread damage across parts of North Texas and injured at least four people. Officials reported damage Monday throughout Jacksboro, about 60 miles northwest of Fort Worth. There, a storm ripped the wall and roof from parts of Jacksboro High School, especially its gym, and
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ANTHONY, Texas — Middle school can be tough especially after the pandemic. Learning how to express your emotions has become a difficult issue for some, but Anthony ISD is working to help its middle students with coming-of-age issues. It’s called the transformers program run solely by the school’s P.E. coach, Alberto Villalobos. It’s geared mostly
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By Melissa Alonso, CNN Three people were killed and three others injured in a shooting at a Fayetteville, North Carolina, hotel Saturday. The incident took place at the Baymont Ramada, the Fayetteville Police Department (FPD) said in a tweet. The hotel is located about 10 miles south of Fort Bragg. Investigators said Sunday three men
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson, Keith Allen and Alaa Elassar, CNN At least ten people were wounded in an overnight shooting in Dallas early Sunday, according to Dallas Police Department spokesperson Brian Martinez. The Dallas Police Department initially said one person died in the shooting — which occurred in the 5200 block of Botham Jean Boulevard —
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By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Attorneys have told a Delaware judge that a committee for several Catholic entities in the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy has reached a settlement with the BSA and is withdrawing objections to its reorganization plan. Friday’s announcement came amid an ongoing trial to determine whether the
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Officials at Walt Disney World say a performance by a visiting Texas high school drill team that used American Indian stereotypes, including chants of “scalp them,” doesn’t reflect the resort’s values. A Disney spokeswoman said Friday that the company regretted the performance this week by the “Indianettes” drill team
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HOBBS, N.M. — A National Transportation Safety Board spokesman says a 13-year-old was the driving pickup truck that struck a van in West Texas in a fiery collision that killed nine people. National Transportation Safety Board Vice Chairman Bruce Landsberg said the truck’s left front tire, which was a spare tire, also blew out before
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ANDREWS, Texas (AP) — Authorities say 9 dead, including 6 University of the Southwest students and golf coach, in head-on collision in Texas. Statement from Gov. Greg Abbott: “We grieve with the loved ones of the individuals whose lives were horrifically taken too soon in this fatal vehicle crash near Andrews last night,” said Governor Abbott.
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A Texas Department of Public Safety investigation into a state-licensed facility for sex trafficking victims where an employee allegedly took nude photos of two girls found no evidence that the victims were also sexually abused or assaulted, according to agency director Steve McCraw. Details of the accusations against nine employees at The Refuge, a Bastrop
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Sunshine Week 2022 Editor’s Note: This article was provided by guest columnist Kelley Shannon, Executive Director for the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas. As Ukrainians fight and die for democracy, Russia is arresting its own citizens who are protesting the war and threatening prison for journalists who report the truth. The attempt to crush
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Gov. Greg Abbott announced Monday he has replaced Maj. Gen. Tracy Norris as leader of the Texas Military Department after months of criticism that her handling of his highly touted border mission had led to deplorable living conditions for troops. In a news release, Abbott said Norris’ term expired in February and Maj. Gen. Thomas
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Beto O’Rourke, the Democratic nominee for Texas governor, called the Republican incumbent, Greg Abbott, a “a thug” and an “authoritarian” on Saturday and compared Texas energy executives to Russian oligarchs in a blistering critique that presages an election that is about eight months away. “I just had a chance to meet with the ambassador from
Continue Reading By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN The Justice Department asked a judge on Monday to drop a criminal case against a Capitol rioter, admitting that prosecutors failed to schedule a hearing within the legal timeframe and asking for permission to charge the Texas man again for allegedly attacking police. In a court filing, prosecutors
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EL PASO, Texas — Needing some Saturday night plans? Why not head to the Fiesta Del Alma conscious arts festival? There will be live music, dance, theater and free food. The goal of the festival is to celebrate spirituality through the performing arts. “Spirituality isn’t just something that has to be forced or imposed upon,
Continue Reading State District Judge Amy Clark Meachum ruled Friday that the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services cannot continue to investigate parents who provide gender-affirming care to their transgender children for child abuse. The statewide injunction will remain in effect until the case is heard in July. Meachum said there is a “substantial likelihood that”
Continue Reading By Andy Rose, Rosa Flores, Rosalina Nieves and Ray Sanchez, CNN A judge in Texas blocked the state from enforcing Gov. Greg Abbott’s order to investigate gender-affirming care of minors as “child abuse.” “The court finds sufficient cause to enter a temporary injunction,” Judge Amy Clark Meachum in Travis County said Friday evening. The judge
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The Texas Supreme Court dealt a final blow to abortion providers’ federal challenge to the state’s latest abortion restrictions Friday. The court ruled that state medical licensing officials do not have authority to enforce the law, which bans abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. This was the last, narrowly cracked window that abortion providers
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Stacker compiled a statistics about incarceration demographics in Texas according to the Sentencing Project.
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Texas — A Texas appeals court sided with the parents of a transgender teenager in a ruling Wednesday, rejecting Attorney General Ken Paxton’s efforts to allow a child abuse investigation to proceed. The ruling will allow a lower court to hold a hearing, scheduled for Friday, where lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union and
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HARRIS COUNTY, TX — With counting holdups and missed ballots marring what amounted to a low-turnout election, Harris County’s election administrator has announced she is resigning amid pressure from local leaders of both political parties to explain what went wrong in last week’s primary. Houston-area voters saw relatively few issues on election day, but days
Continue Reading By Maegan Vazquez, Ashley Killough, Ed Lavandera and Raja Razek, CNN The family of an American detained in Russia spoke with President Joe Biden on Tuesday shortly after waving at the President’s passing motorcade in Fort Worth, Texas, the family said. Joey and Paula Reed, the parents of former US Marine Trevor Reed, stood for
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(CNN) — A jury in Washington, DC, on Tuesday found January 6 rioter Guy Reffitt guilty of all five charges he faced related to the US Capitol attack, in the pivotal outcome of the first federal trial related to the riot. Reffitt, a Texas Three Percenter and supporter of then-President Donald Trump when he went to
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EL PASO, Texas — In less than a week, Customs inspectors at three different international ports of entry in El Paso caught five women trying to smuggle the dangerous drug fentanyl inside their bodies. The women, who range in age between 19 and 42 years of age, were all American citizens. One of them was
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With the approval of the federal $1.2 trillion federal infrastructure bill, state governments are making much-needed improvements to roads and bridges. RateGenius collected data from the White House to rank all 50 states and Washington D.C. based on the cost of unmaintained roads.
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EL PASO, Texas — A Texas judge has temporarily blocked a state agency to continue investigating a family for child abuse after they provided gender-affirming care to their teen, but the battle is far from over and families around Texas are feeling the effects. Lori Edwards’ daughter, Emily, first expressed her discomfort with presenting as
Continue Reading By Melanie Zanona and Ashley Killough, CNN Republican Rep. Van Taylor of Texas suspended his reelection campaign Wednesday after admitting to an extra-marital affair, which he called the “greatest failure” of his life. His decision to drop his bid for another term in Congress comes one day after Taylor was forced into a runoff for
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton could be headed for a primary runoff, with nearly half the votes counted late Tuesday, according to Decision Desk HQ. In a field of four candidates, not enough Texas Republican primary voters appear convinced that the two-term incumbent should remain the Republican’s candidate for the job. That could put the
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso County elections office is livestreaming. According to Lisa Wise, the El Paso County Elections Administrator, this livestream requirement was approved during the last legislative session. Essentially, a livestream must be running from the office from the time the ballots go in until they reach the signature verification committee
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EL PASO, Texas — Tuesday, March 1st is Texas primary election day. This year’s primary election will determine which candidates from the Democrat and Republican parties will move forward to November’s election. However, since there is no presidential race at stake, primary races like this year’s usually have lower voter turnout than a general election.
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