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One year after the July 4 flood, Kerr County shows signs of trauma and healing

Now permitted to spend freely in coordination with GOP candidates, national Republican committees can use their flush war chests to help candidates like Paxton close fundraising deficits.

Vaccination rates in Texas schools have been dropping. Look up the latest vaccination rates in your district.

Crider’s dance hall is back. Homes are rebuilt. Kids swim in the river. But there’s also deep grief after the river killed 119 people and traumatized more.

Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock to resign at end of month

The Texas Tribune has created a searchable database of the latest vaccine rates for school districts and private schools and how they’ve changed in the last year.

Texas leads nation in proposed power plants for data centers, which would emit large amounts of greenhouse gases

Gov. Greg Abbott chose the former GOP lawmaker for the role last year, giving him the reins of Texas’ $1 billion school voucher rollout. Hancock was defeated in his bid for a full term in March.

On the upper Texas coast, many petrochemical facilities may not be prepared for fiercer storms

Nearly half of the power plants planned to supply electricity for data centers would be in Texas. Experts warn they will emit significant pollution that could harm the health of communities nearby.

Corpus Christi declines to seek federal grant for long-debated water desalination plant

Galveston County alone is home to 22 refineries and chemical plants. Their level of emergency preparedness varies widely.

Gov. Greg Abbott calls for ban on data center development in rural Texas neighborhoods

City Council members traded insults before the 5-4 vote blocked an effort to apply for up to $120 million in federal grants to help build the treatment plant.

Where is screwworm in Texas? Track cases here.

Abbott previously outlined a broad regulatory framework around data centers amid backlash from rural communities around their impact on residential neighborhoods.

Man sentenced to nearly 12 years after meth found in suitcase at Amarillo bus terminal

The New World screwworm poses a multibillion-dollar threat to the state’s cattle industry. We’re keeping track of where these cases are reported.

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Suspect in series of armed burglaries in Amarillo gets nearly 4 years in federal prison

AMARILLO, Texas — A man accused of carrying more than 13 kilograms of methamphetamine through Amarillo on a Greyhound bus was sentenced to nearly 12 years in fe

Amarillo train derailment investigation, repairs: Who's responsible?

The suspectin a series of summertime armed burglaries was sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison.Last mnonth, Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk sentencedD

GALLERY: Sunset rainbow after the storm

Damage to Amarillo Blvd. from a train derailment is visible now that the train has been removed.A train ran through the end-of-track stops near Amarillo Blvd an

3-vehicle crash on eastbound I-40 stalls evening commute for over an hour

Derailed train blocks Amarillo Blvd after crossing road despite no railroad tracks

A three-vehicle crash on eastbound I-40 stalled the evening commute around 6 p.m. just west of Crockett.A big rig driver was trying to merge into the inside lan

New Cross Bar project could open Texas' only BLM land to public recreation by 2028

A train that came off the trains is blocking Amarillo Boulevard.

'Back It Up Terry’ coming to Texas Panhandle for Fourth of July celebration

Committee members with the Open Cross Bar SRMA Special Recreation Management Area say they’re on track to have 12,000 acres of land, south of the Canadian River

'Like losing a family member': Historic Burnet County bridge lives on through memories and tradition

The stars of one of the internet’s most popular Fourth of July videos are coming to Pampa for the city’s Hometown Independence Day Celebration.The City of Pampa

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Hot, humid and mainly dry through Fourth of July

A year after floodwaters swept away Joppa's historic 1907 bridge, residents continue gathering for Coffee on the Bridge and are planning a memorial to preserve a landmark that connected generations of Burnet County families.

IKEA to close mini-location at The Domain

Our stretch of hot and humid weather continues into the weekend... and if we're being frank, for the next couple of months. -Meteorologist Tommy House

Austin Airport braces for crowds ahead of the Fourth of July travel rush: What to know

IKEA's store at The Domain will close at the end of August.

Walnut Creek Pool attendance jumps after swim fees dropped, city says

As airport officials gear up for one of the busiest travel days of the summer, they urge flyers to be prepared for longer security wait times, crowds, and full parking lots.

Almost 200 flood-related calls to Travis County 911 were made on July 5; Hear the man who made the first

Attendance at Walnut Creek Pool nearly doubled after the city eliminated admission fees as part of a pilot program studying whether free access increases use of public pools, according to a new memo from the Austin Parks and Recreation Department.

Williamson County jury finds homebuilder liable for fraud in flood-risk lawsuit

Marion Hanson made the first flood-related call to 911 in Travis County on July 5, 2025, according to a call log KXAN obtained through a Texas Public Information Act request.

Travis County moves to dismiss cases against former Wilco Sheriff and county attorney

According to court records, jurors found the homebuilder liable for statutory fraud, common-law fraud, fraud by nondisclosure, deceptive trade practices, breach of contract and unconscionable conduct.

High school coach arrested for alleged aggravated sexual assault of a child: Elgin Police

The Travis County District Attorney’s Office has filed a motion to dismiss charges against former Williamson County Sheriff Robert Chody and Assistant Williamson County Attorney Jason Nassour following a prolonged legal battle over evidence in their cases, which stemmed from the 2019 custodial death of Javier Ambler caught on camera by a reality television show, according to a Travis County DA news release on Wednesday.

Man charged after truck driver dies in fall from overpass

Jacob Donald Johns was charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child.

Downtown Austin restaurant employee reportedly stabbed customer, court documents say

Two children were in the SUV—a 9-year-old and a 5-year-old.

After the Flood: One-year anniversary of the July 2025 Central Texas floods

Police arrested a server at Bob's Steak and Chop House Friday. Witnesses told police the server stabbed one of the guests, whom the server recognized from church.