By NADIA LATHAN Updated 9:51 AM CDT, July 23, 2025 AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas lawmakers on Wednesday began reviewing the July 4 floods that killed at least 136 people, a disaster that put local officials under scrutiny over why residents along the…
By GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA and GABRIELA AOUN Updated 12:55 PM CDT, July 14, 2025 KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — With rain in the forecast Monday, officials kept a wary eye on river levels as some crews resumed the search for people still missing after catastrophic…
The Harrison County Sheriff's Office made multiple arrests Monday in connection to a major ATM theft out of North Carolina. Sheriff Matt Haley said 23-year-old Alecia Bailey of…
A Texas man got turned around while in Waveland and ended up driving on the railroad tracks, where his vehicle was hit by a train. Waveland Police Chief Mike Prendergast said Emmanuel Onyia of Garland, Texas, was driving a Hyundai…
Four-star recruit Jeffery Rush, Jr. is picking up another Division I offer - his ninth overall - from Texas. The junior defensive lineman has SEC offers from Ole…
By PAUL J. WEBER AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Uvalde school district on Friday pulled its embattled campus police force off the job following a wave of new outrage over the hiring of a former Texas state trooper who was…
Irma Garcia’s family was already reeling from her death in the Texas school shooting that targeted her fourth grade classroom and killed her co-teacher and 19 students. Then, a mere two days after the attack, her grieving husband collapsed and died at…
By ACACIA CORONADO and JIM VERTUNO UVALDE, Texas (AP) — An 18-year-old gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school barricaded himself inside a classroom, “shooting anyone that was in his way,” an official said…
By EUGENE GARCIA and DARIO LOPEZ-MILLS UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The Texas governor says 14 students and 1 teacher were killed at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school. He…
SEMINOLE, Okla. (AP) — A storm system spawned several tornadoes that whipped through areas of Texas and Oklahoma, causing damage to a school, a marijuana farm and other structures. There were no reports of serious injuries following the Wednesday night…
A Texas family traveling through Mississippi lost two members when their vehicle ran off the interstate in Hancock County early Thursday morning. Mississippi Highway Patrol Trooper Cal Robertson said MHP responded to a report of a crash at 4:30 a.m.…
Coastal Mississippi is pleased to announce the appointment of Judy Young to the role of executive director for the coastal tri-county destination marketing organization. Young brings more than 20…
AUSTIN, Texas — The Biden administration urged the courts again to step in and suspend a new Texas law that has banned most abortions since early September, as clinics hundreds of miles away remain busy with Texas patients making long journeys to…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Monday to prohibit any entity, including private business, from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on workers and called on state lawmakers to pass a similar ban into law.…
By JAMIE STENGLE and JILL BLEED Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Police have arrested a student suspected of opening fire during a fight at his Dallas-area high school, leaving four people injured. Police say 18-year-old Timothy George Simpkins fled…
The college sports landscape is on the verge of a big change. It’s a possibility that Texas and Oklahoma could leave the Big 12 for the SEC became much…
Two Big 12 powers are reportedly looking to jump ship and are eyeing the SEC as an alternative conference affiliation. The Houston Chronicle first reported Wednesday that…
By Eric Olsen OMAHA (AP) -- As Will Bednar’s strikeout total kept climbing, it seemed everybody at TD Ameritrade Park was keeping track. Bednar didn’t want to admit it, but he was, too. “Uh, yeah,” he said sheepishly when asked.…
A key piece of information in a 30-year-old cold case has been confirmed. Now, Sheriff Mike Ezell wants to find out what happened to Kimberly Ann Funk and why she was found in the swampy area of Ward Bayou in…
PADRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE, Texas (AP) — A young alligator traced to the Louisiana bayous traded the swamp for a sandy Padre Island beach in South Texas. In an unusual spin from “Jaws,” the gator showed up Monday on Malaquite…
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (AP) — Residents, some of whom lack heat or basic amenities in their own homes due to the unusually chilly weather, have been rescuing cold-stunned sea turtles and taking them to a convention center in a South Texas resort town.…
A federal appeals court has ruled that Texas and Louisiana can cut off funding to Planned Parenthood.
– Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers will host a fundraiser on Tuesday to support local communities in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas affected by hurricanes Laura and Sally. With help from its loyal Caniacs, Raising Cane’s hopes to raise at least…
A routine traffic stop in Ocean Springs resulted in the arrest of a Pass Christian man wanted on armed robbery charges. Wednesday, an officer with the Ocean Springs Police Department conducted a traffic stop on Highway 90 for a traffic…