By MATT BROWN WASHINGTON (AP) — In a generational contest between sitting congressmen, freshman Rep. Christian Menefee defeated veteran Rep. Al Green in a Democratic primary runoff for a Houston-area district created last year by an unusual Republican-led redistricting effort. Green,…
By THOMAS BEAUMONT and JESSE BEDAYN PLANO, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, easily defeating four-term Sen. John Cornyn in the latest contest where President Donald Trump sought to oust an incumbent he saw…
By HALLIE GOLDEN and TERRY TANG Five members of a pickleball club who died after the small plane carrying them crashed in Texas are being mourned by a tight-knit community of fellow players. The Texas Department of Public Safety confirmed Saturday that Justin Appling, Hayden…
WIMBERLEY, Texas (AP) — A small plane crashed among trees in Texas Hill Country, killing all five people aboard, officials said Friday. The crash happened Thursday night in Wimberley, a city about 40 miles (65 kilometers) southwest of Austin, Hays…
MINERAL WELLS, Texas (AP) — Officials confirmed Wednesday that a tornado tore through this small city in eastern Texas, sending five people to a hospital as it flattened buildings used for manufacturing and ripped the roofs off nearby homes. Local…
By JIM VERTUNO AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Young and inexperienced Camp Mystic counselors were not trained to help campers during floods or other emergencies, and feared making decisions on their own, an investigator into the 2025 flood that killed 27 counselors…
By JIM VERTUNO AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas state regulators found nearly two dozen deficiencies in the emergency operations plan submitted in Camp Mystic’s bid to reopen less than a year after 27 children and counselors were killed in a devastating flood.…
BULVERDE, Texas (AP) — A student shot a teacher at a Texas high school and then fatally shot himself, authorities said Monday. The shooting happened at Hill Country College Preparatory High School in Bulverde, the Comal County Sheriff’s Office said…
By THOMAS BEAUMONT DALLAS (AP) — Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn is trying to hold on for a fifth term in Tuesday’s GOP primary, while Democrats will choose whether to send Rep. Jasmine Crockett or state Rep. James Talarico to a November general election where the party once again…
LONGVIEW, Texas (AP) — Crews in East Texas rescued two people stranded hundreds of feet in the air after a hot-air balloon became entangled on a communications tower over the weekend. Firefighters responding to the tower on Saturday morning found…
By JOHN HANNA Candidates and political groups are pouring money into Texas’ hotly contested U.S. Senate race at a record pace, partly fueled by Democrat James Talarico’s fundraising and allies of Republican Sen. John Cornyn trying to save his long career. Heading into…
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…