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“Your Place in History: Historic Southside” is a six-week initiative to collect memories, photographs, documents and audio ...

"I’m saying my prayers but there’s a chance we could have all eight guys (in our rotation)," Baylor coach Scott Drew said, ...

Like the past two Februaries, we're dealing with record warmth more like spring in parts of the U.S., including Texas and the ...

Brad Stevens ... Chris Beard ... Dusty May? FOX Sports' John Fanta reveals 12 candidates who could replace Mike Woodson at ...

Some of the most significant snowfall events have occurred in February. Will there be snow in Texas this month?

Steven Nelson, a 37-year-old convicted killer, became the first person executed in Texas in 2025. Nelson was put to death by lethal injection for ...

Jaston Williams once put the "third-smallest town in Texas" on the map (never mind that it was fictional), but these days he's quite happy in Lockhart. The actor, playwright, and author, who ...

Despite getting Jeremy Roach back in the starting lineup, the Bears were unable to fill the void from V.J. Edgecombe’s absence, with Texas Tech picking up its ...

Influenza trends were on the rise in Lubbock as the rest of Texas was struck with high levels of the virus, according to ...

A fifth-grader in Texas was caught with a small bag of cocaine at school. They were then arrested and transported to a juvenile detention center. Recently, a student at Jefferson Elementary School in ...

Wildfires have spread in McDowell County, North Carolina, an area already struggling to recover from Hurricane Helene.