Featured 3435
Mask mandate appears to be helping in Texas, but experts ask Gov. Greg Abbott not to rule out a shutdown
A plateauing of new virus cases would hardly represent a victory over the pandemic, but it would help keep hospitals from being overrun with sick patients.
As school reopenings falter, some Texas parents hire private teachers. Others can only afford to cross their fingers.
With the safe reopening of schools this fall in doubt, parents with the resources are setting up "learning pods" or seeking other options. But the do-it-yourself approach to education threatens to leave behind students of color and poorer families.
Undocumented immigrants behind on their rent are self-evicting across Texas
Without money to pay rent, facing pressures from landlords and afraid of courts, people without legal immigration status have limited options.
Sheriff, Leitha working together to prepare for new reign
Photo: Kerr County Sheriff Rusty Hierholzer (right) visits with Larry Leitha (left) only hours after Leitha won the Republican nomination to become the new sheriff. By Hill Country Community Journal Staff, July 21, 2020 Less than 24 hours after Kerr County voters chose retired Texas Department of Safety Narcotics Special Agent Larry Leitha as the […]
Eyewitnesses can’t shake the scene of fatal motorcycle crash
Photo By Bill & Yolanda Carson By Louis Amestoy at Kerrville Daily Times, July 21, 2020 Bill and Yolanda Carson were headed into Kerrville on Saturday afternoon to run some errands, but they will never forget what they saw as they made their way north on Texas 16. From the moment they turned left onto […]
These “last responders” deal with the bodies as coronavirus deaths surge in the Rio Grande Valley
Funeral homes have set up temporary morgues. Crematoriums are running overtime. Families must wait more than a week to bury their loved ones. For body couriers and funeral workers, there’s no letup in sight.
3 members of Thin Blue Line Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club killed, 9 Injured in Kerr County accident
Members of the Thin Blue Line Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club were out for a ride when an allegedly drunk driver crossed lanes and hit them head on
Former Florida congressman Allen West unseats James Dickey to become Texas GOP chairman
West defeated Dickey, who was running for a second full term, early Monday morning at a tumultuous virtual state convention.
With high-stakes election season looming, Texas GOP Chair James Dickey faces formidable opposition
With Texas Republicans months away from perhaps their most challenging election in years, the state party could see an abrupt change in leadership this week as it gathers online for its biennial convention.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says “there is no shutdown coming” as coronavirus cases surge
As the number of new coronavirus cases in Texas continues to rise and hospitals grow more crowded, Gov. Greg Abbott said Thursday there is no statewide shutdown looming.
Distilleries, wineries shuttered by Gov. Greg Abbott’s bar shutdown say they should be exempted
The owners and patrons of Ironroot Republic Distillery in Denison hardly consider the business to be a bar in the traditional sense.
Texas classrooms can stay closed this fall without losing state funding if local health officials order it
Photo by Michael Stravato By Aliyya Swaby at Texas Tribune, July 15, 2020 Last week, the state’s education agency released an order requiring schools to open their buildings to in-person instruction five days a week for all students who want it. The order gives districts a transition period of just three weeks at the start […]
