People are obsessing over the Netflix show “Cheer” and even Olympics superstar Simone Biles is getting in on it. The show follows Navarro College Cheer in Corsicana as it prepares for the 2019 National Championships. Biles quipped that after the Toyko 2020 Olympics she is trying out for the college team in Texas. Biles, who is originally from Spring, has…

A U.S. Congresswoman was connected to a part of history this week through a ceremony honoring a Navy hero who saved lives in the attack on Pearl Harbor. The two were both from Waco and Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson says he is a hero from her childhood.

A U.S. Congresswoman was connected to a part of history this week through a ceremony honoring a Navy hero who saved lives in the attack on Pearl Harbor. The two were both from Waco and Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson says he is a hero from her childhood. She was invited to speak at the ceremony Monday that honored U.S....

A black teenager in Texas said he had been suspended and told he can’t walk in his high school graduation ceremony unless he cuts his dreadlocks to meet the school district’s dress code, NBC News reported. DeAndre Arnold, a senior at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, about 30 miles east of Houston, told NBC affiliate KPRC of Houston...

The owner of a chemical tanker ship has denied any liability for a collision with a fishing boat off the coast of Texas that killed one crew member and left two more missing and presumed dead. Norway-based Odfjell SE filed a motion Friday in response to a federal lawsuit brought by relatives of one of the fishermen who was killed….

Local photographer and writer, Alyssa Banta, spent some time with 13 women who work the land and in the Texas Ranch Sisterhood.

A trip to the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo gives us a glimpse at a way of life that, for some, goes back generations. In Texas, more women are on farms and ranches than in any other state. Local photographer and writer, Alyssa Banta, spent some time with women who work the land to follow their lives and create…

Democrats believe they have a shot at making gains this year in Republican-dominated Texas, including winning control of one house of the Legislature for the first time in nearly two decades. Persuading voters isn’t their only challenge. Voting and registration rules crafted by Republicans in recent years also could prove to be a big obstacle. In a state that’s...

A former Texas nurse suspected in the killing of dozens of children pleaded guilty Thursday in the 1981 death of an 11-month-old boy, receiving a life sentence that a prosecutor said should ensure she dies in prison.

Genene Jones, 69, was imprisoned in 1984 for killing one child and giving an overdose to another.

Researchers at Tarleton State University’s Southwest Regional Dairy Center in Stephenville are using devices similar to Fitbits to track the health habits of dairy cows.

The researchers are saying that tracking a cow’s eating, sleeping and movement helps them take better care of the animals, according to a press release from the Texas A&M University System.

Severe storms sweeping across southern portions of the U.S. and up into the Midwest were blamed Saturday in the deaths of at least 11 people, including two first responders, as high winds, tornadoes and unrelenting rain battered large swaths of the country. Storm-related fatalities were reported in Texas due to icy weather, in Alabama from a deadly tornado and in…

Texas will no longer accept the resettlement of new refugees, becoming the first state known to do so under a recent Trump administration order, Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday. Abbott’s announcement could have major implications for refugees coming to the United States. Texas has large refugee populations in several of its cities and has long been a leader in...

Crews could start building a private border wall in South Texas within the coming days following a federal judge’s ruling Thursday that lifted a restraining order against the project. U.S. District Judge Randy Crane’s order was the second federal ruling in two days in favor of border barriers. On Wednesday, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a...

A Texas man faces murder charges after stuffing his girlfriend’s 10-month-old child into a backpack and leaving her in his car for more than five hours. KCBD’s Katie Main reports.

A Greek court has postponed the retrial of seven suspects on murder charges over the 2017 fatal beating of a Texan tourist on an island resort. It is to allow a lawyer newly hired by the victim’s family to familiarize himself with the case. The court on Wednesday postponed the case until Jan. 13. Six of the men, five Serbian...

In a crowded Democratic Senate primary field, activist Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez says she feels she is best suited to represent her party.

In a crowded Democratic Senate primary field, activist Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez says she feels she is best suited to represent her party. “I am a progressive, and I am the only major candidate who has really spent time across the state, building a diverse coalition of voters and knows what regular, ordinary Texans are up against, and how to...

Cyber attack attempts originating in Iran are increasing, Texas officials said Tuesday. Over the previous two days, as many as 10,000 “probes” of state agencies’ IT systems per minute came from Iran, according to Gov. Greg Abbott and state Department of Information Resources executive director Amanda Crawford. “It’s very important that everybody be particularly vigilant right now about what may…

A suspect is in custody following a stabbing that left one person dead and at least three others injured Friday morning in southern Austin, officials say. There are no other known suspects, police said.

Emergency officials say one person was killed and three others hurt in a reported “stabbing incident” in downtown Austin, Texas. Police say a suspect was taken into custody Friday morning. Austin-Travis County EMS said a man in his 20s was pronounced dead and a man in his 50s was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. Two others were being...