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3+ hour, 46+ min ago   (232+ words) AUSTIN, Texas (KTRK) -- Texas Governor Greg Abbott declared a state of emergency ahead of severe winter weather expected to affect most of the state. On Tuesday evening, the Office of the Texas Governor released a statement declaring that the severe…...

6+ hour, 46+ min ago   (266+ words) An arctic cold front is expected to trigger snow, sleet, and ice and will arrive in Texas on Friday. The exact amount of frozen precipitation to fall across North and West Texas remains debatable, but there are moderate to strong…...

7+ hour, 49+ min ago   (104+ words) SAN ANTONIO " The SAISD Board of Trustees unanimously approved the closure of Carvajal Elementary on the city's west side." On Tuesday night, the vote was confirmed to close the west-side school. Carvajal Elementary was opened in 1949 and named after one…...

10+ hour, 12+ min ago   (461+ words) On Monday's holiday remembering Martin Luther King Jr., Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a statement claiming the slain civil rights icon would oppose Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policies. Paxton, a hard-right Trump ally, made the assertion in a press…...

10+ hour, 45+ min ago   (191+ words) With more than 250 events planned this year, San Antonio DreamWeek is back to extend the spirit of the city's Martin Luther King Jr. Day March until Jan. 31, according to organizers. The expansive calendar of the 13th annual DreamWeek will focus on…...

11+ hour, 3+ min ago   (450+ words) Bexar County's new backlog of unprocessed voter registration applications has grown to 6,600 while staff struggle with a lagging system provided by the state, county Elections Administrator Michele Carew said Tuesday. Much like the backlog ahead of last fall's election, Bexar…...

11+ hour, 23+ min ago   (90+ words) From a 50-year anniversary show for Trinity University radio staton KRTU-FM featuring a red-hot jazz singer-songwriter to Get Up Kids singer Matt Pryor taking his solo act on the road, there's a lot to take in musically this week. Let's…...

12+ hour, 2+ min ago   (619+ words) COLLEGE STATION "Texas A&M basketball returns home looking to further establish its NCAA Tournament r'sum' as it takes on a hungry SEC squad. The Aggies (14-4, 4-1 SEC) dismantled the Longhorns in Austin, snapping a two-game losing streak. Next up is…...

12+ hour, 18+ min ago   (369+ words) A third undocumented immigrant has died while in an El Paso Texas detention camp overseen by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, this one by apparent suicide, federal authorities confirmed. Victor Manuel Diaz, 36, of Nicaragua, died of a "presumed suicide" on Jan....

16+ hour, 28+ min ago   (1102+ words) Alamo Heights ISD parents are voicing anger after the district scrapped a visit by a children's author whose nonfiction book about the history of glitter and plastic was deemed too radical under Texas' anti-DEI law. The cancelation is just the…...