Dallas — A former FedEx driver was sentenced to death Tuesday after pleading guilty to killing a 7-year-old girl he took from her Texas home while delivering a Christmas present. Jurors in a Fort Worth courtroom decided on Tanner Horner’s punishment after hearing about a month of testimony and evidence that included an audio recording … Read more
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Feed Texas and the Texas Association of Community Health Plans celebrated the start of Healthy Texas Week on Monday, kicking off a new pilot program aimed at improving health outcomes through nutrition. Texas Health Week, which runs from May 4 to 11, is a statewide awareness campaign designated by the Texas Legislature … Read more
Camp Mystic — the Christian girls’ camp in Texas where 27 campers and counselors died in heavy flooding last year — has withdrawn its application to reopen this summer. The withdrawal comes after increasing pressure from state leaders and families of victims to keep the camp closed. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick had urged organizers to … Read more
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) – The Northwest Shopping Center has been empty for years, and now there’s movement of sorts there. Near Hempstead Road and North Post Oak Road, there has been talk of something happening at the Northwest Mall that has sat empty for nearly a decade. SkyEye was flying over the site of the … Read more
Former porn star Asia Carrera has made a wild career pivot — passing the Texas bar exam and putting herself on track to become a licensed attorney. Carrera, born Jessica Steinhauser in New York City, shared the news this week after taking the tough test in Waco in February. “I PASSED THE BAR EXAM!!!!” she … Read more
A tattooed Texas man was sentenced to 40 years in prison last week for slitting the throat of his elderly lover, who was three times his age, in a gruesome murder last year, according to reports. Alberto Rafael Ferrer Cabrera, 27, was sentenced to four decades in prison by Bexar County Judge Cristina Escalona. Friday … Read more
Former The Bachelorette star James McCoy Taylor was rearrested in Texas for assault in 2024 — even after pleading guilty and receiving his sentence last year. The 39-year-old was taken into custody in Brazos County on Friday, but was released the same day after posting $10,000 bail, the Brazos County Police Department said, according to … Read more
BYU’s season has already come to an end. In the first round of March Madness on Thursday night, No. 11 seed Texas outlasted the Cougars in a 79-71 loss in a Western Conference game. Dylan Swain and Matas Vokiitatis celebrate during the second half of Texas’ 79-71 win over BYU in the first round of … Read more
Russell Wilson is giving his stepson, Future Zahir, a first look at college life. The NFL quarterback recently took the tween on his first campus visit to the University of Texas in Austin and shared a video from the day on social media. In the clip, Wilson drives through campus while Future sits in the … Read more
Immigration The death was the first of at least six fatal shootings by federal agents since President Donald Trump launched a nationwide crackdown on immigration. In this image from video provided by the Texas Department of Public Safety, Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent Jack Stevens pulls Ruben Ray Martinez from his car after Martinez was … Read more