The raging Guadalupe River in Friday’s flash flood through a popular summer camp area in the Texas Hill Country region has left 20 children missing and taken the lives of at least 24 people at the time of publication, including the owner of one of the camps.
Reports on social media indicate that Elon Musk’s SpaceX is deploying Starlink Minis to first responder vehicles working the “catastrophic” flood that struck the Texas Hill Country region on Independence Day. The systems will enable first responders to communicate in areas where cellular and emergency radio service are disabled due to the storm damage.
The Independence Day flood in Kerr County, Texas, led to the deaths of more than 40 people, according media reports. While nearly 240 people were rescued, at least 23 girls are still missing from a riverside camp near Hunt, Texas. The slowly moving storm threatens further flooding in Hill Country areas to the northeast.
A video published by a San Antonio television station shows a Texas National Guard Blackhawk helicopter aircrew delivering seven girls rescued from the Independence Day Guadalupe River flood near Kerrville. The helicopter lands near Ingram High School and seven young girls run for safety.
Video posted on social media by Governor Greg Abbott shows a Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter aircrew rescuing a woman from a tree as the deadly flood waters of the Guadalupe River raged below. The overnight flash flooding has already claimed the lives of more than a dozen people, and at least 23 children are reported missing from a private Christian girls’ camp near Kerrville, Texas.
Central Texas was hit with heavy rains on Friday that resulted in rapid flooding and several people reportedly being killed.
More than 100,000 patients who visited hospitals in Texas between last November and February of this year admitted they are illegal migrants.
The family of a Texas man who tragically lost his life in a burning Tesla Cybertruck after a crash last year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Elon Musk’s automaker, claiming the vehicle was defectively designed.
Former Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX) announced that he would enter the Texas Senate race, after having run — and lost — in 2024.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday to uphold a Texas law requiring pornography websites to verify the age of its users.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) signed legislation last week that mandates the display of the Ten Commandments in all public school classrooms, beginning in September.
A 64-year-old woman shut down traffic on I-45 in Spring, Texas, Thursday as she sat in a lawn chair in the middle of the interstate and held a gun to her head.
The Trump administration is suing Dem. Gov. Tim Walz’s Minnesota to block tuition giveaways to illegal migrants.
Social media influencer “Liver King,” whose real name is Brian Johnson, was arrested in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday shortly upon arriving in podcast host Joe Rogan’s home town after allegedly making “a terroristic threat” against him. Johnson — a Houston native
Karmelo Anthony, the Texas teenager accused of stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf to death at a Frisco track meet in April, has been charged with first-degree murder.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has contacted Tesla following the circulation of videos on social media depicting the company’s robotaxis driving erratically on public roads in Austin, Texas.
Elon Musk has rolled out his Tesla robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, marking the EV giant’s entry into the growing autonomous ride-hailing market. Tesla’s driverless cabs are currently charging a flat fee of $4.20, Musk’s latest in a long line of drug references.
Surveillance footage reportedly shows the fatal incident between high school students Austin Metcalf and Karmelo Anthony in Frisco, Texas, that occurred on April 2 at Kuykendall Stadium.
Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed legislation Saturday to remove short-barrel rifles and shotguns from Texas prohibited weapons list.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered Texas National Guard soldiers and Department of Public Safety troopers to increase patrols around “high-risk locations” following the U.S. attack on Iranian nuclear facilities. The governor said, “We must remain vigilant to secure our homeland.”
A group of Texas lawmakers have sent a letter to Elon Musk’s Tesla requesting the company postpone its planned launch of a robotaxi service in Austin until a new state law regulating autonomous vehicles comes into effect on September 1.
A Texas judge admonished a man who wore a T-shirt to his felony court appearance that read “World’s Best Farter.”
An unidentified man died at the scene after allegedly trying to rob an off-duty officer’s property in Weatherford, Texas, and being shot dead by that officer.
A DOJ employee in Texas is accused of spiking his pregnant girlfriend’s drink with abortion pills and killing his unborn child.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has revealed that the EV giant’s robotaxi service is set to begin operations in Austin, Texas, on June 22, with the first driverless trip scheduled for his birthday on June 28.
As anti-ICE riots began over the weekend in Los Angeles, involving people throwing objects at law enforcement officials, spray-painting and vandalizing vehicles, and looting businesses, protests have spread to Austin and Dallas, Texas, and San Francisco.
Democrats are reportedly gearing up to try and flip Texas blue with help from leftist billionaire and mega-donor George Soros.
HOUSTON (AP) — Investigators are looking into whether the sexual orientation of “King of the Hill” voice actor Jonathan Joss played a role in his shooting death in Texas, authorities said Thursday, walking back a previous statement about the potential motive.
A jury in Tarrant County, Texas, handed down a life sentence following a jury trial under the state’s new law that charges a fentanyl dealer with murder if a customer dies from the drug. The district attorney pledges that more of these fentanyl murder cases will be tried to send a message to drug traffickers.
Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-TX) Second Amendment weakness, the result of his high profile support for gun control under Joe Biden, is hampering his reelection prospects.
The Texas House passed legislation to legalize short barrel rifles and shotguns Tuesday and it is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) desk.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed legislation this week that advances an effort to prevent noncitizens from voting in the Lone Star State.
A Texas rheumatologist who turned his license to practice medicine into an $118 million scheme to finance his high-end lifestyle by falsely diagnosing perfectly healthy patients will be spending the next ten years in far less luxurious digs.
Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly called Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) as part of the tech giant’s efforts to stop the governor from passing legislation in the state that would require app stores to verify the ages of its users.
A lawsuit filed in federal court by three female professors claims that university officials are looking into establishing a bilingual university with course credit classes in Spanish and hiring only Spanish-speaking professors. The three professors claimed to have been racially discriminated against because they are not Hispanic — one is of African origin, while the other two are Asian.
TX AG Ken Paxton has announced an investigation into U.S. Master’s Swimming for allowing a transgender athlete to compete against women.
Texas is on the verge of implementing the most stringent social media ban for minors in the United States, with a new bill making its way through the state legislature.
Five Texas prosecutors are suing Attorney General Ken Paxton over a rule the AG says is a way to “rein in rogue district attorneys” who offer lenient treatment and sweetheart deals to criminals.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is being pressured via lawsuits from five district attorneys in his state who are pushing back against one of Paxton’s rules.
An illegal alien is linked to a violent gang rape of a 16-year-old girl in Harris County, Texas, in 2022, the U.S. Marshals Service revealed.
