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- One last time: No. 3 Texas, Baylor clash in Big 12 opener before Longhorns bolt to SECThe Longhorns opened as a 14-point favorite in most sportsbooks, and throughout the week moved to 17-point favorites in some of them. Baylor will be without their No. 1 quarterback Blake Shapen who is still recovering from an MCL sprain, so backup Sawyer Robertson will get the start.
- Austin Energy says extreme heat caused increased energy use in AugustAustin (KXAN) — Austin Energy said customers used 15-20% more energy in the month of August compared to last year. The agency said the extreme heat is the largest reason behind that jump in usage.
- State of Texas: 'We did it right,' Lt. Gov. Patrick defends Paxton trial processAUSTIN (Nexstar) - The man who put the gag order in place for the impeachment trial against Attorney General Ken Paxton is speaking freely now that the gag order is over. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is defending the Texas Senate's process as "unbiased" while slamming the House's initial decision to impeach in late May. In [...]
- Sen. Ted Cruz says there is no domestic issue he cares more about than 'school choice'“If when I die, my tombstone says that, ‘Ted played a meaningful role in brining school choice to the kids of Texas and the kids of America,’ then I die a happy man."
- TDCJ: Man serving life sentence for capital murder killed by cellmate in East Texas prison50-year-old Billy Chemirmir was found dead in his cell at the Coffield Unit in Tennessee Colony early Tuesday morning.
- Best towns in Texas to see the 'Ring of Fire' eclipseThe annular solar eclipse will cast a shadow across portions of the U.S. for almost five minutes.
- PD: Texas man arrested for impersonating Dallas cop in ValleyMcALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Mansfield, Texas, man was arrested in McAllen this week for pretending to be a Dallas police officer, documents reveal. Shaun Kennedy is charged with interfering with public duties and impersonating a public servant, Hidalgo County Jail records indicate. At 1:18 a.m. Wednesday, Kennedy was outside the 80s Brewery, located at [...]
- South Texas border epicenter for crossings of asylum-seekerss thousands of asylum-seekers stream across the Rio Grande from Mexico into South Texas, Washington is taking note that the region is the epicenter for migration right now.
- Sweet, Spicy, Savory: Texas business creates Mexican candy-flavored applesBROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A local shop in Brownsville turned a simple candy apple hobby into a business. Maribel Lopez, owner of Candy Apple Factory, started her business 21 years ago after visiting a local candy apple stand in California. Lopez said during her trips to visit family in California, they would buy apples after [...]
