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(Left to right: Andrew Anthony Lopez, Albert Merell Jr., Kerry Jay Armstrong)   Three of Texas’ Most Wanted Captured in San Antonio, Corpus Christi and Thurber AUSTIN – Three of Texas’ 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders are back in custody following their recent arrests. Authorities captured Andrew Lopez in San Antonio, Albert Merell, Jr. in…

1 John 5: 3 “For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.” By Van Yandell From the creation of Adam (Genesis 2: 7) until Moses came down from Mt. Saini with the Ten Commandments (Exodus 34: 29), twenty-five hundred years had passed. Mankind had existed…

By Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune May 21, 2026 Between November 2025 and February 2026, police stopped three Latino immigrants in Taylor, then contacted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, who took custody of the men and placed them in deportation proceedings without an opportunity for a bond hearing. The three men had crossed…

By Joshua Fechter, Manoo Sirivelu and Apurva Mahajan, The Texas Tribune May 21, 2026 Austin voters approved a multibillion-dollar light rail plan in 2020. The project’s costs have increased, and its footprint has been slashed to less than 10 miles. Credit: Manoo Sirivelu/The Texas Tribune Before landing in Austin, Cathy Cocco lived in both New…

By Jessica Priest, The Texas Tribune May 20, 2026 A horse-drawn hearse, a Grim reaper, and mourners dressed in black moved through downtown Austin on Wednesday as critics staged a mock funeral for academic freedom, one day before University of Texas System regents are expected to vote on giving campus presidents more power to cut…

  WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the US District Court for the District of Columbia granted emergency relief in the American Historical Association and American Oversight’s lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s effort to evade the Presidential Records Act (PRA).   The injunction, which takes effect at 9:00 a.m. on May 26, enjoins the White House Office,…

UGRA Successfully Tested the first 6 Sirens on the Guadalupe River in Western Kerr County Ahead of Camp Season, 28 of 30 Eligible Counties have Secured SB 3 Agreements   AUSTIN, TX — As a priority bill of Lt. Governor Dan Patrick and Speaker Dustin Burrows, author Senator  Paul Bettencourt’s (R-Houston) with House Sponsor Terry Wilson’s…

DALLAS, TEXAS (May 20, 2026) – Today, EPA is announcing $76,607,000 in funding to protect Texas from exposure to lead in drinking water. This investment will go directly to states through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) and is part of EPA’s unwavering commitment to Making America Healthy Again. This funding will go toward finding and replacing lead pipes (also known as lead…

BEAUMONT, Texas –A Jasper convicted felon has been sentenced to federal prison for a firearms violation in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.   Cammorn Joseph Brizendine, 36, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison by U.S.…