A new program funded by the state has given around $126 million to small-town police forces to help them hire and keep staff. The Office of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts revealed the impact of a grant program for rural law enforcement agencies and prosecutor’s offices created by state legislators last year. […]

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments this week from a lawyer representing a group of West Texas A&M University students who were denied their request to host a drag show on campus last year. As previously reported by The Dallas Express, West Texas A&M canceled a planned drag show titled “A Fool’s […]

A recent report has identified a deteriorated utility pole collapsing under its own weight and igniting dry grass in the Texas Panhandle as the catalyst for the largest wildfire in the state’s history. The Texas House committee specially formed to investigate the devastating and deadly blaze that ravaged the region earlier this year published its […]

Over the weekend, Border Patrol agents in Texas intercepted three individuals attempting to enter the United States illegally, all of whom were sex offenders convicted of crimes against children. U.S. Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens reported via X that the apprehensions occurred in Eagle Pass, Rio Grande City, and Cotulla. All three individuals had prior […]

The City of Amarillo may soon become the latest “Sanctuary City for the Unborn” in Texas — continuing the momentum anti-abortion activists seem to have in the state. Amarillo’s Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance Initiating Committee turned in 10,322 signatures to the city secretary on Thursday, reported The Texan. The group claimed it verified […]

An El Paso grand jury has indicted 140 unlawful migrants who allegedly caused a riot along the border after a judge released them earlier in the week due to a lack of probable cause. A county judge had previously chosen to dismiss the charges for the alleged migrants involved in the April 12 riot along […]