Three finance students at Texas Tech University—Grayson Archer, William Trapp, and Grant Moos—have launched an all-in-one fitness application called Glide Performance, currently available on the Apple App Store with an Android version in development. The project originated from Archer’s personal search for a single platform capable...
A major overnight fire at the DoubleTree by Hilton on Garden Street prompted a massive multi-agency response, leading Laredo officials to issue an emergency declaration Wednesday. At 1:14 a.m., first responders rushed to an active structure fire at the hotel, located in the 800 block of...
Tensions between San Benito Mayor Pete Galvan and the city’s Economic Development Corporation (EDC) board reached a boiling point following a five-hour closed-session meeting Monday, where board members ultimately held off on considering a proposal to amend bylaws to eliminate the ex-officio, non-voting seat designated...
The Whitehead Memorial Museum drew a crowd of over 900 music lovers on Friday, Oct. 2, and Saturday, Oct. 3, for Draculinafest. Organizer Krystal Torres launched the festival three years ago to give rock, heavy metal, and punk groups a stage while uniting the region's underground...
On Oct. 4, three political candidates addressed key community concerns, ranging from healthcare and infrastructure to gun control, during a public accountability session hosted by La Organización Fronteriza/The Border Organization (TBO) in Del Rio. La Organización Fronteriza/The Border Organization (TBO) is a non-partisan regional grassroots group...
Corpus Christi officials attribute a second leak in the Mary Rhodes Pipeline to aging infrastructure and obsolete construction methods. The newest breach was discovered just two weeks after crews repaired an earlier breakdown along the same line. The second leak was detected while workers attempted to...
Gov. Greg Abbott honored Senior Officer Kyle Simmons of the Corpus Christi Police Department with the 2026 Officer of the Year Award during the 50th Anniversary Convention of the Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT) in San Antonio on Oct. 3. Simmons was one of...
Brownsville ultrarunner Art Hurtado finished eighth overall at the Cowboy 200, traversing 200 miles across Nebraska with a time of 54:18:23 over the weekend of Sept. 25–27. The 200-mile course traces the historic Cowboy Trail between Norfolk and Valentine along a flat, crushed-limestone railway path closed...
A 40-year-old Lubbock man was sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to supplying the fatal dose of fentanyl that killed a 38-year-old woman in 2024. Donnie Ford Jr. pleaded guilty to a second-degree felony charge of manufacturing or delivering a controlled substance causing...
The Amarillo Police Department has moved its Domestic Violence Squad into the Family Support Services building to streamline investigations and expand immediate resources for victims, officials announced during a Sept. 30 press conference. The centralized setup will allow investigators and advocates to work alongside one another,...
