Fredericksburg store receives bonus for selling winning $1.8B Powerball ticket

Big’s, a Fredericksburg convenience store, receives a $250,000 bonus for selling a winning $1.8 billion Powerball ticket. SAN ANTONIO — The Fredericksburg store that sold the winning Powerball ticket last month has received a bonus check from the lottery. The second-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history — $1.8 billion — was won on the night … Read more

Texas governor orders enhanced security at religious sites statewide

Gov. Greg Abbott ordered Texas DPS to enhance security at religious sites due to rising attacks. BEAUMONT, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott directed the Texas Department of Public Safety on Tuesday to increase security around places of worship in response to rising violent attacks against “people and places of faith” nationwide, according to a news … Read more

Texas universities launch course reviews amid push to limit gender identity instruction

After a viral video stirred controversy at Texas A&M, Texas Tech ordered course adjustments while UNT and UT launched reviews. (The Texas Tribune) Last month, a viral video showing a Texas A&M University student confronting a professor over a discussion of gender identity during a children’s literature class sparked a firestorm in Texas higher education … Read more

Dallas ICE shooting claims second victim, family left searching for answers

Family confirms Miguel Ángel García-Hernández has died after the Dallas ICE shooting. His wife is pregnant with their fifth child and seeking answers. DALLAS, Texas — A second detainee wounded in last week’s shooting at a Dallas ICE facility has died. Family members confirm 32-year-old Miguel Ángel García-Hernández had been on life support for nearly … Read more

ICE arrests 41 people, officials seize $30,000 from Dallas strip club, officials say

Forty-one people, including 29 suspected of working in the club, were taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials said. DALLAS — Homeland Security arrested 41 non-citizens at Chicas Bonitas Cabaret in Dallas after executing a criminal search warrant for suspected human trafficking, officials said.  On Sept. 26, Homeland Security, along with local, state … Read more

ICE arrests 41 people, seizes $30,000 from Dallas strip club, officials say

Forty-one people, including 29 suspected of working in the club, were taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials said. DALLAS — Homeland Security arrested 41 non-citizens at Chicas Bonitas Cabaret in Dallas after executing a criminal search warrant for suspected human trafficking, officials said.  On Sept. 26, Homeland Security, along with local, state … Read more