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3+ day, 15+ hour ago  (442+ words) Jun 25, 2026 at 01: 07 AM EDT Texas A&M's run to the College Football Playoff felt a little premature for head coach Mike Elko in his second season. The Aggies' best win of the season came in a 41-40 thriller on the road…...

15+ hour, 12+ min ago  (130+ words) HOUSTON - Entry to Houston's FIFA Fan Festival is paused for Saturday after reaching capacity. The Houston FIFA committee announced just before 5 p. m. that the Fan Festival had reached capacity of 7, 500 people. Organizers are not allowing others into the festival area until…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (729+ words) That's right: There's a beef about beef between two of the top cattle-raising areas of the world, where steak is deeply ingrained in diet and culture. Texas ranks No. 1 in the United States in beef production and the U. S. is second…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (567+ words) The planned development would span 170 acres on the west end of Galveston Island with hundreds of housing units, a lagoon pool and lazy river. In a 4-3 vote Thursday night, the Galveston City Council approved zoning exemptions for a development that…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (263+ words) The National Weather Service warns the dust, expected to reach the Houston area late Sunday or early Monday, could cause allergies and potentially be unhealthy for those with underlying health conditions. A plume of Saharan dust is on its way…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (562+ words) A new confirmed case of New World screwworm was detected in Terrell County, Texas, in a goat, this time. The detection is about 180 miles west of the initial Texas case in Zavala County. That makes a total of 15 cases in…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (703+ words) The proposal in Texas " which would mandate literary works such as Charles Dickens" "Great Expectations" alongside parables from the New Testament " has been closely followed by education observers who say it appears to be the first of its kind in…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago  (274+ words) June 25, 2026 / 10: 31 PM EDT / AP Tatsuya Imai struck out 10 in six scoreless innings and Taylor Trammell homered to lead the Houston Astros to a 2-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Thursday night. Imai (5-3) allowed two hits and a walk and threw…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (840+ words) The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo recently announced a massive expansion'the largest investment in its history'but the decision revives a long-standing question: Why not the Astrodome? On Wednesday, the HLSR announced plans to build a 1 million-square-foot livestock and agricultural complex…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (455+ words) The city of Houston's new Capital Improvement Plan outlines investments in infrastructure over the next five years. But projects in the plan are often delayed " and many Houstonians have trouble getting improvements to their neighborhoods added to the list. Thursday…...