State News

AUSTIN – The Texas Lottery has announced that the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) has recently recertified it and the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries (NASPL) at the “Implementation Level.” The latest NASPL-NCPG Parallel Verification Process (PVP) certification extends the Texas Lottery’s responsible gambling verification through December …

A car smashed into the Emergency Room at St. David’s North Austin Medical Center shortly after 5:30 Tuesday afternoon. It killed one person, and they took an adult and two children to Dell Children’s Medical Center. One child had potentially serious injuries. They are treating another adult and child for …

Investigators from multiple law enforcement agencies are continuing their probe into the shooting incident at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston. Police say 36-year-old Genesse Ivonne Moreno entered the church with her five-year-old son and began shooting. She pointed her rifle at two officers, who fatally shot her, and the …

College Station, Texas: With three consecutive years of severe weather conditions throughout Texas, including extended hard freezes and droughts, East Texas trees have become vulnerable to secondary threats. These threats include cedar bark beetles, Ips engraver beetles, hypoxylon canker, and cedar rust fungi. Trees experience threats like insects and diseases regularly, and when …

Texas Crop and Weather Report – January 30, 2024 Hay supplies may be better than last year. Still, they remain highly tight as costs for winter feeding continue to mount for Texas ranchers, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts. Jason Cleere, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension statewide beef cattle specialist and professor …

College Station, Texas: Texas A&M Forest Service awarded 126 recipients grants to conduct prescribed burns this year. For the 2024 fiscal year, the agency has approved more than $705,000 in grant funds to private landowners in Texas to treat 25,104 acres. With 95% privately owned Texas lands, the conservation responsibility lies …

DALLAS – January 18, 2024 – The State Fair of Texas is excited to announce that the 2024 food and beverage concessionaire and 2024 commercial exhibit applications are now available online. The Annual State Fair of Texas is a vast collection of small businesses – more than 90 concessionaires and more than 200 exhibitors that …

AUSTIN – The Texas Lottery has been reaccredited by the World Lottery Association (WLA) for its responsible gaming initiatives, as the Independent Assessment Panel (IAP) of international corporate responsibility experts recommended. Initially achieving Level 3 certification in 2016, the Texas Lottery has now been recertified for a second time, extending its …

COLLEGE STATION, Texas: For many, the smell of sweet, peppery BBQ smoke evokes many memories, traditions, and flavors. Whether smoking for a tailgate or family and friends, BBQ never ceases to provide the inviting comradery of cooking. Originating from leftover meat at meat markets smoked in the ground with hot coals, …

COLLEGE STATION, Texas: It’s time for Texans to brace themselves for cedar fever season once again, complete with runny noses, itchy eyes, and general misery. Cedar fever is an allergic reaction to the pollen released by mountain cedar trees, and unfortunately, you don’t have to be allergic to the pollen for …