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A North Texas couple is suing a wedding chapel, claiming they are profiting from a public health emergency. Walters Wedding Estates own the chapel. The company says it can’t comment on the lawsuit, but does state that they offered to reschedule weddings for couples at no cost by the end …

Photo by AP President Donald Trump will meet with law enforcement and faith leaders today in Dallas. The president was already scheduled to make the trip for a private fundraiser but has added events to the itinerary. He will meet with community leaders at a church to discuss solutions to …

(Robin Lubbock/WBUR) The Texas Education Agency is planning to distribute personal protective equipment to help Texas school systems reopen for the 2020-21 school year. According to the TEA, they ordered 50,000,000 disposable masks for students and staff, 40,000 thermometers, and 500,000 gallons of hand sanitizer. Officials also have ordered 10,000,000 …

As the number of positive tests for COVID-19 spikes in Texas, Governor Abbott has appointed Baseball Hall-of-Famer Nolan Ryan to help fight the spread of the virus. Ryan  released a new public service announcement entitled, “Don’t Be A Knucklehead.” In the PSA, Ryan encourages all Texans to follow effective health …

Authorities throughout Northeast Texas and Southeast Oklahoma are continuing their search for a fugitive accused of involvement in an armed home invasion robbery in Sulphur Springs back in September. Authorities already arrested four suspects, but 21-year-old Tyreese Tupac Shakur Williams remains at large. He is known to have ties to …

  For the fourth day in a row, Texas has reported a record number of patients hospitalized with the new coronavirus, a metric Gov. Greg Abbott has said he’s watching as businesses continue reopening and limits loosen on their operations.

Health site bodynutrition.org placed Texas at the top of a most stressed-out state ranking accounting for three months. The top 10 are as follows: Texas Hawaii North Carolina Georgia Mississippi Alabama California Nebraska West Virginia Arizona They based the ranking and map that the website created on geotagged Twitter data …

First, it was Confederate monuments torn down. Now there’s a push for changes at military bases that they named after Confederate generals. That includes Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, which is after Gen. John Bell Hood. He fought at the Battle of Gettysburg for the confederacy. The Pentagon announced this …