Chef Tim McDiarmid sold The Good Kind and moved to Canada with her family, citing Texas laws that restrict gender-affirming care for minors. Her exit left a visible hole in the Southtown dining scene.

Stream recapitalized seven Class A Texas industrial parks into a continuation vehicle, retaining control of 4.4M square feet while a third‑party investor took 35%.

The U.S. Treasury designated the Cartel de Santa Rosa de Lima and jailed leader José Antonio Yépez Ortiz, alleging industrial-scale fuel theft and prison-based control of cartel operations.

Governor Greg Abbott appointed seven experts to the Texas Nutrition Advisory Committee to develop nutritional guidelines for Texans, with terms extending to 2027 and 2029.

State filings show SpaceX plans a 157,321‑sq‑ft, $20M structure at its Bastrop Starlink campus — listed as a parking garage. The project is registered with Texas regulators and is slated to run into January 2027.

A San Antonio dealer says he hid GPS trackers in tools and a generator, watched a theft live, and tipped off police — officers recovered the items and the probe continues.

A Pleasanton school bus collided on U.S. 281; more than 40 students were uninjured while two people in the other vehicle were airlifted to San Antonio hospitals.

A construction worker died Thursday after falling from scaffolding near The Rim; emergency crews say he suffered a heart attack before the fall. Details remain limited.

TRIP finds 51% of Houston-area roads rated poor, the highest in Texas. Drivers report costly damage while city and state outline long timelines for fixes.

Highway 79 in Round Rock reopens after a kerosene spill; crews contain the hazard and air quality is deemed safe.

A Houston man was sentenced to 14 years for smuggling 31.4 kg of high-purity meth through Eagle Pass, Texas. He pled guilty to drug trafficking charges.

A former Webb County corrections officer was sentenced to 20 years after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting two inmates held in the county jail.

Dr. Richard "Rick" McCaslin has been named the new Texas State Historian by Governor Greg Abbott, serving until 2027 to enhance public understanding of the state's history.