A heavy-truck crash on I-45 southbound at 71st Street on July 3 closed lanes and snarled traffic onto the Galveston Causeway; multiple people were taken to hospitals.

Felix Villareal Castilleja Jr. was sentenced to 25 years after a 2021 New Braunfels family‑assault case that prosecutors say involved threats and drug paraphernalia.

Online postings and obituary listings say former Charlotte council candidate Mo Idlibby and his wife died in an apparent murder‑suicide in Mansfield; authorities have not yet confirmed.