As the state grapples with a threatened water supply, industry and lawmakers have invested millions in research to clean the toxic backwash for use in for agriculture.

The emerging technology, paid for by a grant established during the 2023 legislative session, will help emergency health care workers talk with doctors in emergency rooms to better care for critical patients.

Corpus Christi logged a heat index of 125 degrees at one point in the past week, as Laredo, Del Rio, San Angelo and Junction also set new highs.

A two-tiered system gives less populated counties more time to provide court-appointed lawyers, requiring creative responses to a long-standing problem.

Three key takeaways from the state’s football scene this weekend.

A former West Texas police chief has been sentenced to 15 1/2 years in prison for bribery.

The last victim of the mass school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, is being laid to rest.

The unremitting pace of ritualized mourning ended Thursday as the town buried an 11-year-old victim of the Robb Elementary shooting. Survivors now face less structured grief, starting each day knowing they will live it out differently than they should have.

Families turned to social media in a desperate attempt to find their missing children as the death toll in a gruesome school shooting at a Texas elementary school rose to at least 19 students and two teachers.

A witness says a West Texas man accused of fatally shooting two sheriff’s deputies was angry they were in his yard trying to catch a dog that had bitten someone.

America's normal temperature is now a degree hotter than just 20 years ago.

The final week of the UIL basketball season is here. Just two more days of tip-offs in the 2020-21 season with all of the State Semifinals taking place on Tuesday night all across the state and the State Championships taking place later in the week on Friday and Saturday. The greater DFW area has seven teams in play for a possible five state championships. The semifinals schedule are below. 6AW7 Richardson (26-1) vs R11 Duncanville (27-1) - 7 p.m. Tuesday @ SMU's Moody Coliseum (Dallas)5AW3 Amarillo (24-3) vs. R12 Dallas Kimball (17-10) - 7:30 p.m. Tuesday @ Angelo State's Junell Center (San Angelo)4AW7 Argyle (28-1) vs. W10 Oak Cliff Faith Family Academy (25-5) - 7:30 p.m. Tuesday @ Wilkerson-Greines Activity Center (Fort Worth)3AW8 Brock (29-3) vs. W16 Tatum (24-3) - 7 p.m. Tuesday @ Corsicana HS (Corsicana)1AW22 Slidell (28-3) vs. W21 Graford (24-2) - 6:30 p.m. Tuesday @ Howard Payne's Brownwood Colisuem (Brownwood)

Amber Campos moves a pallet of bottled water from a semi-trailer truck at the loading dock of the H-E-B grocery store at in San Angelo on Tuesday. Residents of San Angelo, a West Texas city in the Concho Valley, have gone days without safe drinking water after city officials discovered industrial chemicals contaminated the water system. AdShe’s a mother of two young children and resident of San Angelo. But, according to city and state officials, the source is likely an industrial company connected to the water system. In San Angelo, tips from oil and gas workers paid his bills.

SAN ANGELO, Texas – A 2-month-old girl who tested positive for heroin after being found unresponsive with injection marks at a West Texas home over the weekend has died, police said Thursday. San Angelo police said Brixlee Marie Lee died Tuesday at Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth. Police said Thursday that officers rushed Brixlee to a San Angelo hospital Saturday after responding to a report of an unconscious infant. Hospital staff found injection marks on her extremities and head, and her urine tested positive for heroin, police said. Harbor and Smock remained in Tom Green County Jail on Thursday.

"It's great to be in Fredericksburg, Texas," said Fredericksburg head football coach Lance Moffett. That direction began with Kade Jenschke's opening kickoff return to the Jarrell 32-yard line. It began with the following Fredericksburg drive, which started at the Jarrell 31-yard line. Jose Diosdado added a touchdown run in the quarter and the Fredericksburg defense followed with a goal line deflection that prevented another Jarrell score with 1:21 left in the frame. For more sports coverage, follow Thomas (@Texan8thGen Facebook/Instagram/Twitter) and VYPE (VYPE Texas Facebook, @VYPE_ATX Instagram and @VYPEATX Twitter) on social media.

Published: February 21, 2020, 7:05 am Updated: February 21, 2020, 8:45 amSAN ANGELO, Texas – An Amber Alert that was issued Friday for a child in San Angelo was canceled after the child was located. Police said they were searching for 2-year-old Audrinna Harding. Police said they were also looking for 31-year-old Jessica Harding in connection with the girl’s disappearance. The alert was canceled about 8:30 a.m. Authorities did not disclose the circumstances surrounding Audrinna’s disappearance.