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COLLEGE STATION, TX - OCTOBER 10, 2020 - Place kicker Seth Small #47 of the Texas A&M Aggies during the game between the Florida Gators and the Texas A&M Aggies at Kyle Field in College Station, TX. Photo By Craig Bisacre
Katy grad Small declares for NFL draft
“Thank you to Coach Fisher, Coach Williams, Coach V, Coach Joseph and all the other incredible coaches that have helped me to become the man and athlete I am today, Small said.” more
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Zachary Lynch poses with a portion of his own collection of collectible sports cards. Lynch is a finance student at Texas A&M and has worked with two partners to form Card Stock Exchange, a website that tracks trading card value with a mindset that each card is a financial investment – not just a collectible.
Katy area Aggie promotes collectible cards as investments
Katy area Texas A&M student Zachary Lynch and his cofounders Michael Goeden and Joseph Escobar launched Card Stock Exchange through Texas A&M’s McFerrin School of Entrepreneurship last … more
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Taylor High senior offensive guard and Texas A&M signee Bryce Foster poses for a photo during a signing ceremony Friday at the performing arts center at Taylor High.
STAYING HOME
The goals are the 2024 Olympics and NFL Draft. That’s always been the M.O. for Bryce Foster, a two-sport star athlete with an impossibly bright future. more
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The intake room at the Travis County Juvenile Detention Center in Austin in 2013. Two advocacy groups want federal officials to investigative violence and sexual abuse in Texas' juvenile justice centers. The request is the latest chapter in a scandal-plagued recent history for the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, which has experienced high turnover rates among staff and leadership.
“They are hurting them”
Children in Texas’ youth lockups are suffering from widespread sexual assault and other constitutional violations, reform advocates wrote Wednesday in a complaint urging a federal investigation … more
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Officials confirmed the Big 12 Conference will proceed with its season as scheduled, allowing four major Texas football programs— TCU, UT-Austin, Baylor and Texas Tech— to play.
Big 12 OKs football season, paving way for UT-Austin, Texas Tech, TCU and Baylor to play
The start of the Big 12 Conference’s college football season will move forward as scheduled, conference officials said Wednesday, meaning four major Texas football programs are free to play … more
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Waller County 4H participant Sarah McFarlane was awarded a $3,000 Will Looney Memorial scholarship for her hard work and success through the 4-H program.
Waller Co. 4-H student wins scholarship earns scholarship
Sarah McFarlane received one of the Texas 4-H Youth Development Program Opportunity Scholarships for $3,000 dollars, according to a July 9 press release from the Texas A&M Agrilife … more
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Gale Oliver, III was a former Aggie football player and entrepreneur that poured his love back into his alma mater through scholarship programs and support for the school and its students. He passed away July 10 and will be very missed by his loved ones.
Gale Oliver III
Gale Oliver, III, devoted husband and father, died peacefully in his home in Houston surrounded by his loving family on July 10, 2020. He was born in Refugio, Texas on February 13, 1939 to Gale … more
Annabelle Hicks, Ann Marie Cotman Hicks and Allison Hicks outside their north Austin home on July 1, 2020. Annabelle, a Trinity University freshman, and Allison, a University of North Texas senior, both plan to return to their respective campuses this fall.
Texas universities are moving more classes online but keeping tuition the same.
Sarah Ramos has spent her summer anxiously awaiting a fall return to Texas A&M’s campus at College Station. She is hoping for some normalcy after she and her classmates were abruptly forced … more
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A man on a stretcher is put into an ambulance at the Texas Medical Center in Houston on June 26, 2020.
Internal messages reveal crisis at Houston hospitals as coronavirus cases surge
HOUSTON — At Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital on Sunday, the medical staff ran out of both space for new coronavirus patients and a key drug needed to treat them. With no open beds at the public … more
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In early May, Gov. Greg Abbott pointed to the positivity rate — a ratio of positive COVID-19 tests to all tests — and said anything over 10% was cause for alarm. As of Wednesday, Texas exceeded that mark for the first time since April. The seven-day average positivity rate surpassed 10% Wednesday.
Texas’ coronavirus positivity rate exceeds “warning flag” level Abbott set as businesses reopened
Seven weeks after Gov. Greg Abbott began allowing businesses to reopen, Texas exceeded another one of the his key metrics Wednesday when the seven-day average positivity rate passed 10%, a level that … more
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Gov. Greg Abbott announced a strike force last month in charge of laying steps to reopen the Texas economy.
Abbott says Texas is aiming to start college football on time, with fans in stands
Gov. Greg Abbott said last Friday, May 22, that Texas is working to have the college football season start on time, with at least some fans in attendance, as the state continues to reopen amid the … more
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District Judge Fred Biery granted a preliminary injunction that allows all registered voters under 65 to apply to vote by mail during the coronavirus pandemic after finding the state's existing election rules violate the Equal Protection Clause. Pictured above is a mail in ballot application.
Federal judge says all Texas voters can apply to vote by mail during pandemic
Editor's note: This story has been updated with additional details. A federal judge opened a path for a massive expansion in absentee voting in Texas by ordering Tuesday that all state voters, … more
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Teik C. Lim has been appointed interim president of the University of Texas at Arlington.
UT-Arlington selects provost to serve as interim president, puts long-term search on hold
The University of Texas at Arlington has paused its search for a new president due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, elevating Provost Teik Lim to serve in the role in the interim. University … more
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Medical personnel during a media tour of a medical shelter at NRG Park in Houston on April 11, 2020. The facility was built in less than a week for a possible overflow of COVID-19 cases in the Houston area.
Before Texas can safely re-open its economy, health experts say these four things must happen
A call center run by the University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School gets a notification every time its nurse triage team calls a patient with the bad news that they’ve tested positive … more
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In just over a year of playing tennis for the St. Edward’s Hilltoppers, Tompkins alum Anish Sriniketh garnered Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Rookie of the Year, Heartland Conference Freshman of the Year as well as All-Heartland First-Team honors for his 2019 season. He was also the conference’s Player of the Week four times and made the Heartland Conference President’s Honor Roll for the Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 semesters.
St. Edward’s to cut six athletic programs
Although St. Edward’s University was forced to discontinue six of its Division II athletic programs, former Tompkins tennis state champion Anish Sriniketh already planned on this year being his … more
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott has extended the state's disaster declaration Easter Sunday for another 30 days. State law requires the extension or the declaration - which was first issued March 13 - would have expired at the end of the day April 12. Abbott has issued more than 110 executive actions since March 13 - most related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Abbott extends disaster declaration for 30 days
Tex. Governor Greg Abbott has extended his disaster declaration his office announced Easter Sunday. The declaration was initially issued March 13 and Chapter 418.014 of the Texas Government Code … more
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Harris County jail in Houston.
Harris County judges, ACLU sue Greg Abbott over order limiting jail releases during pandemic
Gov. Greg Abbott’s order restricting the release of some jail inmates during the new coronavirus pandemic is facing a second court challenge arguing his order violates the constitutional … more
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Greg Fenves has been president of the University of Texas at Austin since 2015.
UT-Austin President Greg Fenves leaving Texas flagship June 30 for Emory University
University of Texas at Austin President Greg Fenves is leaving the state’s flagship college for Emory University, where he will become president Aug. 1, he told the UT community in an email … more
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A sharp rise in unemployment in Texas has renters and landlords worried during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rent is due. But thousands of Texans have lost their jobs because of the coronavirus pandemic.
It’s the first of the month, which means that for millions of Texans, the rent is due. But much has changed since a month ago. Thousands of people have lost their jobs as the COVID-19 … more
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Morton Ranch senior guard L.J. Cryer was named to the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches’ Class 6A all-state team this week after producing one of the best seasons in Texas high school basketball history, scoring 1,164 points.
Cryer named to TABC all-state team
For the final act of what has been a storied high school career, Morton Ranch senior guard L.J. Cryer was named to the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches’ Class 6A all-state team this week. more
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