'Texit' test: Texas lawmaker floats referendum to secede from U.S.

A Texas father of two shot and killed one of three intruders who entered his home Sunday and held his family at gunpoint, according to local reports. The following day, the home on 18th street in Port Arthur was also the apparent target of a shooting around 6 p.m., and a a few hours later a fire was reported there around midnight, Port Arthur News said.

Variety reported that he would — for the first time in the long history of either “The Bachelor” or “The Bachelorette” — miss several episodes of “The Bachelorette” and be replaced temporarily by Season 12 contestant JoJo Fletcher.He explained to viewers that he was just taking a break to take his son Joshua to college, and it would take some time to return to set because COVID procedures — which have allowed the spit-swapping show to continue shooting despite the pandemic — required him to

and The Bachelorette be without Chris Harrison? This dude has been lurking on set of ABC's long-running reality franchise for years, but his future as host appears to be uncertain amid reports that he's packing his bags and moving to Texas. was the first to report this news, saying that Chris is building a home in Austin's trendy Barton Creek area.

Chris Harrison taking his final bow in Bachelor Nation? Some fans think so.Rumors swirled around the longtime reality TV host, 49, on Tuesday, December 29, after The New York Post’s Page Six reported that he’s moving to Austin, Texas.

Crystal Munoz, who President Trump commuted the remaining term of supervised release from prison last week, told "Fox & Friends Weekend" on Sunday that she "was definitely over sentenced" for a marijuana offense. "I was definitely over sentenced and there are thousands of women and men that are just like myself who are serving very severe sentences for the crimes they committed," Munoz said on Sunday.

A popular Texas resort was in lockdown Friday night after reports of a possible active shooter. Law enforcement swarmed the Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine after 10 p.m.

No shenanigans here. Christmas came early for one waitress in Texas, who reeled after receiving a $1,100 tip from a generous group of customers.

Rep. Brian Babin, R-Texas, called it a "no-brainer" Tuesday to oppose the recently passed coronavirus relief package, calling the process behind its passage a disgrace to taxpayers.

A Texas college student on his way home for Christmas break went missing last week after crashing his car on a secluded road, authorities said. Jason Landry, 21, was on his way home to Missouri City from Texas State University on Dec.

Four Texas children abducted and considered in grave danger have been found hours after an Amber Alert was issued for them. The alert was issued Sunday morning for Gabriella Garcia, 10; Julian Garcia, 7; Sebastian Garcia, 3; and Giovanna Garcia, 2, who had been missing for several days.

New details have emerged in the brutal 2011 Christmas day attack that shook the Grapevine, Texas, community after a father dressed as Santa gunned down his entire family over reported financial struggles and a drift from his wife and children.

Universities have recently been rocked by cheating scandals as remote learning during the coronavirus pandemic allows students more tools and access to circumvent the rules, according to reports. In Texas A&M, students were found to answer questions faster than they could even read them on a finance exam.

DALLAS -- A West Texas oilman's mural-sized print of an Ansel Adams photo has sold for nearly $1 million at an auction.Sotheby's New York, the auction house, said Tuesday that “The Grand Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming” sold for $988,000, a record price for Adams at auction.The photograph, taken on commission for the Department of Interior in 1942, shows a view of the mountains over Jackson Hole.

The University of Texas was ridiculed Wednesday after its communications school announced a series of journalism awards named after disgraced former "CBS Evening News" anchor Dan Rather.

Staff Sgt. Nicole Pompei didn’t intend to start her own business this year, but after she turned her old Air Force uniform into a wreath, people immediately started asking her to make more.

A Texas woman who dumped the body of her 1-year-old daughter into a lake, then carried a life-size doll she claimed was the child, was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison. Tiaundra Christon, 23, was found guilty of tampering with a corpse in connection with placing her deceased daughter's body in Moses Lake in Texas City in 2018, according to KRIV-TV.

Border agents in Texas found nearly two dozen illegal immigrants trapped inside several freight train cars traveling through the U.S., authorities said Monday. U.S.

Two teenage brothers were fatally shot and a third person was wounded when they were attacked by masked gunmen while sitting in a car in their Texas driveway, police and family said. Jonathan and Devin Massey, ages 17 and 15, respectively, were killed and another victim was injured shortly before 8:15 p.m.

The Texas high school football player who has been charged after allegedly running over a referee during a game earlier this month was told that he will not be able to participate in any league-sanctioned sports for the 2020-21 season. The Corpus Christi Caller-Times reported that the University Interscholastic League’s executive committee told Emmanuel Duron, 18, about its decision during a virtual meeting.The board’s vote was unanimous.