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Texas Tech basketball schedule, game times, TV channels for 2025-26
The full broadcast schedule for the Texas Tech basketball team's 2025-26 season slate was released Tuesday by the Big 12 Conference. The schedule features the Red Raiders on seven different television channels, each with its own streaming options,...

Texas Shoppers Are Loving This Seasonal Snack at Trader Joe’s
A new study revealed the most popular fall food at Texas Trader Joe’s, and I have questions. It’s not so much that I doubt the results; it’s just that I can think of so many things I prefer from there. We’ve never had Trader Joe’s here in Wichita...
Texans begin seeing delays at airports amid government shutdown
AUSTIN, Texas — Senators were back on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to vote on whether to reopen the government, as the shutdown enters its 14th day. Without federal funding, several issues have occurred at airports across the country, including in...

Texas Tech's portal investments paying off with championship-level defense
After catching a movie during a recent team-building exercise, Joey McGuire pulled back his seat on Texas Tech's team bus to listen in on a conversation behind him. It was heavy on Xs and Os, sparking McGuire's interest on his return to campus....

Texas Tech lands three Big 12 weekly awards
Caleb Douglas C.J. Baskerville Red Raider Football Texas Tech earned three Big 12 weekly awards Monday as running back Cameron Dickey and outside linebacker David Bailey garnered one of the league’s top offensive and defensive honors, while the...

Texas trial lawyer: ‘No jury in America will hold Camp Mystic responsible’
Nationally prominent Texas plaintiff’s trial lawyer Mikal Watts, who has successfully sued some of the biggest companies in the world for wrongful death and personal injuries, is taking on his first defense client: Camp Mystic and its owners....

US Air Force's nuclear-ready bomber spotted over Texas on secret mission
A US Air Force nuclear-capable B-52H Stratofortress has been spotted flying over Texas, raising questions about the purpose of the high-profile flight. Flight tracking data showed the long-range, subsonic strategic bomber departed from Shreveport,...

Chilling video shows arson suspect dousing North Texas restaurant with gas, lighting it on fire
43-year-old Salvador Sandoval charged with arson as the historic Napoli's Italian Restaurant and Bar was left heavily damaged, but no one was hurt. CORSICANA, Texas — A chilling video captured inside a Corsicana restaurant shows a man who police...

Houston promotes N.S. offshore energy potential on European trade mission
Premier Tim Houston is in Europe this week meeting with energy industry leaders as part of a trade mission focused on expanding offshore natural gas development and clean energy partnerships. The four-day mission includes stops in London, England,...
Safety improvements continue for I-30 construction zone in Texarkana
TEXARKANA, Tx. (KTAL/KMSS) – A striping crew will continue to add contrast lines on Interstate 30 westbound east of Summerhill Road. Currently, westbound traffic is reduced to a single lane through the construction zone, where the left-through...

Girls’ Day at the State Fair of Texas
Four old friends headed back to the Fair Park for our annual girls’ day at the State Fair recently. Ok, it’s been a while since we were girls, but that’s still how we refer to our special Fair day. It’s always meant “no boyfriends or husbands...


The Texan Stores set to land at Corpus Christi International Airport
The project represents a $10 million investment from The Texan Stores that will include a fuel station and a concession store with a restaurant at CCIA's entrance. A new development is coming to the Corpus Christi International Airport, bringing...

The travel must-have you’re probably skipping: Insurance
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Whether you're headed to the beach, the mountains or overseas, there's one thing you don't want to forget before your next trip: travel insurance. Shauna McGallian and her husband love traveling, preferring destinations...

‘It’s a win-win’: Texas A&M Forest Service relocates aircraft to Killeen airport
KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) - Texas A&M Forest Service is partnering with the City of Killeen to help improve wildfire response times. Two Large Air Tankers used by the forest service to battle wildland fires are now stationed at Killeen airport. “Large...

Texas TikTok Video Called Out as Total Fake
(East Texas) This is a perfect example of why you cannot believe everything that you see online. It’s common knowledge that AI is changing just about everything around us. That includes the content that we consume, although sometimes it’s...
No. 21 Texas eager to build resume in rare trip to Kentucky
No. 21 Texas will look to add to its resume and build on perhaps its best overall performance of the season when it travels to the Bluegrass State for the first time since 1993 to battle Kentucky on Saturday night in a Southeastern Conference...

Best Texas Chainsaw Massacre Movies
Maybe Ryan Murphy’s latest season of Monster on Netflix has made you think, “Wait, this whole wearing-the-skin-of-dead-people thing feels a lot like Leatherface from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies.” And you’d be right. Filmmakers have long...

More Houston-area counties implement burn bans as dry weather increases fire risk
As a dry spell drags on for weeks, the lack of rain is starting to take its toll and increase the fire risk. HOUSTON — Some counties in Southeast Texas are enforcing burn bans due to the lack of recent rain and none in the forecast. Dry vegetation...

Multiple Central Texas counties announce burn bans
Bell, Hill and Brazos Counties have all issued or extended burn bans, with numerous other counties already under bans. BELL COUNTY, Texas — Multiple Central Texas counties are under burn bans, with counties issuing or extending bans as dry weather...