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Texas board faults Camp Mystic leader for inaction during deadly flood

A Texas board has suspended the nursing license of Camp Mystic’s co-director in a scathing order that accuses her of not helping children evacuate during last year’s catastrophic floods.

 

Slumping Austin FC fires coach and sporting director in shakeup before World Cup break

Slumping Austin FC fired head coach Nico Estévez and sporting director Rodolfo Borrell with the team near the bottom of the Major League Soccer standings one season after returning to the playoffs.

 

Plane carrying pickleball players to Texas tournament broke apart midair, report finds

A preliminary federal investigation report has found that the small plane that crashed while carrying five people to a pickleball tournament near Austin, Texas, last month broke apart midair.

 

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Texas high court rejects removal of Democratic lawmakers who led quorum break over redistricting

The Texas Supreme Court has refused to declare that Democratic state lawmakers who briefly left the state last year in a quorum break to stop a vote on new congressional voting maps pushed by President Donald Trump vacated their offices.

 

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Former Oklahoma death row prisoner freed from jail as he awaits retrial in 1997 killing

An Oklahoma man who has narrowly avoided execution three separate times could walk free from a county jail after a judge agreed to grant him bond while awaiting retrial.

 

Men wrongly accused of grisly yogurt shop murders in Texas reach $35 million settlement with city

The city of Austin will pay $35 million to three men and the family of a fourth who were wrongly accused of the rape and murder of four teenage girls at a yogurt shop in 1991, a case that initially sent one of the men to death row and another to life in prison, under a tentative settlement reached T

 

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FBI probe finds Austin bar shooter was ‘lone actor’ in deadly March attack that killed 3

The FBI says the man who killed three people and wounded more than a dozen others in a mass shooting at a downtown Austin, Texas, bar in March acted alone and there’s no evidence he was supported or directed by a foreign terrorist group.

 

Plane carrying pickleball players crashes in Texas Hill Country, killing all 5 on board

A small plane has crashed in Texas Hill Country, killing all five people on board. A pickleball club in Amarillo says they were members who were flying to a tournament.

 

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The Onion’s bid to take over Alex Jones’ Infowars is in limbo as new court battles emerge

The Onion’s plan to transform Alex Jones’ Infowars platforms into parody sites are in limbo again. New legal filings by Jones led a Texas appeals court to pause a proposed deal that would give the satirical news outlet control over Infowars as it faces liquidation.

 

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Camp Mystic drops summer reopening plan over outrage by families and Texas lawmakers

Camp Mystic officials have withdrawn their application for a license to operate this summer, a year after devastating floods tore through the river-side camp site, killing 25 young campers and two teenage counselors.

 

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What to know about The Onion’s new effort to take over Alex Jones’ Infowars

The Onion is taking another stab at getting control of Alex Jones’ Infowars platforms and turning them into comedy sites spoofing the conspiracy theorist.

 

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Camp Mystic director offers tearful apology to victims’ families during legislative hearing

One of the directors of Camp Mystic has offered a tearful apology to the families of the 25 girls and two teen counselors killed in the 2025 Texas flood.

 

Camp Mystic relied on teen counselors with no emergency training before flood, investigator says

Inexperienced teenage counselors were not trained to handle flood and other emergency situations at Camp Mystic, and feared making decisions on their own.

 

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Camp Mystic warned of safety plan problems as it seeks to reopen this summer after deadly 2025 flood

Texas state regulators found nearly two dozen deficiencies in the emergency operations plan submitted in Camp Mystic’s bid to reopen less than a year after 27 children and counselors were killed in a flood.

 

Camp Mystic security guard says an early evacuation order could have saved lives

The security guard at Camp Mystic the night of last year’s deadly flood has acknowledged that if there was a general evacuation order early in the storm, lives could’ve been saved.

 

Camp Mystic official testifies that deaths still haven’t officially been reported to state agency

The medical officer for the Texas summer camp where 27 girls were killed in a flood last year has testified that she still has not officially reported the deaths to the state health agency that regulates camps.

 

Camp Mystic official says he didn’t see flood warnings issued the day before storm hit

The director of the Texas summer camp where 27 campers and counselors were killed by a devastating flood in 2025 said he did not see early federal and state warnings sent the day before the storm hit and that staff had no meetings about the pending danger.

 

Texas exodus as women’s Final Four team sees key players hit transfer portal

From Final Four to roster rebuild. That’s what Texas women’s basketball coach Vic Schaefer is facing after a group of key players hit the transfer portal this week.

 

Texas officials investigating hundreds of complaints against Camp Mystic amid license renewal bid

Texas health regulators have told Camp Mystic’s owners they are investigating hundreds of complaints following last year’s deadly floods that killed 27 girls.

 

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Texas coach Vic Schaefer is chasing an elusive national title in his fourth women’s Final Four

Texas women’s basketball coach Vic Schaefer has come agonizingly close to winning a national championship. Close as in three previous trips to the Final Four.

 

March Madness is Miller time for Texas as the No. 11 Longhorns return to the Sweet 16

Sean Miller was the coach at Xavier last season when he knocked Texas out of the NCAA Tournament. A week later Miller was wearing burnt orange and flashing a “hook ’em horns” hand sign when he was introduced as the Longhorns’ new head coach.

 

Texas ‘generational talent’ Booker scores 40 in March Madness rout of Oregon

Oregon was simply helpless against Madison Booker. Texas’ three-time All-American forward did anything she wanted as she scored a career-high 40 points in a rollicking 100-58 win over the Ducks on Sunday.

 

Booker’s March Madness moment is career high 40 as No. 1 Texas rolls over Oregon 100-58 to Sweet 16

Madison Booker scored a career-high 40 points in a dazzling display of shot making, and No. 1 Texas rolled past No. 8 Oregon 100-58 Sunday in the second round of the women’s NCAA Tournament.

 

Do-everything guard Rori Harmon leads No. 1 seed Texas into final home game vs. No. 8 seed Oregon

For five seasons, Rori Harmon has lit up the Texas home crowd with her quick cuts to the basket, pinpoint passing and fearless play.

 

Lee’s 19 points pace No. 1-seed Texas in 87-45 win over Missouri State

Jordan Lee scored 19 points and No. 1-seed Texas opened the women’s NCAA Tournament with an 87-45 romp over Missouri State.

 

Fiso and Oregon use big 3rd quarter to open March Madness with 70-60 win over Virginia Tech

Katie Fiso scored 22 points and Oregon used a dominant third quarter to pull away from Virginia Tech for a 70-60 win Friday to open the NCAA Tournament.

 

No. 1 seed Texas looking for another Carlton scoring turbo boost to start March Madness

Justice Carlton has provided some critical scoring bursts in some of the biggest games for Texas this season. She’s also struggled to stay on the court in others.

 

Texas a No. 1 seed in March Madness with Booker, Harmon and a friendly road map to the Final Four

The Texas Longhorns roll into the women’s NCAA Tournament with a No. 1 seed and a familiar and friendly road map for a return trip to the Final Four.

 

Gonzales’ departure clears path for Republican gun rights ‘absolutist’ in Texas congressional race

A gun-rights YouTuber in Texas who goes by the “AK Guy” on social media has a clear path to the GOP nomination for Congress after Republican Rep.

 

Texas judge orders Camp Mystic to preserve damaged grounds hit by last year’s deadly flood

A Texas judge has ordered Camp Mystic to preserve damaged cabins and other parts of the grounds hit by last year’s catastrophic flood that swept away and killed 25 girls and two counselors.

 

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