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Joe Ely, the legendary Texas songwriter and singer whose raw, rock-and-roll-infused honky-tonk sound spanned five decades and helped define the Outlaw Country and Americana genres, died Monday at his home in Taos, New Mexico. He was 78.

Austin activated its Cold Weather Shelter program due to overnight temperatures forecasted to drop into the mid-30s.

Nearly 200 sightings of a bright fireball were reported across the evening sky on Tuesday, primarily from witnesses in Texas and surrounding states.

Two men were found dead following a Friday night house fire in Georgetown; both victims suffered injuries consistent with a stabbing.

A resident of Copperas Cove claimed a $1 million top prize winning ticket in the Texas Lottery's 500X scratch ticket game.

The TX Restaurant Relief Fund has been activated to provide financial aid and support to independent restaurants and workers impacted by the recent catastrophic Texas floods.

Nine new businesses were conditionally selected by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) to dispense low-THC cannabis under the state's Compassionate Use Program (TCUP).

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into the global fashion giant Shein US Services LLC Corporation and its affiliates. The investigation is over potential violations of state law related to unethical labor practices and the sale of unsafe consumer products.

A newly established federal task force in South Texas has arrested 143 individuals, including more than 50 confirmed members of the Venezuelan transnational criminal organization Tren de Aragua (TdA), during an operation focused on disrupting the group's activities in the region.

Three Texas restaurants were named to the Robb Report's inaugural list of the "100 Greatest American Restaurants of the 21st Century."