Gov. Greg Abbott said Thursday that officials were working to confirm additional details on the victim.

Nearly a year after deadly flooding prompted Texas lawmakers to overhaul the state's flood preparedness laws, officials say some of those changes are already helping. But many of the state's biggest flood mitigation projects remain years from completion.

Flash Flood Emergencies are in effect until 9 a.m. in parts of Kerr County and until 10 a.m. in parts of Uvalde County after heavy overnight rain triggered life-threatening flooding.

Abbott spoke at a campaign stop in Houston on Wednesday. The proposals come as part of Abbott’s reelection-year efforts to address affordability.

Houston Police Chief Noe Diaz sent a letter, at Mayor John Whitmire’s request, to the Texas Department of Public Safety, requesting such an investigation. The fatal shooting has already prompted local and federal investigations.

Widespread adoption of autonomous vehicles could reduce congestion and travel delays in North Texas, and change the way we travel.

Food insecurity gets worse in the summer, when many North Texas kids lose access to the dependable meals they get at school. But the food programs that fill the gap are also struggling with rising costs.

Metrocare's board of trustees approved an agreement with Parkland Health for a loan of up to $18 million to keep Dallas County's largest mental health and developmental disability services provider solvent.

Dozens of workers gathered outside the id Software office building in Richardson to protest Xbox layoffs that eliminated 1,600 roles last week and will cut 3,200 total employees over the next year.

The Federal Aviation Administration ordered a ground stop at Dallas-Fort Worth International and Love field airports Wednesday afternoon due to thunderstorms and staffing.

Gov. Greg Abbott said South Central Texas should expect “life threatening catastrophic floods," through Thursday, mainly concentrated around the Nueces River Basin.

The Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office website identifies the inmate as 33-year-old Steven Charles Lenard. His cause and manner of death is pending.