Texas Panhandle

The fire killed three people and more than 15,000 head of cattle and burned over a million acres in the Panhandle in 2024.

Joe Ely never broke out into the mainstream, but has been a beloved Texas treasure for five decades. His death Monday at age 78 brought tributes from fans and fellow musicians alike.

The $55K program is one of several initiatives to address homelessness. Some council members say penalizing donations to panhandlers could help more.

The Smokehouse Creek fire tore through the Texas Panhandle early last year, burning over a million acres in just weeks. In the small town of Canadian, where the devastation was severe, residents say the heartbreak lingers and a full recovery could take years.

That raises the number of confirmed cases since January to 279, with 36 patients hospitalized.

The Smokehouse Creek Fire burned over a million acres, and recovery is ongoing.

Measles is a highly contagious virus mostly common in school-aged children. 58 cases have been reported in northwest Texas.

In 2006, 10% of the town of Cactus disappeared overnight when the local slaughterhouse was raided.

The construction begins after lawmakers have allocated $2.5 billion to modernize and increase access to inpatient psychiatric care in Texas.

Dairy farmers and veterinarians in northern Texas furiously investigated a mysterious illness among cattle before the government got involved. Farm cat deaths were the tip off.

A federal judge has blocked the Biden administration from enforcing a new rule in Texas that would require firearms dealers to run background checks on buyers at gun shows or other places outside brick-and-mortar stores.

A lack of air support and ineffective coordination hurt efforts to contain this year's Panhandle fires, the committee said.