Texas mayor tells residents it's 'sink or swim', resigns amid winter power outages

A Texas mayor has resigned over controversial social media posts that called his constituents lazy for complaining about power outages, according to a report.

Dallas-area family details their brush with record-breaking storm

Glenn and Ezell Holley grew up in Texas and they've never experienced the kind of winter storm that has left millions of people without power and dozens dead – until now.

Texas power outages seen from space in stunning before-and-after photos

Images from the NOAA-NASA Suomi NPP satellite compared before-and-after photos of the lights in Houston, Texas during a record-breaking winter storm.

'Snownado': Large waterspout swirls over Texas lake amid record cold

Some are calling this a “snownado” - but here’s the science behind these large waterspouts seen swirling over some lakes in Texas amid record cold temperatures.

Animals at primate sanctuary freeze to death amid Texas power outage

A chimpanzee, several monkeys, some lemurs and an uncounted number of birds died when a nonprofit San Antonio-area wildlife sanctuary lost power this week.

Victims identified, survivors recall terrifying scene as cars piled up in Fort Worth

More details are being released about the victims of the chain-reaction crash in Fort Worth Thursday and the survivors who had to wait for hours to be rescued.

JJ Watt, Houston Texans have "mutually agreed to part ways"

The Houston Texans and defensive end JJ Watt announced that they have “mutually agreed to part ways.”

Texas attorney, judge in viral Zoom mishap glad to lift spirits

An attorney in west Texas who went viral after his a Zoom mishap in which he appeared as a cat says he's glad he was able to lift some spirits.

Texas lieutenant governor announces bill protecting national anthem

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced a bill Wednesday introduced to ensure that the national anthem is performed at all publicly funded events

San Antonio girl dies three days after testing positive for COVID-19

The family of nine-year-old Makenzie Gongora wants to shed light on how COVID-19 can impact children after she died just days after testing positive.

North Texas Congressman Ron Wright dies after contracting COVID-19

U.S. Rep. Ron Wright died Sunday at the age of 67. He had been battling lung cancer and two weeks ago was hospitalized because of COVID-19.

Texas teacher’s garage library gets thousands of book donations from across the globe

At first, Jennifer Martin brought books home from her classroom at the start of the pandemic and started a rudimentary checkout system. But now her library has grown by the thousands, thanks to donations from strangers across the globe.

Republican group puts up billboards calling on Ted Cruz to resign

The group is targeting members of Congress, like Senator Ted Cruz, who they believe played a role in the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

9-year-old dies in Fort Worth hospital because of COVID-19

A 9-year-old boy who was healthy enough to go to class on Friday died because of COVID-19 Tuesday at Cook Children's Hospital in Fort Worth.