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Editor’s note: This story has been updated with comments from the UT System and Stephen F. Austin State University. At a special meeting of its board of regents on Tuesday morning, November 29, Stephen F. Austin State University voted to join the University of Texas System. The Nacogdoches-based, previously unaffiliated …

According to the report, the state has about 87,300 megawatts of capacity available in the winter season, while demand is forecast to peak at 67,398 megawatts, based on peak demands for the winters of 2007 through 2021. One megawatt is enough to power 200 Texas homes. ERCOT, which manages the …

Louisiana law enforcement is searching for a third suspect. Steven Santana Nov. 29, 2022Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 5:48 p.m. USAA’s is one of largest employers locally and is headquartered at a huge campus in San Antonio. Steven Santana | MySA Shreveport, Louisiana investigators say two women worked together through a third-party …

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Temple police and other emergency services responded to a November 23 accident on I-35 that killed kids.  kali9/Getty Images/iStockphoto The Texas Department of Public Safety announced on Friday, November 25 that a multi-vehicle crash that occurred during “heavy holiday rush traffic” on I-35 outside Temple led to the death of …

Melissa Highsmith was kidnapped from her home in Fort Worth in 1971 as child and her family has not stopped searching for her since the abduction. On Sunday, November 27, the Highsmith family announced that they got an early Christmas gift as they were finally reunited with Melissa after over …

Anti-LGBTQ and hatred toward drag queens in a small town outside of Fort Worth are at under the spotlight in the season 3 premiere of HBO’s We’re Here. The episode opens with the Hood County Democratic Chair Adrienne Martin combing through Facebook comments threatening to attack the camera crew and bring rotten …

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Pexels / Chevanon Photography San Antonio has seen its fair share of new coffee spots pop up this year. A study released this week by DrugGenius.com found that 27% of the average Texan’s daily fluid intake is made up of alcohol and caffeine. Yep, that sounds about right. The ambiguously-named website …

Texas is investigating celebrities who had endorsed FTX, the now bankrupt cryptocurrency firm, for potentially violating state securities laws. The Texas State Securities Board started looking into FTX’s operations last month over whether the exchange’s yield-bearing crypto accounts were providing residents with unregistered securities. Since the company’s collapse on Nov. …

Update at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, November 23:  There’s a low chance of some isolated severe thunderstorms on Thanksgiving afternoon in the San Antonio area, according to the National Weather Service. The rain will be ahead of an advancing cold front coming in the morning on Thursday, November 24. A …