The Biden administration is expected to ban oil and gas leasing near a Native American historical site despite heavy opposition from local tribal leaders, who say the ban would prevent them from collecting royalties on their land.

A Virtual Center of Excellence for Veteran Student Success will be established at Wayland Baptist University with a $592,217 U.S. Department of Education grant.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents near the Texas-Mexico border disrupted five human smuggling events on Monday and Tuesday, resulting in the arrests of 20 people.

The Texas Access to Justice Foundation (TAJF), the state’s largest funding source for civil legal aid, today announced it received an additional $20 million in funding from the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs to continue the Emergency Rental Assistance Program.

Katherine Carrillo, 20, Muhannad Abdel-Raouf, 21, and Almazen Abdel-Raouf, 22, have been charged by a Lubbock grand jury with endangering a child. A trial date has not yet been set.

Hunters pursuing mule deer this fall in the Texas Panhandle should be aware that an antler restriction has been expanded to 21 from the original seven counties of Briscoe, Childress, Cottle, Floyd, Hall, Motley and Lynn counties.

The South Plains Fair gets underway this weekend with two new features - a clear bag policy, and beer sales. According to General Manager Jennifer Wallace, big events are implementing similar policies.

A gunman shot three people Monday night at the Tri-State Fair & Rodeo before being shot and wounded by sheriff’s deputies, according to authorities. Potter County Sheriff Brian Thomas said the shooting is under investigation, but reported a fight happened between two people, and one young man ran away causing a chase to begin with some officers.