Even though Florida has retained a search firm to help land the school’s next football coach, athletic director Scott Stricklin says he will have final say in the hiring process.

The fiery crash shut down the westbound lanes of SH-99 for a couple of hours.

The race became a referendum on the San Antonio Republican’s vote to support a bipartisan gun control package after the Uvalde school shooting.

The jury sentenced Gonzales to death after a prosecution expert testified that he posed a future danger to society. The expert now says his data was wrong.

Now that the Class of 2022 has been signed and locked up colleges are starting to send invites for Junior Days, host early unofficial visits and even offering kids with the next classes of recruiting on their minds.

According to the Congressional Research Service, the federal government owns less than 2% of the land in Texas. “Texas ... has been ravaged by the coronavirus and this recent Executive Order will hurt an already suffering community. Therefore, I urge the Biden administration to rescind this federal order and reevaluate the impact of this measure with input from relevant stakeholders and experts,” Gonzales said in a news release. Of the leases that are active, slightly more than 2.5 million acres are producing or have produced oil or gas. The letter does not mention where the four Texas Democrats stand on Biden’s decision to revoke the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline.

Rio Red Sky Gonzales is mourning the loss of her close friend and her brother’s girlfriend, Julie De La Garza. The 20-year-old woman was shot in the face in the Cypress Spring area last Sunday. De La Garza and her boyfriend Francisco Gonzales were driving in a truck when her ex-boyfriend, who was identified as Mann Austin Hayes began firing. De La Garza was rushed to a nearby emergency room, where she was transported to the hospital and later died. “I’m leaving this to god and the court system to bring justice to Julie,” said Gonzales.

Many Texans blame both major political parties for a protracted fight over a new coronavirus relief package. How can that be happening?”It’s been a dizzying few days for Texans waiting to see if more assistance will come. But it is unclear if anything will pass soon, leaving struggling Texans to continue to scrape by with no end in sight. As families struggle to keep their water running and business owners pull in heavy losses, Texans are “heartbroken” and angry with the federal government’s lack of support. Gonzales said the Hispanic community he represents has a large number of small business owners, some of whom are struggling to stay open.

HOUSTON – Thursday Update: A pet owner whose SUV was stolen with her two dogs in it was reunited with both the car and her pups Thursday. Margaret Gonzalez said the vehicle was found wrecked at an apartment complex and someone found the dogs nearby and had been caring for them. Peanut and RJ were reunited with Gonzalez Thursday and she shared the video with KPRC 2. A short time later another person leaves the vehicle and makes the block before coming back to steal Gonzalez’ SUV. Gonzales said while she wants to find her SUV more than anything all she wants is her dogs back.

The Senda de Vida shelter in Reynosa is over capacity, filled with migrants and refugees from around the world. U.S. officials will only let a handful at a time cross the border.