Rent hike forced retired 80-year-old to take job as a janitor, now strangers have raised $28,000 for him

The man, known to students in Callisburg ISD as Mr. James, had his rent raised about $400 a month and could not make ends meet without getting back on the job. A GoFundMe campaign put together by three students has gone viral.

NASA confirms 1,000-pound meteor hit the ground in Texas

NASA experts believe the space rock that was about 2 feet wide and 1,000 pounds hit that hit the ground Wednesday near McAllen, Texas.

Texas family comes home to find it destroyed by house party

The family said no one was invited to their home, but hundreds of kids showed up and made it their own for the night.

1 killed, 3 hurt in shooting at El Paso, Texas shopping mall

Police in El Paso, Texas, say one person was killed and three other people were wounded in a shooting Wednesday in a shopping mall.

Family says dog kept bringing them bones...then a human skull

Texas authorities are currently identifying the human remains that were retrieved by a dog over the course of a week in Caldwell County.

Allen family hoping to find EMT that helped save their son from drowning in Mexico

An Allen boy will get to celebrate the birthday he almost didn't have after being trapped at the bottom of a resort pool while on vacation with his family.

New Miss Texas USA called out by Jewish activists for allegedly making anti-Semitic comments

After a new Miss Texas USA was crowned this weekend, controversial anti-Semitic comments she allegedly made are resurfacing online. Some activists are now questioning why more wasn’t done to address the issue.

Suspect in stolen Houston FD ambulance captured after lengthy police chase

Officials have captured a driver accused of stealing an ambulance from a Houston Fire Department station in east downtown following a lengthy search.

Mahomes, Hurts latest Texas prep QBs on Super Bowl stage

The Mahomes-Hurts matchup is the first showdown between a pair of Texas high school signal QBs. Texas is already guaranteed to be the high school home of four of the past six Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks.

Crash averted at Austin airport; FAA, NTSB to investigate

A FedEx cargo plane was several miles from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport and cleared to land, but had to change course when a Southwest Airlines plane was cleared to take off from the same runway.

Dallas Zoo Mystery: Police want to talk to man about missing monkeys

Dallas police have released a photo and video of a person they want to talk to in regard to two emperor tamarin monkeys that went missing at the Dallas Zoo earlier this week.

Police: Man who lured 15-year-old girl away from Dallas Mavericks game arrested

Police have arrested the man accused of luring a 15-year-old girl away from a Dallas Mavericks game in April. The teen was ultimately trafficked to Oklahoma City and was forced into prostitution.

SpaceX in final preparation for Starship orbital test flight from Texas

After a series of high-altitude tests and landing attempts with Starship prototypes, Elon Musk's company SpaceX plans to conduct an orbital test flight as soon as February or March.