Texas House Democrats fled the state Sunday, Aug. 3, preventing the Legislature from voting on a new congressional map and 17 other items during the special session, including flood relief for Hill Country communities devastated by July storms.

The Bedias Creek Soil and Water Conservation District met Monday, Aug. 4, to discuss conservation contracts, flood control funding, and endangered species concerns affecting local landowners.

HUNTSVILLE — The Texas Department of Criminal Justice locked down 19 prison units Wednesday to search for contraband after a recent increase in drug-related violence. The lockdown affects higher-custody inmates at facilities including Allred, Beto, Clements, Coffield, Connally, Ellis, Estelle, Ferguson, Gib Lewis, Hughes, McConnell, Memorial, Michael, Polunsky, Robertson, Smith, Stiles, Telford and Wynne units.

District officials at North Zulch Independent School District announced that all students for the school year of 2025-206 will receive free breakfast and lunch. Disposición de Elegibilidad Comunitaria (CEP) North Zulch ISD anunció el día de hoy que continuará su política de operar la Disposición de Elegibilidad Comunitaria (CEP) bajo el Programa Nacional de Almuerzos The district will continue operating the Community Eligibility Program under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program at all campuses.

Law enforcement officials in Central Texas and the Brazos Valley are investigating a series of cattle thefts they say may be part of an organized ring targeting rural properties across multiple counties.

When Rhyleigh Nelson showed her 4-H leader a friendship bracelet she made, neither expected it would spark a project to help flood victims. The Midway 4-H chapter president brought her handmade bracelet to a July 12 meeting.

Larry Bollin received a second life sentence Monday, July 28, for shooting a Department of Public Safety trooper in the eye during his 2021 escape from a deadly workplace shooting in Bryan. The 31-year-old Iola man pleaded guilty Friday, July 25, to attempted capital murder of a police officer in Grimes County’s 12th District Court.

The Midway City Council voted on Monday, July 28, to raise trash fees from $17 to $18.25 per month starting Sept. 1.

Students from Sweet Magnolia Learning Center and staff presented a $682 check to the Hearts and Hands Family Care Center after their successful Lemonade Stand fundraiser on Wednesday, July 23.