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Donna Marie Ward, age 62, of Lubbock, Texas, passed away peacefully on May 7, 2025, in Lubbock. She was born on December 26, 1962, in Olney, Texas, to the late Richard Clyde Ward and Sarah Jayne ...

A severe thunderstorm watch from the NWS remains active across parts of north central Texas early this morning.

Lois Swindle passed away early on Sunday morning, April 13, 2025. She was born in Olney, Texas to Clyde and Ora Tucker. The family including her younger brother Howard later moved to Lubbock.

A weather pattern bringing severe weather across Texas has caused thousands to lose power. See our power outage map.

Thousands of Texans are without power across Texas on Saturday morning ... be provided later today on their respective power outage map dashboards. In Dallas–Fort Worth, the largest outage ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas has taken another step toward formally renaming the Gulf of Mexico on state maps and documents. Senate Bill 1717, which finally passed the Texas Senate 20-11 this week ...

makes it a one-of-a-kind collection of Texas’s rich history. Since its founding in 1836, the GLO has preserved thousands of precious records, maps and documents which offer unique perspectives ...

How much rain has Austin received this year? KXAN is keeping track of wildfires. Follow along with the map and database ...

Rankled residents of West Lake Hills are sounding off in city council meetings about actions taken on Musk’s property ...