BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — After hearing rumors that Central American families with younger children were being allowed into the U.S., Irma Paz left Honduras with her husband and two kids on a nearly two-month journey to the banks of the Rio Grande. They waded through the cold waters, turned themselves in to immigration authorities and…… MORE
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Singer B.J. Thomas Announces Stage Four Cancer
DALLAS, Texas – GRAMMY, CMA, and Dove award-winning pop, country, and gospel singer B.J. Thomas revealed Tuesday that his doctors have diagnosed him as having stage four lung cancer. Thomas is receiving treatment in a local health care facility in Texas, and is hopeful for a complete recovery. “I just wanted to take this unique…… MORE
Texas Leads Other States in Offering Vaccines for All Adults
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas is becoming the most populous state to make COVID-19 vaccines available to all adults. That’s more than a month before President Joe Biden’s goal of making the shots available to anyone who wants one by May 1. The announcement by state health officials today adds Texas to the rapidly growing…… MORE
COVID-19 Vaccine Convoy Temporarily Commandeered Near Lubbock
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) – An Arizona man is accused of forcing off the road near Lubbock, a National Guard convoy that was transporting COVID-19 vaccines and then holding 11 guard members at gunpoint. Authorities say 66-year-old Larry Harris, of Wilcox, Arizona, told police that he stopped three vans because he believed people inside them had…… MORE
Community Vaccination Hub Opens in Fort Worth Stop Six Neighborhood
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)-The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (HSC) and Tarrant County has opened a COVID-19 vaccination site in Fort Worth’s Stop Six neighborhood with an initial goal of administering 1,000 shots in the first week. The vaccine site is located at Brighter Outlook Inc., 4910 Dunbar St., a facility…… MORE