CMT Awards 2024 features Toby Keith tribute as Jelly Roll wins big

The 2024 CMT Music Awards included a touching Toby Keith tribute and three awards for Jelly Roll. The annual event was led by four-time host Kelsea Ballerini.

Appeals court blocks enforcement of Texas migrant law once again

Just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court said Texas can enforce its SB4 border law, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel hearing arguments on the merits of the law temporarily blocked it again.

Uvalde school shooting: Report on city's independent investigation to be released

A special meeting has been set to present the findings of the city of Uvalde's independent investigation into the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in May 2022.

Legally blind student defies odds, gets accepted into veterinarian school

A Texas student defied expectations by gaining acceptance into the Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine. Born prematurely with limited vision, Faith Snapp sees her blindness not as a barrier but as a challenge to overcome.

Brinks security guard robbed at Irving ATM, pants removed at gunpoint

Video from the incident shows the suspect pointing a gun at the security guard and taking off his pants while he lays on the ground next to the open ATM.

Texas Panhandle wildfires: Crews make progress containing largest fire in state history

The wildfire in the Texas Panhandle is now the largest in state history. Gov. Abbott and emergency officials gave an update Friday on the situation that has already taken two lives and injured others.

How to help the Texas Panhandle wildfire victims

Looking for a way to help the Texans who are affected by the largest wildfire in state history? Here are some organizations providing relief.

Texas Panhandle wildfire: Largest fire in state history claims 2 lives

The Smokehouse Creek fire in the Texas Panhandle has now burned more than 1 million acres and has claimed the lives of two women.

Texas wildfires force brief shutdown of US nuclear weapons facility

Texas wildfires forced the temporary shutdown of Pantex, the U.S. main assembly and disassembly site for its atomic bombs.

North Texas 'Sorority Rapist' sentenced to life in prison

A man who assaulted women in Tarrant, Dallas, Denton and Collin counties was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday.

Decades-lost bridal photos discovered at auction, returned to 85-year-old bride

Lost bridal photos, missing for over 30 years, have been rediscovered and returned to their owner, Harriet Galbraith, by a Virginia woman named Sandra Poindexter. Poindexter found the photos at an auction while searching for vintage picture frames.

Uvalde, Texas school shooting timeline and law enforcement response

The Robb Elementary School shooting left 19 students and two teachers dead. In the months since, law enforcement has come under scrutiny and even ridicule for the 74 minutes it took officers to enter the school and kill the lone gunman.

Fort Worth hotel explosion: 911 calls shed light on terror following blast

Newly released 911 calls are shedding new light on the terror in the moments after an explosion at the Sandman Hotel in Fort Worth earlier this month.

Ikea Hood murder: 'On-again-off again' boyfriend charged with killing high schooler

17-year-old Trevon Wright is charged with the murder of Ikea Hood. An arrest warrant affidavit says that Hood planned to tell Wright, her "on-again-off-again" boyfriend, the baby she recently had was not his.