Recent changes at NFL Network have included significant shifts in both on-air talent and programming. Reports suggest that the network has parted ways with Michael Irvin, a former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver and Pro Football Hall of Famer, and has canceled “NFL Total Access,” one of its longest-running and most popular shows after more than two decades. These changes come …

WASHINGTON — Gov. Greg Abbott and challenger Beto O’Rourke clashed over a range of topics Friday night in their sole debate, not always with the facts on their side. Some fact-checks: Abortion Abbott depicted O’Rourke as an extremist on abortion. “He not only supports abortion of a fully developed child to the very last second before birth” but, said Abbott, he opposes …

EDINBURG — Gov. Greg Abbott and challenger Beto O’Rourke traded blows over border security, abortion and gun violence Friday in a debate televised statewide. While dodging tough questions — such as why Abbott has moved rightward and why O’Rourke has run for so many offices lately — the candidates probed for the other’s weak spot. “I’m governing from principles. I’m not looking …

Kindergarten teacher Claudia Sanchez-Salas passes by the same quote every day on her way to work, “Once you obtain an education, it can never be taken away from you.” It’s these words from the school’s namesake that have kept Sanchez-Salas, a Mexican-born Dallas native, at Esperanza “Hope” Medrano Elementary School for the last 17 years. Her daughter now attends the …

EDINBURG — Gov. Greg Abbott and challenger Beto O’Rourke traded blows over border security, abortion and gun violence Friday in a debate televised statewide. While dodging tough questions – such as why Abbott has moved rightward and why O’Rourke has run for so many offices lately – the candidates probed for the other’s weak spot. As he did in 2018, the governor …

Following calls over the summer for Texans to conserve electricity and last year’s infamous winter power outages, the Public Utility Commission on Thursday announced a new rule designed to improve grid reliability. Power plants must weatherize equipment each season to handle wind chills of zero in most areas and temperatures up to 96 degrees. The temperature that power plants must …

WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans froze a Supreme Court vacancy in the last year of Barack Obama’s presidency. On Thursday, Sen. John Cornyn offered an assurance that they won’t block all of President Joe Biden’s judicial picks if they win back the majority in November. But, he said, they would use that clout to weed out nominees they deem too liberal. …

7 Brew, whose drive-thru coffee stands combine prompt delivery and enthusiastic customer service, is opening its first Mansfield shop at 1780 Hwy. 157, company officials said in a statement. Opening this fall, the new location is just north of U.S. Hwy. 287. It will have a double-lane drive-thru and outdoor seating. The menu includes coffee beverages, energy drinks, Italian sodas, smoothies …

During Thursday’s dedication of the statue of Adelfa Callejo at the Main Street Garden Park in downtown Dallas, a parade of speakers agreed on the legacy of the former civil rights leader: “We stand on her shoulders.” The 10-foot-high, 1,500-pound bronze statue was installed in August 2021, but on Thursday elected officials, Hispanic advocates and community members claimed the dedication of …

The man killed by Dallas officers Wednesday morning was ordered to put his gun down more than a dozen times before a lengthy exchange of gunfire began, body-worn camera footage released Thursday showed. At a news conference at Dallas police headquarters, police Chief Eddie García said multiple 911 calls about a man wandering a neighborhood with a gun led three officers …

Dallas’ fire department just got 90 teddy bears richer thanks to donations from visitors to Reunion Tower. Guests were given discounted admission to the Dallas landmark’s observation deck this month if they took a brand new stuffed bear. At the tower’s GeO-Deck on Thursday morning, donation drive organizers presented the bears to Dallas Fire-Rescue, which will hand out the stuffed …