Heat Raises Concerns For Football Coaches & Doctors
Critics say the real issue is establishing a hard weather number which all coaches in Texas can follow to protect themselves and their players from heat-related illness or death.
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Critics say the real issue is establishing a hard weather number which all coaches in Texas can follow to protect themselves and their players from heat-related illness or death.
It would cost millions of dollars to reopen Fort Worth's pools, and without PETA, the city would struggle to fund the service.
On the hottest day in more than a decade, the agency that manages the state's power grid appealed to residents and businesses to conserve electricity by beginning the first stages of an energy emergency.
The Dallas County Commissioners are embracing a new fund designed to provide air conditioners for the needy to make sure nobody has to fight the heat without help.
he Texas heat claimed the life of a football coach on the first day of practice. Prestonwood Christian Academy Assistant Football Coach Wade McLain died Monday after passing out during a break from an early evening drill.
High school band camps started this week in many North Texas school districts. But this year the extreme heat has led to changes for what is usually a regimented schedule.
Twelve people in Dallas have died from the heat this summer. That's already three more than last year's total, with the hottest month still ahead.
Prosecutors played an audio recording of polygamist leader Warren Jeffs instructing his 14-year-old "spiritual wife" on how to please him sexually.
It's almost time for the State Fair of Texas and Tuesday Big Tex got some new clothes. The pants for Big Tex weigh 80 pounds alone, and if you combine that with his new shirt he'll wear about 200 pounds of clothes.
Arlington is looking at a possible ban on cell phone use by drivers. The Arlington City Council is considering an ordinance that prohibits all but hands-free cell phone use.
Federal officials say one person has died from salmonella poisoning that appears to be linked to eating ground turkey. Seventy-six people in 26 states, including Texas, have been made sick from the same strain of the disease.
The drought is so bad that even drug cartels growing marijuana in Texas are having a hard time.
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick walked free from a state prison early Tuesday after serving just over a year for violating probation in a 2008 criminal case. He plans to rejoin his wife and three sons in Grand Prairie.