Good Morning! On this day in 1842, marine sergeant Seymour Oswalt led a mutiny against the officers of the Texas Navy schooner San Antonio, which was anchored at New Orleans. Oswalt was never brought to justice.
Houston’s “Mattress Mack” lost a big Super Bowl bet on Sunday. Feel free to let us know if you’ve ever wagered on a sports contest in today’s Poll, and hit reply to tell us about a gamble you’ve taken in the past, even on yourself.
An Olympic moment was overshadowed when a Norwegian biathlon bronze winner publicly admitted to an affair during an emotional on-air interview at the Milan Games. Host Ayla Brown shares the full story on today’s episode of The Flyover Podcast. Tune in here.
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Sterile Fly Dispersal Facility Opens in Edinburg
A new sterile fly dispersal facility at Moore Air Base in Edinburg is up and running, bolstering the ongoing effort to prevent the spread of the parasitic New World screwworm into the United States. Screwworm infections have been detected in Mexican cattle within 80 miles of the Texas border.
The site will facilitate the dispersal of sterile male flies bred in Panama and Mexico, where the U.S. Department of Agriculture has invested $21 million to convert a fruit fly factory into a screwworm production facility that will double Panama’s weekly output of about 117 million sterile flies.
The USDA’s plan to combat the screwworm also includes building a new $750 million sterile fly factory in Edinburg to accompany the dispersal facility. The factory will have the capacity to produce 300 million sterile flies a week when it’s completed at the end of next year.
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said that previous models indicated the screwworm would spread to Texas as early as last fall. “It’s a real testament to the all hands on deck—federal, state, and local—the fact that we do not have the pest in our country yet,” she said.
Colony Ridge Agrees to $68 Million Settlement
Federal and state prosecutors agreed to a $68 million settlement with the developers of Liberty County’s sprawling Colony Ridge community on Tuesday, resolving years of litigation over allegations they targeted Hispanics with deceptive sales tactics and predatory lending, creating what Attorney General Ken Paxton characterized as a “haven for illegals.”
The agreement requires the developers to verify the legal status of potential buyers and bars them from building new residential communities for three years. It also restricts the marketing of “move-in ready” homes and mandates enhanced underwriting standards.
The developers must spend $48 million on improved infrastructure within Colony Ridge, including $18 million earmarked for flood mitigation. Another $20 million must be spent on increasing law enforcement presence in the community.
“Intentionally targeting vulnerable borrowers with the American dream of homeownership and then trapping them in a predatory scheme is not only wrong, it also violates our civil rights laws,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon.
‘Mattress Mack’ Loses Big Super Bowl Bet
Houston furniture salesman Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale lost $2 million on a bet that the New England Patriots would upset the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl LX. It was the largest wager Caesars Sportsbook accepted this year.
McIngvale, 75, is known to place large bets on sports contests in conjunction with promotions at his Gallery Furniture stores, famously winning $75 million when the Houston Astros won the 2022 World Series. This year, he offered customers who spent $4,000 or more full refunds if the Patriots won.
“New England has a good team. Seattle is the hot favorite, but favorites don’t always win,” he said before the contest. “It’s a football game. Anything can happen.”
McIngvale correctly picked the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to win the Super Bowl in 2021, but he lost millions when the Cincinnati Bengals lost in 2022. He sat out last year’s contest as he was recovering from heart surgery.
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➤ Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Darling Ingredients, the operator of a Bastrop animal byproduct rendering facility, over repeated complaints about “offensive and harmful odors.” He also sued Midlothian retailer Smokey’s Paradise for allegedly selling kratom products with “nearly 50 times the legal limit of this opioid.” (More)
➤ Fort Worth ISD lost its appeal to stop the Texas Education Agency’s planned takeover after years of poor performance. Meanwhile, the Cypress-Fairbanks ISD board restored 13 previously removed textbook chapters to the curricula for several education, health, and science classes. (See Details)
➤ San Marcos: A Texas State University lecturer was dismissed after he allegedly sent a derogatory message to Dr. Dhivya Srinivasa, a plastic surgeon in California. (More)
➤ Dallas: Carolyn Price, a Cowboys fan since the 1960s and a regular attendee of the team’s games for the past 30 years, died this week at the age of 82. “The way Mrs. Price loved the Cowboys was truly priceless,” the team said in a statement. (More)
➤ Montgomery County: Federal prosecutors have charged sisters Tania Garcia, 37, and Brenda Garcia, 39, with kidnapping and forced labor for allegedly enslaving a 12-year-old girl who escaped last September. (More)
➤ San Marcos: Two Department of Labor properties totaling more than 240 acres were sold to the city and Texas State University, which plan to expand the regional airport and the university’s Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training Center. (See Details)
➤ Houston: State Rep. Gene Wu, the chair of the Texas House Democratic Caucus, is facing scrutiny over resurfaced remarks he made in December 2024, calling on minority groups to unite against their common “oppressor” and “take over this country.” (More)
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➤ An investor group is courting Mark Cuban to join them in an effort to buy back the Dallas Mavericks from the Dumont and Adelson families. Cuban, the team’s majority owner for 23 years, sold most of his stake in the franchise for $3.5 billion in 2023. (More)
➤ Texas A&M University—San Antonio announced it will add cross country and indoor and outdoor track and field for both men and women next year. Officials say it’s the largest athletics program expansion in school history. (More)
➤ The Longhorns were the highest-ranked Texas team in this week’s AP women’s basketball poll (No. 4), followed by Baylor (No. 12), Texas Tech (No. 16), and TCU (No. 17). (See Poll)
➤ No. 19 Baylor men’s tennis defeated No. 8 Texas A&M 4-1 this week. It’s the Aggies’ first loss of the season. (More)
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➤ Grand Prairie’s Republic National Distributing Co., the nation’s second-largest alcohol distributor, is laying off an unspecified number of employees across the U.S. (More)
➤ Apparel brand Eddie Bauer, a subsidiary of Plano-based Catalyst Brands, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company is reportedly looking for a buyer as it liquidates assets. (More)
➤ An Amazon Prime Air drone crashed into a Richardson apartment building last week. A resident captured the mishap on video. (Watch Video)
➤ SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said his company has “already shifted focus to building a self-growing city on the moon,” which he estimates could be achieved in less than 10 years—half the time it would take to do so on Mars. (More)
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➤ The Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi purchased a $150,000 Imaging FlowCytobot to monitor water quality and detect harmful algal blooms across the Coastal Bend. “Folks can get sick from swimming in the water when the toxins are present,” said Dr. Laura Beecraft. (More)
➤ Wichita Falls, Carrollton, and Pasadena are among the best Texas cities for retirees, according to a Retirement Living ranking that evaluated affordability, safety, livability, and health care access. (More)
➤ Bad Bunny gave a shoutout to former Dallas Maverick J.J. Barea during his Super Bowl halftime show, praising the Puerto Rican as “the one who became champion before LeBron.” Barea and the Mavericks beat LeBron James and the Miami Heat in six games during the 2011 NBA Finals. (More)
➤ A Vietnam-era Huey helicopter was installed at Sherrill Veterans Memorial Park in Corpus Christi, where a dedication ceremony for the monument was held last week. (See Photo)
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Sterile Fly Dispersal Facility Opens in Edinburg
