Good Morning! On this day in 1890, the first Bloys Camp Meeting was held in the Davis Mountains for ranching families that could not regularly worship alongside their neighbors. Today, the annual multiday, nondenominational gathering regularly draws around 2,500 attendees.
A Hutto middle schooler jumped for joy when his brother in the Navy unexpectedly showed up for his football game. Watch his heartwarming reaction here.
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Roberson Execution Stayed
Next week’s scheduled execution of Robert Roberson, convicted of murdering his 2-year-old daughter Nikki in 2003, was stayed yesterday by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. It’s the third time his execution has been blocked.
The order cited a stay of execution in a similar case last October, when a new trial was ordered for a Dallas County man convicted of injuring a child on a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome, which has come under intense scrutiny in recent years.
Roberson’s case was remanded to a district court in Anderson County for consideration of new evidence that could clear him of wrongdoing. Roberson and his legal team insist Nikki died from complications of chronic pneumonia and a fall from her bed.
State Rep. Jeff Leach (R-Plano), whose legislative committee orchestrated a last-minute stay of Roberson’s execution last year, praised the decision, saying “truth and justice finally win the day.” Others, including pediatricians at UT Austin and Yale School of Medicine, maintain that Roberson was responsible for Nikki’s death.
Residents Aim to Regulate Crypto Mine
About 250 residents in Hood County will vote on whether to incorporate their rural community into the city of Mitchell Bend to address noise pollution from a nearby cryptocurrency mining facility.
Built in 2022, the MARA Holdings facility is one of four the company operates in Texas, which accounts for about 40% of the nation’s crypto mines.
The company built a sound barrier and replaced 67% of the fans used to cool its 60,000 computers, but residents claim the noise continues to disrupt their lives and even causes health problems.
Geraldine Lathers, 74, said she’s developed vertigo and hypertension in the past year. Despite misgivings, she plans to vote for incorporation: “I don’t want to really be a city, but what choices have you got?”
In August, MARA successfully had a petition for incorporation invalidated by pointing out that some of the residents who signed it didn’t live within the proposed city limits. A second petition was approved by the county. “We’re getting really good at fighting Goliath,” said an organizer.
21 Texas Hotels Awarded Michelin Keys
Twenty-one Texas hotels have been recognized as winners of this year’s Michelin Keys, an annual designation awarded to the world’s 2,457 top hotels by French tire company Michelin. Hotels can receive a 1-, 2-, or 3-Key rating.
No hotel in Texas received three Keys, but three received two Keys: Bowie House in Fort Worth, Commodore Perry Estate in Austin, and Hotel Emma in San Antonio. Receiving one Key were seven hotels in Austin, four in Dallas and Houston, and one each in Galveston, El Paso, and Fort Worth.
None of last year’s winners were removed from the list, but there was one addition: the newly opened Hotel Saint Augustine in Houston. See the full list of U.S. hotels that received Michelin Keys here.
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➤ Austin: A vote to waive $120,000 in event fees for next weekend’s “No Kings” protest was pulled from yesterday’s city council agenda. When a reporter asked President Trump for his response, he said, “I would love to do something about that. Bring a lawsuit, do something.” (More)
➤ Houston: Eight associates of Maria Rojas, who was indicted earlier this year for performing abortions, have been charged for providing illegal services while working in one of her four clinics. (More)
➤ Killeen: Thadius Baker, whose 14-year-old daughter was fatally stabbed at Roy J. Smith Middle School in March, sued the school district and the company that provided the school’s weapons detection system. The lawsuit claims administrators were aware of bullying allegations against the suspect. (More)
➤ Dallas: Dr. Tony Evans, 75, the founder of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship, was greeted by congregants Sunday after completing a “restoration process” following his resignation as pastor last year for an undisclosed moral failing. His son Jonathan is expected to be installed as the church’s lead pastor. (More)
➤ Houston: Sarah Hartsfield, 50, was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of murdering her fifth husband with a fatal dose of insulin in Jan. 2023. The verdict was delivered on Wednesday after an hour of deliberation following seven days of testimony. (More)
➤ A former coach at San Antonio’s Holy Cross High School was arrested for allegedly using a hidden camera to record an adult coworker undressing, while a former cheerleading coach in El Paso is accused of secretly recording more than 100 victims in a restroom, including minors. (More)
➤ Hutto: A three-judge panel for the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed an $8 million judgment against the city for alleged racial discrimination in nullifying a $412,000 separation agreement for former city manager Odis Jones. (More)
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➤ The Angelo State Incredibles flag football team was chosen to represent Texas at the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games in Minnesota. The Incredibles recently took down a Texas Tech-affiliated flag football team 51-39 in the qualifying event. (More)
➤ Kevin Durant scored 20 points in just 23 minutes during his preseason debut with the Houston Rockets. (See Highlights)
➤ Five quarterbacks from Texas schools made the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm shortlist: Sawyer Robertson (Baylor), Josh Hoover (TCU), Behren Morton (Texas Tech), Marcel Reed (Texas A&M), and Arch Manning (Texas). (See Full List)
➤ Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud was named AFC Offensive Player of the Week after his four-touchdown performance against Baltimore last Sunday. (More)
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➤ The Wichita Falls City Council approved the sale of 225 acres to Texas Data Center Campus LLC for $65,000 an acre. “No tax breaks, no abatements, no promises, no anything. They want to be here,” said Mayor Tim Short. (More)
➤ Dallas-based Cane Rosso, with nine locations in the Metroplex, has been named the state’s best pizzeria by food website TastingTable. (More)
➤ Houston-based Johnson Development plans to build a 20-acre amenity complex called Ricestead in Katy’s Grange master-planned community. The complex will include a village green, pools, a coworking space, and an open-air pickleball pavilion with six courts. (More)
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➤ Kenny Zhu, a researcher at the University of Texas at Arlington, has compiled more than 50 hours of dog vocalizations to train an AI model that aims to decipher barks and whines into words. So far, he’s potentially identified “cat,” “leash,” and “cage.” (More)
➤ The Harris County Sheriff’s Office is the first law enforcement agency in the state to use the Grappler Police Bumper, a tool that disables a vehicle during a pursuit. “It’s like roping a calf where you grab ahold of the back,” Deputy Nicholas Hoschar said. (Watch Video)
➤ Houston’s Western Academy, a private school for boys in grades 3 through 8, has introduced a new punishment in response to repeated violations of its no-phone-at-school policy: Any device brought to school will be destroyed. “This may sound severe, but objectively, it is not. Our resolve is firm,” said headmaster Jason Hebert. (See Details)
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Roberson Execution Stayed
