Panic at Dallas Cheerleading Event

A fight that broke out during a cheerleading competition at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas on Saturday sparked a “panic” when noises caused by falling poles were mistaken for gunshots.

Attendees fled the building in a “stampede,” and 10 people were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. Activities were canceled for the rest of the day but resumed Sunday “with enhanced security measures.”

No arrests have been made in connection with the incident.

The National Cheerleaders Association All-Star Championship was expected to bring 58,000 people to Dallas for the weekend. While Dallas has hosted the annual competition for the past 30 years, next year’s championship will be held in Houston.

Texas Company Puts Lander on Moon

Blue Ghost One, a lunar lander developed by Cedar Park’s Firefly Aerospace, successfully touched down on the moon yesterday morning after a 45-day journey, becoming the first commercial spacecraft to achieve the feat.

The lander will conduct several experiments for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, including collecting samples and testing a machine designed to prevent dust buildup. It will also capture images of a lunar sunset—the first since the Apollo missions—and take photos of a total lunar eclipse on March 14.

Blue Ghost is expected to operate until the end of the current lunar day—about two weeks from now—when its solar panels will stop providing power.

A lander developed by Houston-based Intuitive Machines is scheduled to join Blue Ghost on the moon this Thursday. One of the company’s landers reached the moon last year, but it was damaged on impact.

NASCAR Visits Austin

NASCAR’s third Cup Series race of the 2025 season was held yesterday at the Circuit of the Americas track in Austin. Christopher Bell earned his second consecutive and 11th career win during the 95-lap, 228-mile contest.

It was the fifth year NASCAR held a race at the 3.4-mile course completed in 2012 to host Formula 1 contests. This year’s course was shortened to 2.3 miles, eliminating the track’s longest straightaway.

After finishing second at COTA last year, Bell took the lead in the final laps of the race and held off the previous winner, William Byron, to get the win. Connor Zilisch, 18, made his Cup Series debut, finishing last after winning the Xfinity Series race the day before.

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➤ Texas Game Wardens have arrested 22 suspects for alleged involvement in illegal deer breeding and black-market wildlife trade. (See Details)

➤ League City: Thieves stole the wheels from 11 Teslas in a parking lot earlier this month. Surveillance footage from nearby businesses has not yielded any leads. (Watch Video)

➤ Brownsville: A Cameron County jailer was arrested Thursday after allegedly instigating a fight with an inmate and later filing a report claiming he was injured during a fall. (More)

➤ Greenville ISD: Several students at Travis Intermediate School gave each other tattoos using the same needle. The teachers responsible for the students have been suspended. (See Details)

➤ Dallas: Federal agents arrested eight alleged gang members found with weapons, drugs, cash, jewelry, and a live alligator, which was transferred to the Dallas Zoo. (See Photos)

➤ Allen: Republican State Rep. Jeff Leach has asked Attorney General Ken Paxton to investigate plans to develop a Muslim-centric neighborhood in Collin and Wise counties, stating that implementing Shariah law would be unlawful. Last week, Gov. Abbott said the community, as portrayed in a viral video, “is not allowed in Texas.” (More)

➤ Corpus Christi: Naval Air Station Kingsville held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday for the nation’s first aircraft protective enclosures at hot pit refueling sites, providing shelter from the elements during aircraft refueling. (More)

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➤ The No. 4 Houston Cougars men’s basketball team clinched their second consecutive Big 12 regular season title Saturday with a 73-64 win over Cincinnati. (More)

➤ The Texas Longhorns baseball team beat Texas Tech 10-5 Saturday for their eighth consecutive win. Red Raiders catcher Dylan Maxcey told reporters before the game that “if we don’t run-rule them, then we lost.” (More)

➤ San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich held a meeting with the team this week, the first time the players had seen him since his stroke in November. Popovich will not return this season. (More)

➤ University of Texas wide receiver Isaiah Bond ran a 4.40 40-yard dash at the NFL combine after predicting he would break former Longhorns receiver Xavier Worthy’s all-time record time of 4.21. However, teammate Matthew Golden ran the only sub-4.30 time of any player at the combine. (More)

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➤ LyondellBasell, a Houston-based chemical manufacturer, plans to lay off 86% of the workforce, about 345 employees, who worked at its recently shuttered Houston refinery. (More)

➤ SpaceX is scheduled to launch its eighth Starship test flight today from Boca Chica following a number of improvements made since the explosion of its seventh test vehicle over Turks and Caicos in January. (Watch Video)

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➤ Max Estorga, a 17-year-old Boy Scout from El Paso, collected hundreds of suitcases and travel bags for foster children to use when moving to a new home. The initiative was part of his Eagle Scout service project. (See Photos)

➤ Celebrity chef Tim Love’s Lonesome Dove Western Bistro in Fort Worth will offer a 25-course meal for its 25th anniversary celebration in May. The limited reservations cost $250 per person. (See Details)

➤ The 2,650-acre Big Valley Pecan Farm in San Saba County hit the market for $25 million. The massive estate is being sold by the heirs of O.P. Leonard, who was once the largest pecan grower in the state. (See Photos)

➤ Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has urged grocery stores and restaurants to rename “New York Strip” steak to “Texas Strip,” stating that the Texas Senate will pass a resolution to that effect. “Just because a New York restaurant named Texas beef a New York Strip in the 19th century doesn’t mean we need to keep doing that,” Patrick posted on social media. (More)

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