Monday, November 2, 2026

Good Morning! On this day in 1948, Lyndon B. Johnson won his first term in the U.S. Senate, defeating Republican Jack Porter. He’d clinched the Democratic nomination by just 87 votes in a disputed runoff against former Gov. Coke Stevenson.

Halloween is over. The time has changed. Election season ends tomorrow. McKinney’s annual turkey scavenger hunt is back. (See Et Cetera for details.) Are you ready for the holidays? Hit reply to tell us why, why not, and what you’re doing to get ready.

The clocks fell back this weekend, and almost nobody is happy about it. But ending the time change is harder than it sounds. America tried going without it once, and what happened that winter turned the whole country around in a matter of weeks. Fifty years later, the fight is back on, so how did we end up changing our clocks in the first place, and is this the year it finally stops? On today’s episode of Flyover Focus, we dig into the strange history of daylight saving time, the 1974 experiment that changed everything, and the three ways this could all end. Tune in here!

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Deep Ellum Shootings Leave 4 Dead

Three shootings in Dallas’ Deep Ellum entertainment district left four people dead and about 15 wounded in the early hours after Halloween night. Police are still working to learn whether they were connected.

The first call came in about 12:19 a.m. from the 2600 block of Elm Street. Gunfire broke out just after 1 a.m. a block south on Main Street, then a third time around 1:35 a.m. on South Crowdus Street.

Police said five people were shot during an apparent altercation in a convenience store parking lot at the first scene. Officers two blocks away responded quickly. Three people died at the second shooting and one at the third.

Police Chief Daniel Comeaux said the department was fully staffed for Halloween, made some arrests, and is searching for more suspects. “This is completely unacceptable for it to take place in Dallas,” he said.

Cold Front and Election Day Storms

A cold front will sweep a line of storms across Texas from tonight into Election Day Tuesday, then usher in cooler, drier air, with some areas seeing lows in the 40s.

Dallas-Fort Worth faces a slight risk of severe weather (level 2 out of 5) overnight, with possible hail, localized flooding, damaging winds, and brief tornadoes. Storms should taper off early Tuesday, leaving clearing skies and highs in the low to mid-70s.

Central Texas is under a level 1 out of 5 risk for hail and gusty winds, with storms crossing the I-35 corridor around 4 a.m. Tuesday. Rain should clear out by 9 a.m., leaving dry conditions for voters.

Houston gets the front last, with the heaviest rain expected from late morning through evening Tuesday, along with strong winds and potential hail. Southeast Texas is at a minor flood risk, and forecasters advise voters to head to the polls early.

Austin Home Price Drop Leads Nation

Austin’s median asking price for homes fell 9.8% in September from a year earlier, to $446,450, the nation’s steepest drop among the 50 largest metro areas. Houston dipped 1.7%, and Dallas-Fort Worth prices fell 0.6%.

Austin’s price per square foot also fell 8.4% as the number of new listings rose 2.1%. Nationally, 20.8% of listings had a price cut in September, the most for that month since 2018.

The median asking price in Austin peaked at $629,479 in May 2022, when buyers fought bidding wars during the pandemic boom. Since then, slower migration into Texas and a flood of new homes have handed buyers the upper hand.

Nationally, the typical home sale price fell for the first time in more than three years, slipping 0.1% in the four weeks ending Oct. 25.

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➤ San Antonio: Endometrial cancer rates in the region around San Antonio jumped 26% from the 2000s to the 2010s, the steepest rise in Texas, a UT Health San Antonio study found. Rates there ran 21% above the state average. (More)

➤ Port Arthur: The City Council votes Tuesday on seeking $40 million in leftover federal disaster money for drainage and an emergency route, plus a $543,000 drain-cleaning truck replacing one that flooded during Hurricane Harvey. (More)

➤ Jasper County: A man possibly wearing a Scream costume robbed a Valero gas station clerk on U.S. Highway 96 around 7 a.m. Sunday and ran into the woods behind the store. Deputies describe him as about 6-foot-2 and 240 pounds. (More)

➤ Pflugerville: Hundreds of BMX riders, ages 2 to 80, raced at the Capitol City BMX track over the weekend in the Texas Nationals, the season’s final stop before the Grand Nationals in Tulsa, Oklahoma, later this month. (See Photos)

➤ Uvalde: A vehicle and a golf cart collided on Fort Clark Road around 9 p.m. Saturday in a hit-and-run involving a trick-or-treating family, sending several people to Uvalde Memorial Hospital. Police arrested a suspect less than an hour later. (More)

➤ Dallas: Thousands of people dressed in pink filled Klyde Warren Park on Halloween morning for the 16th annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5K walk, raising money for the American Cancer Society’s research and patient support. (See Photos)

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➤ The Dallas Cowboys fell to 3-5 with a 33-30 overtime loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. Dallas led by 14 in the fourth quarter before Arizona rallied and won on Chad Ryland’s 42-yard field goal. (More)

➤ No. 14 Texas volleyball swept No. 17 Texas A&M on Sunday, winning 25-18, 25-19, 25-21. Torrey Stafford led the Longhorns with 13 kills as Texas improved to 8-3 in SEC play. (More)

➤ Texas moved up one spot to No. 10 in the latest AP Top 25 college football poll, while Texas Tech remained No. 13. Houston climbed one spot to No. 17. (See Rankings)

➤ The NFL fined Texans defensive backs Ja’Marcus Ingram and M.J. Stewart a combined $18,028 for unnecessary roughness violations during Houston’s Week 7 loss to the Giants. (More)

➤ Angelo State volleyball swept Lubbock Christian 25-16, 25-17, 25-20 Saturday for its 17th straight win. The No. 5 Belles are 25-1 and unbeaten in Lone Star Conference play, with two road matches left before the Nov. 12-14 conference tournament. (More)

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➤ The clocks fell back this weekend, and almost nobody is happy about it. But America tried ditching the time change once, and what happened that winter still haunts the debate today. (Tune In Here)

In the latest episode of Flyover Focus, we trace how a joke, a bug collector, and two world wars gave America its clock change, and why getting rid of it has stumped Congress for a century. A bill to end the switch for good is sitting in the Senate right now, but it would put an hour of your daylight on the chopping block. Would you trade your winter sunrise to keep your summer evenings?

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➤ A shuttered Houston refinery will make fuel again after Valero agreed to buy it from LyondellBasell for $320.5 million. Valero plans to restart the Ship Channel plant, which has been idle since February 2025, to process 165,000 barrels of crude daily. (More)

➤ Three Texas metros made Apartments.com’s list of the 10 most affordable places to live alone. Austin ranked No. 1, with renters spending 23.1% of income on a $1,348 one-bedroom. San Antonio’s $1,082 average rent trails only Oklahoma City nationally. (More)

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➤ McKinney’s inflatable turkey hunt returned Sunday with a digital map of yard displays and a new 25-foot giant turkey. Residents pin, name, and write a backstory for their birds. Last year’s map topped 400 turkeys. (More)

➤ A San Antonio Spurs forward dressed as Shrek surprised young patients at Methodist Children’s Hospital in San Antonio for Halloween. Julian Champagnie, who came as Scooby-Doo last year, handed out candy and signed autographs. (See Shrek)

➤ South Padre Island broke ground Oct. 23 on a 1.1-acre launch park for kiteboarders, windsurfers, and kayakers on the shallow Laguna Madre. The nearly $1.9 million project should take about nine months to build. (More)

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