Good Morning! On this day in 1541, Spanish explorer Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, in a letter to the king of Spain, described the vast Llano Estacado (”Staked Plains”) region in the Texas Panhandle and eastern New Mexico as a wilderness “with no more land marks than if we had been swallowed up by the sea.”
Today is the first day of early voting for the constitutional amendments election and local bond and tax rate elections. In 2023, voter turnout for the constitutional amendments election hit a two-decade high at 14.4%.
If you’re tired of mystery calls and spam texts and feeling like your personal information is floating around online, this eye-opening report explains why it’s happening and how today’s sponsor, Incogni, can help stop it.
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Murder Suspect Drives Car into Buc-ee’s
A suspect in a triple homicide in Mabank crashed into a Buc-ee’s in Ennis on Friday morning, hitting a pedestrian. The driver was hospitalized after shooting himself in the head.
The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office identified 29-year-old Christopher Kyle Reid Jr. as a suspect in a Friday morning shooting that killed a man and two women and injured two other men. Deputies responded to a 911 call from a residence around 2:30 a.m.
At about 5 a.m., Reid drove a minivan into the convenience store’s southwest entrance, hitting a woman in her 30s from Oklahoma. She was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
Sheryl Noble, who lives near the home where the shooting occurred, said she was awakened around 2 a.m. by a man pounding on her door, asking for help and saying his brother had shot him. “I was scared. Still shaken up,” she said.
12-Year-Old’s Scuba Death Scrutinized
The family of a 12-year-old girl who died at a scuba training site in Terrell two months ago is still looking for answers about what happened to their daughter. Crucial evidence from the incident has not been analyzed, and one of the instructors said a dive computer was “lost,” according to an attorney representing the family.
Dylan Harrison visited the Scuba Ranch on August 16 for her certification dive in a private lake. During her dive, she was separated from her group, which consisted of eight students, a dive master, and a dive instructor employed by the Collin County Sheriff’s Office.
Dylan’s body was found at a depth of 43 feet after her group surfaced and asked for help. According to attorney David Concannon, the dive computers worn by the dive master and instructor were not immediately collected, and one of them has since been lost in the lake.
Concannon claims the Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office has yet to analyze the data from Dylan’s dive computer, despite acknowledging the incident is an open criminal investigation. “There’s a family that is grieving terribly, and they don’t have answers,” he said.
Formula 1 Race Staying in Austin
Over 400,000 fans descended on Austin’s Circuit of the Americas over the weekend for yesterday’s Formula 1 United States Grand Prix. The race coincided with an announcement from F1 that Austin will continue to host the event through 2034.
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen dominated the race from start to finish after qualifying first to win the pole position, marking his fourth victory at COTA. After yesterday’s win, the Dutchman trails McLaren driver Oscar Piastri of Australia by 40 points, putting him in contention to win the championship with five races remaining.
Verstappen, a four-time champion, sounded hopeful about the opportunity to win another title: “The chance is there. We just need to try and deliver these weekends until the end. We will try whatever we can.”
Several celebrities were spotted at the event, including Matthew McConaughey, Joe Rogan, Jay Leno, Zachary Levi, and Shaboozey.
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➤ Today is the first day of early voting for local bond and tax rate elections and the statewide constitutional amendments election. Early voting goes through next Friday, and Election Day is Tuesday, November 4. (More)
➤ El Paso: The annual Amigo Airsho at Fort Bliss was canceled over the ongoing government shutdown. Military installations are “required to suspend all community outreach activities that are not related to national security or safety of life and property,” according to Garrison Commander Col. Michael V. Soyka. (More)
➤ Houston: Steven Marks, a 58-year-old postal worker, was killed Saturday when a suspected drunk driver collided with his delivery truck. The driver, Jose Romero, was charged with intoxication manslaughter. (More)
➤ Pampa: Gray County Sheriff Michael “Big Mac” Ryan died Friday night of an undisclosed cause. He was first elected to the post in 2016. (More)
➤ Abilene: Marwan Marouf, a leader with the Muslim American Society of Dallas, has been detained since last month for allegedly overstaying his visa. Last week, authorities accused him of supporting terrorism because of previous donations to a Richardson-based group shut down in 2001 over ties to Hamas. (See Details)
➤ Dallas: Mayor Eric Johnson has requested a review of Police Chief Daniel Comeaux’s unilateral decision to reject $25 million in federal funding to participate in ICE’s 287(g) immigration enforcement program. “Declining ICE’s offer may mean forfeiting significant financial resources,” he said. (More)
➤ Galveston: The cost to replace the Pelican Island Bridge, which closed briefly after it was struck by a barge last year, could exceed $250 million, according to city officials. Five months ago, the estimate was $180 million. (See Details)
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➤ CeeDee Lamb suited up for the Cowboys and led the team in receiving with 5 catches, 110 yards, and a touchdown as Dallas defeated Washington 44-22 yesterday for their third win of the season. (More)
➤ The Houston Texans look to get back to .500 tonight as they travel to Seattle to face the Seahawks on Monday Night Football. (See Game Preview)
➤ FC Dallas clinched a playoff spot on Saturday with a 2–1 win over Vancouver. (More)
➤ Texas A&M jumped to No. 3 in Sunday’s AP Top 25 College Football Poll, while Texas Tech and Texas dropped to No. 14 and No. 22. (More)
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➤ Conroe-based real estate developer Clearlake Asset Management is building a five-story luxury condo in Galveston’s West End with a rooftop recreation area modeled after those on cruise ships. Solarus will include pickleball and basketball courts, miniature golf, and jacuzzis. (More)
➤ Last Energy, an Austin-based manufacturer of modular nuclear reactors, will install its PWR-5 reactor at Texas A&M’s RELLIS research campus as part of a pilot project. “We’re partnering with Texas A&M to usher in the next Atomic Era,” said Last Energy founder and CEO Bret Kugelmass. (More)
➤ California-based Proper Hospitality is building a 34-story hotel with condos on four acres in Uptown Dallas. The tower will be “the most significant new luxury hotel and residences development in the city in decades,” according to a statement from the company. (More)
➤ Dr. Spencer Barnes, a professor at the University of Texas-El Paso, analyzed 13,000 defensive penalties called by NFL referees from 2015 to 2023 to show that the Kansas City Chiefs were 20% more likely than other teams to get first downs from such calls during the postseason. (More)
➤ Maya Perry, a 15-year-old from Woodway, earned enough money teaching pottery classes this summer to buy her first car. “I got to do something I loved. I got to be around kids that I love. And then I got to make money and I got to buy a car,” Maya said. (More)
➤ Zeke Mankins, a Dallas teenager who underwent open-heart surgery at age 12 to repair a leaking mitral valve, has a cameo role in the upcoming Hallmark film The More the Merrier. Along with Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, he’s one of six people “chasing their own heart-related comeback stories” to be featured in the film. (See Details)
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Murder Suspect Drives Car into Buc-ee’s
