Good Morning! On this day in 1813, Spanish general José Joaquín de Arredondo crushed the Republican Army of the North south of San Antonio. Fewer than 100 of its 1,400 men survived the Battle of Medina, the deadliest battle in Texas history.
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Before you pour the coffee, go take a look at your thermostat. Do you know why it’s set to that number, or did you pick it years ago and never touch it again? You’re not alone. A federal energy survey found that only 12% of American households program their thermostats to match their actual schedules. Everyone else runs one flat number all day on the single biggest expense in their power bill. There’s a specific setting, a certain number of degrees for a certain number of hours, that unlocks real savings with no new equipment. Ayla has the numbers on today’s podcast. Tune in here!
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East Bernard head football coach Jeremy Jenkins and his wife, Brandy, were killed Saturday night when their car left State Highway 60 in Wharton County and overturned.
DPS said the Tesla Model Y was heading north and approaching a curve at 10:07 p.m. when it ran off the road. Jenkins, 51, and Brandy, 46, died at the scene.
Jenkins, the district’s athletic director, was entering his third season with the Brahmas after going 20-7 and reaching the Class 3A Division II state semifinals last year. Brandy had joined the junior high as a teacher three days earlier, when the school year started.
“He watched film non-stop, coached up our kids in the most loving way,” the district said, calling him an “all in” kind of man.
The couple leaves behind three sons. The district is offering counseling on campus, and the Brahmas open the season Aug. 28 against Sweeny.
Feds Pause Big Bend Border Work
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott halted all border construction inside Big Bend National Park on Sunday night, pending a personal visit.
Scott said in a video on Monday that he had landed in Texas and would evaluate the terrain and talk with sheriffs and residents. “More to follow this week,” he said.
Crews had been clearing brush near Santa Elena Canyon. CBP says it isn’t building a 30-foot wall inside the park but plans roughly 200 miles of patrol roads and 17 miles of vehicle barriers, and says the security threats there are real.
Opponents say the roads would tear up the landscape and the region’s $56 million tourism economy. A petition has drawn more than 175,000 signatures since February, and four lawsuits have been filed.
State Fair Cuts Ticket, Parking Prices
Children ages 3 to 12 will get into the State Fair of Texas for $10 a day this fall, down as much as $12 from last year’s weekend price.
The fair announced the lower prices on Aug. 17, after some fairgoers last season said a day at Fair Park cost too much. Attendance fell to a decade low of 2.02 million, and a family of four could spend $350 or more on tickets, parking, rides, and food.
Adult daily tickets drop by $2 to $15 Monday through Thursday and to $25 on weekends at the gate. Parking costs $5 to $25, and everyone gets in for $10 after 5 p.m. on weeknights.
Discounted midway rides on Tuesdays and cheaper signature foods on Thursdays return. The 140th fair runs Sept. 25 to Oct. 18 at Fair Park.
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➤ Irving: Dallas County Health and Human Services is investigating a possible tuberculosis exposure at MacArthur High School and recommends testing for returning 10th-, 11th-, and 12th-graders who attended during the 2025-26 school year. Officials say public risk remains low. (See Details)
➤ Hood County: Constable John Shirley unplugged and covered the county’s Flock license plate cameras at commissioners’ request, saying the constant scanning amounted to warrantless tracking. In Conroe, the city council voted 3-2 against putting the cameras on the November ballot. (More)
➤ Statewide: Federal restrictions on short-barrel rifles, shotguns, and silencers lifted Thursday for Texans covered by a Lubbock judge’s ruling that Congress gutted the law’s basis when it repealed the $200 tax. The Trump administration declined an emergency appeal. (More)
➤ Dallas: More than 100 firefighters battled a four-alarm fire in the Red Bird neighborhood that started in the grass, destroyed a home, and burned through a tire scrapyard. (See Video)
➤ Houston: Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to pull grant money from Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth airports over washing stations used before Muslim prayer, saying the government can’t favor one religion. DFW canceled its plans; Houston’s room has been open since 2024. (See Details)
➤ Austin’s anti-drink-spiking program will keep $20,000 in annual funding under the city’s new $6.6 billion budget. Sip Safely, launched in 2024, hands out drink-test strips and now covers 70 bars and venues. (More)
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➤ Five Texas college football programs landed on the first AP Top 25 poll of the season: No. 5 Texas, No. 8 Texas A&M, No. 12 Texas Tech, No. 19 SMU, and No. 23 Houston. Ohio State topped the poll with 40 first-place votes. (More)
➤ The Dallas Cowboys signed two-time Super Bowl champion Von Miller, bringing the DeSoto native and former Texas A&M star home for his 15th NFL season. Miller had nine sacks with the Washington Commanders last year. (More)
➤ Texas and Texas A&M both landed among college football’s most expensive rosters for 2026, each around the $40 million mark. LSU topped the list at close to $50 million. (More)
➤ Dallas Mavericks center Dereck Lively II is progressing well in his recovery from foot surgery and could be ready for training camp. The team’s also in early extension talks with the 22-year-old, who played just seven games last season due to injury. (More)
➤ A Longview angler finished ninth at the SPRO Bassmaster Elite on Lake Champlain, banking $10,200. Lee Livesay’s 74 pounds, 1 ounce over four days moved him to 30th in the Angler of the Year standings. (More)
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➤ Digital Brands Group is moving its headquarters more than 1,300 miles from California to Round Rock, with CEO Hil Davis pointing to California’s cost of living and the expense of doing business there. (See Details)
➤ American Airlines’ DFW hub supports up to $71.1 billion in annual economic output and 357,000 jobs, a new TCU study estimates. American funded the study, though TCU says the airline had no hand in the analysis. (See Report)
➤ The Permian Basin pumped 6.7 million barrels of crude a day in December, 44% of the U.S. total, the Energy Department said as Secretary Chris Wright visited Midland on Monday. Midland’s population is up 11% since 2020. (More)
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➤ A Whataburger superfan turned 90 Monday at his Rockport location, where he’s eaten since 1963. Karl Hoepfner and his late wife, Carol, visited more than 730 Whataburgers, earning him the chain’s Biggest Fan title in 2010. (Read Story)
➤ San Antonio Zoo made Condé Nast Traveler‘s list of the world’s best zoos, recognized for reintroducing Texas horned lizards to the wild and for conservation work with Indigenous communities in the Amazon basin. (See List)
➤ Fright Fest returns to Six Flags Fiesta Texas on select nights Sept. 11 through Nov. 1, headlined by a new Conjuring Universe maze through the Warrens’ occult museum. (See Details)
➤ A 1925 barn on the old Voelcker dairy in San Antonio’s Hardberger Park is finishing a $600,000 restoration and will open for events and programs later this year. The area was once known as Buttermilk Hill. (Read Story)
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➤ Most Americans never program their thermostats, and it’s costing them. There’s an exact degrees-and-hours setting that can trim real money off heating and cooling costs. (Hear Setting)
➤ Newly declassified files show the FBI stumbled onto former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s affair with a suspected Chinese spy while trying to recruit her as a confidential informant. (Hear Story)
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East Bernard Coach, Wife Killed
