KUT News has named award-winning journalist and longtime managing editor Ben Philpott as the new local host of NPR’s Morning Edition. Philpott, a KUT News journalist since 2002 and former political reporter, succeeds Jennifer Stayton, who has hosted the program for 22 years.
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Despite his death, the band will play at ACL Live this weekend. The band said it was one of his “favorite venues and in a city that had been something of a second home for him.”
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott said Monday he was “pausing all construction activity” in the West Texas park ahead of a visit to the region this week. Scott’s visit comes after two weeks of public outcry over images of bulldozers and other heavy machinery clearing land in the park.
The AH-64 Apache attack helicopter crashed around 1:30 p.m. in a field and started a fire, which has since been contained.
New bankruptcy records detail millions of dollars in assets and payments as the camp faces wrongful death lawsuits over the July 2025 flood.
The storms killed at least two people and prompted disaster declarations covering dozens of counties.
Camp La Jita, a Girl Scouts camp in Uvalde County, evacuated their camp earlier this week. Others say they are monitoring the weather and preparing to enact safety plans.
As flooding returns to Hill Country, Texas lawmakers say new safety laws already making a difference
Nearly a year after deadly flooding prompted Texas lawmakers to overhaul the state’s flood preparedness laws, officials say some of those changes are already helping. But many of the state’s biggest flood mitigation projects remain years from completion.
The move adds another layer of uncertainty to five lawsuits filed by families accusing Camp Mystic operators of failing to protect their children during last year’s catastrophic flooding in the Texas Hill Country.
The order came as part of a federal lawsuit over long wait times for Texas detainees who need their mental competency restored in a state hospital before trial.