The Texas Supreme Court ruled on June 19, 2026. All nine judges agreed. Private citizens and groups cannot sue to open Boca Chica Beach when SpaceX closes it for rocket launches. The ruling hits home for RGV families. SpaceX shuts down the beach near Brownsville for hours or days before

A Corpus Christi man ran the rules for a girls kickball league. He also spent months sending sexual messages to a 14-year-old player in that league. He called her after midnight. He texted her at 4 in the morning. When she reported him twice on Instagram, he sent

Abraham Ancer grew up in Reynosa. He went to Sharyland High School in Mission. As a teen in high school, he played golf at Cimarron Country Club almost every day. Years later, he made it to the PGA Tour. Then the LIV Golf tour. He became one of the best

A federal judge shut down a Trump program Monday. It had been used to check if voters are citizens. The judge said it could wrongly erase real Americans from the voter rolls. U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan sided with the groups who sued. She said the government broke the

A federal judge erased a Biden immigration rule Monday. It was gone the same day Paxton sued to kill it. The rule let immigration judges pause deportation cases. If someone in court might qualify to stay legally, a judge could put the case on hold. Biden made that rule in

Texas may make every public school kid read Bible stories. Kindergarten through 12th grade. The State Board of Education meets in Austin this week. A final vote comes by June 26. If it passes, the new rules start in 2030. The board first approved the list in April. It includes

A Michigan family owed $2,242 in back taxes. The county took their home. It sold the house at auction for $76,008. A buyer later flipped it for $195,000. The family got almost nothing. On Monday, the Supreme Court said that is the law. The nine justices voted

Michael Jerome Newberry was 17 years old when Janelle Haverkamp put him on trial for capital murder in a Cooke County, Texas courtroom. She prosecuted him aggressively, secured a life sentence, and moved on with her career. In 2005, she was elected judge of the very same district court where

The federal government wants to take citizenship away from people who lied to get it. The plan is at least 250 cases before October. From 2008 to June 2026, the whole U.S. government filed just 166 cases like this. Total. Trump wants to beat that number in a few

In the Rio Grande Valley, crossing the bridge is part of daily life. People go to Mexico to visit family. They shop. They see the doctor. They come back home. Many carry a green card. They are legal residents of the U.S. On Monday, the Supreme Court gave those

Alice Gonzalez walked into her brother's law office on the morning of July 18, 2017, and found his coat on the hook. His Bible open on the desk. His truck in the parking lot. His gun was gone. She called 911. Ernesto Gonzalez, 62, was known across Harlingen

Kristen Moolhuyzen was 45 years old. She was a mom of two. On Friday night, June 13, 2026, someone called 911 from her home at 7400 Mook Court in Mechanicsville, Virginia. Deputies arrived around 8:10 p.m. She was dead. Her ex-boyfriend had been arrested for hitting her