Justice Jimmy Blacklock, a conservative ally of Gov. Greg Abbott, has been named the new chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court.

Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday appointed one of his office's former lawyers to the Texas Supreme Court and another to replace the court's Chief Justice Nathan Hecht, who retired last month. Abbott's general counsel James P.

Blacklock is replacing retired Chief Justice Nathan Hecht, while Abbott's legal adviser James Sullivan takes the open spot on the bench.

Winter weather later this week could impact fans who hope to travel to Dallas for the College Football Playoff game between Texas and Ohio State.

Texas and Ohio State will meet in the Cotton Bowl in the College Football Playoff semis. What to know about the broadcast, including the announcers.

Just one fly can lay up to 300 eggs at a time and is drawn "to the odor of a wound or natural opening on a live, warm-blooded animal."

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department sent out an advisory warning hunters, livestock owners, and outdoorsy folks near the southern border to watch out for a flesh-eating parasite known as the New World Screwworm.

The screwworm can be devastating to crops and livestock, as it can cause serious, often fatal damage to living things.

On Tuesday at 3:44 a.m. a winter storm watch was issued by the NWS Fort Worth TX valid from Thursday midnight until Friday 6 p.m. The watch is for Montague, Cooke, Grayson, Fannin, Lamar, Young, Jack,

A winter storm is poised to pummel Texas and the US South later this week, putting the region at risk of blackouts and travel mayhem.