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Six Bearkats earn Conference USA honors
DALLAS, TX – Conference USA officials unveiled its 2024 all-conference baseball team on Tuesday with six Sam Houston Bearkats earning honors, headlined by catcher Walker Janek being named the league’s Defensive Player of the Year. In addition to earning a postseason superlative, Janek and starting pitcher Coltin Atkinson...
Bearkats opening-round game pushed to Thursday
RUSTON, La. – The Sam Houston Bearkats’ opening-round game of the CUSA Tournament has been pushed back to Thursday morning due to inclement weather that came through the Ruston area Wednesday evening. The Kats were scheduled to open the CUSA Tournament vs No. 5 Liberty at 7:30 p.m....
Trinity County meets criteria for FEMA aid after constant flooding
TRINITY COUNTY, Texas (KETK) – For nearly a month, Trinity County has been slammed with non-stop rain. “I have never ever seen it like this before,” Trinity County Resident Frank Phifer said. The constant flooding from the Trinity River has overwhelmed members of the community. “The rain today is going to throw water back on […]
Disaster Unemployment Assistance Available in Seven Counties Impacted by Recent Severe Weather, Flooding
AUSTIN – The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) is now accepting applications for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) as a result of the severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, and flooding that began on April 26. Governor Greg Abbott requested a Presidential Disaster Declaration on May 15, 2024, which included a request for DUA benefits in seven counties. Under the May 17, 2024, Presidential Disaster Declaration, workers and self-employed individuals in Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, and Walker Counties who have been unable to work due to damage sustained from the severe weather may be eligible for DUA benefits.
Areas to the northeast of Houston under 'high risk' for excessive rainfall, flooding
HOUSTON — The Storm Prediction Center has issued a High Risk for excessive rainfall and flooding for areas northeast of Houston. The last time that a High Risk for excessive rainfall was issued for portions of Southeast Texas was back in 2021 when Hurricane Nicholas was threatening the coast. This threat is the highest threat risk that the Storm Prediction Center can issue on the excessive rainfall threat scale (4 out of 4).
Huntsville faces more rain after previous flooding
More heavy rain is affecting the Riverside-Huntsville area Thursday as residents continue to deal with the damage floods left two weeks ago. FOX 26's Jonathan Mejia is in Huntsville with a look at how the area is impacted.
Plans to spend billions on a flood-prone East Texas highway may not solve the problem
Flooding on U.S. Highway 59 in Livingston on May 2, 2024. Thousands fled their Southeast Texas homes as heavy rains inundated multiple counties. (Drone Bros LLC) Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies defining Texas, produced by Texas Tribune journalists living in communities across the state.
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