HOUSTON — An appeals court on Monday stayed this week’s execution of a death row inmate who had raised questions about whether prosecutors had presented false and inaccurate testimony from an expert on whether he would commit more crimes in the future.
Even though a punishing heat wave across Texas drove record high power demand in recent days, Texans avoided rolling blackouts Monday after the Electric Reliability Council of Texas requested that they cut back on their energy use. And an ERCOT spokesperson told The Texas Tribune on Monday that the grid operator does not expect rolling blackouts this week.
Our view of the universe just expanded: The first image from NASA’s new space telescope unveiled Monday is brimming with galaxies and offers the deepest look of the cosmos ever captured. The first image from the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope is the farthest humanity has ever seen in both time and distance, closer to the dawn of time and the edge of the universe.
An Uvalde police officer asked for a supervisor’s permission to shoot the gunman who would soon kill 21 people at Robb Elementary School in May before he entered the building, but the supervisor did not hear the request or responded too late, according to a report released Wednesday evaluating the law enforcement response to the shooting.
In a meeting in which new councilmember Anna Hammonds took the oath of office and was seated for the first time, the Midlothian City Council cleared the way last Tuesday night for a change to the MidTowne development by altering the plan for a 67-acre portion of the property.
Following a string of dry days in North Texas the Ellis County Commissioners Court on Tuesday issued a burn ban for 90 days. The ban prohibits outdoor burning in unincorporated areas of the county, with some exceptions.
The Midlothian Planning and Zoning Commission approved a planned development along U.S. Highway 287 east of Shady Grove Road, and amended the MidTowne development to allow for alterations at its June 21 meeting.
Midlothian Fire Department units responded on Sunday afternoon to a major wildfire near DeSoto that led to the evacuation of some residents. Shortly before 1 p.m., emergency crews were notified of a fire near Keswick Drive in DeSoto, said Matt Smith, a spokesman for the city.
Midlothian residents who want to get involved on city boards and commissions are invited to apply for appointment to volunteer positions currently open on the Mid-Way Airport Board and the Zoning Board of Adjustments.
The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE), Chapter 1191, will hold its monthly meeting in Waxahachie at the Asian King Buffet at 507 N. Hwy 77, Suite 950, in the Northgate Plaza Shopping Center, across Hwy. 77 from Whataburger, on July 12 from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m.