The state reported nearly 10,000 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday and the local count jumped by more than 550 as cases surged even in smaller counties, boosting the regional total to almost 5,500.

The 2020 TriWaco Triathlon was canceled Wednesday because of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Houston officials have canceled the Texas GOP’s in-person convention.

New charges were pending Wednesday after a woman who was thrown off an apartment balcony died at a local hospital.

A man arrested in the parking lot of a local H-E-B store after a pursuit was indicted Wednesday for murder and tampering with evidence.

Some roads remained closed Wednesday in a Central Texas county where heavy rain produced flooding that claimed at least one life.