Police shut down a portion of Shattuck Avenue in North Berkeley on Wednesday afternoon after someone reported a beeping suitcase near some bushes. At about 12:10 p.m., police got a call from someone ...

Months after Gov. Greg Abbott blasted local leaders for backing out of a plan to build a desalination plant on the Corpus Christi ship channel, the state declined to help finance another, larger ...

Corpus Christi’s residents and massive petrochemical industry could soon be forced to cut water use by as much as 25% amid an historic drought. City leaders have been scrambling for months to avoid ...

This story was published in partnership with the Texas Newsroom, the state’s network of public radio stations. No modern American city has ever run out of water. But chances are rising that Corpus ...

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Part of East Bessemer Avenue in Greensboro is closed this morning. According to Greensboro police, the road is closed in both directions between Willard Street and Sykes Avenue due to a crash with ...

A stretch of Lake Avenue in Rochester is closed Tuesday afternoon following an explosion and three-alarm fire that heavily damaged a home. Authorities said the explosion was reported around 12:15 p.m.

JIM WELLS COUNTY, Texas—Dwindling levels in this region’s main reservoirs have triggered a rush on local aquifers as cities, towns, chemical plants and ranchers drill for water. The nearby city of ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. — Part of a major road on Rockford's west side will soon be worked on. On Friday, the Illinois Department of Transportation announced construction on Illinois Route 70, or Kilburn ...

For years, climate scientists have projected that South Texas would grow hotter and drier—that drought cycles would lengthen, that rainfall would become less reliable, and that the water systems built ...