There was a circle in Maria Burns' yard where grass wouldn't grow and trees died. She knew what it was: An old natural gas ...

There could be about a million 'orphan' oil and gas wells across the U.S. As they age, they can leak greenhouse gases or ...

Read more about how eight Big Country high school football teams performed at the 2025 Texas high school football 7-on-7 state championships.

Check out which local standouts earned spots on the Abilene Reporter-News' 2025 All-Big Country Softball Superteam.

Final scores, championship brackets and pool standings from every division in College Station as the 2025 Texas 7-on-7 State ...

The Chapel Hill Bulldogs were 3-0 on Thursday to win Pool E at the 27th Annual 7-on-7 State Championships at Veterans Park ...

Wells picked Texas over offers from Auburn and Ole Miss, among others. He’s currently ranked as the No. 170 recruit in the country, according to 247Sports, and the No. 26 defensive lineman.

For her four-year high school career, Wells had a 77-3 record, a 0.75 ERA and 879 strikeouts. At the plate she hit .591 with 86 home runs, 253 RBIs and 171 runs.

But now, a new bill ready to be signed into law by Texas Governor Greg Abbott seeks to put more of that responsibility on oil companies. This story is about inactive wells and how they become ...

Texas oil and gas companies face new deadlines to plug defunct wells after the Texas Legislature agreed this week to send Gov. Greg Abbott a bill setting new rules for the industry. The bill ...

Texas has nearly 8,900 orphan wells, according to the Railroad Commission’s most recent list. Many are concentrated in oil-rich areas like the Permian Basin, including Reeves, Crockett, and ...