Joe Hyde

SAN ANGELO, TX — In six days in June, Fitch Ratings cut both the City of San Angelo and San Angelo Independent School District from AA+ to AA. The Outlook for both remains Stable.

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. authorities have dismantled a massive network of illegal streaming websites, seizing more than 1,000 internet domains used to pirate FIFA World Cup 2026 matches in violation of copyright laws.

MIDLAND, TX — The Midland Independent School District (MISD) Board of Trustees is scheduled to vote Tuesday, July 21, 2026, on whether to authorize a constitutional lawsuit against the state of Texas over its school funding and recapture system, commonly known as "Robin Hood."

SAN ANGELO, TX — The Tom Green County Jail lists the names of the two who raced their motorcycle through three west Texas counties Thursday.

BEAVERCREEK, OH — Texas travel center giant Buc-ee's has sued a family-owned neighborhood convenience store in Beavercreek, Ohio, claiming its cartoon beaver logo and “Beaver's” branding infringe on the chain's trademarks.

SAN ANGELO, TX — Double J Lamb was a gold-chip company the San Angelo economic development complex worked to recruit. It had all the makings of a deal from heaven. Once again, the sheep and mohair capital of the world had a functioning lamb industry. But all of those successes apparently have failed as the primary lender for Double J Lamb is calling for its liquidation. Here are the details.

SAN ANGELO, TX — State Rep. Drew Darby hosted a conversation with State Sen. Charles Perry and Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows to open the 22nd annual West Texas Legislative Summit, organized by Angelo State University and the San Angelo Chamber of Commerce at the C.J. Davidson Conference Center at ASU on Thursday, August 6, 2026.

BARNHART, TX — Tom Green County Sheriff David Jones confirmed early Friday evening that his investigators, along with multiple law enforcement agencies, have found the body of Eric Torrez.

SAN ANGELO, TX — A proposed data center campus in west Tom Green County near the Dove Creek area has filed an air permit application with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality that outlines expected emissions from on-site natural gas power generation. The filing, submitted by Westline TX Holdings LLC and linked to Beacon Data Centers, seeks authorization for a facility 0.25 miles south of US 67 on FM 2335 that would use banks of reciprocating natural-gas engines to supply electricity.

SAN ANGELO, TX — State Rep. Drew Darby (R-San Angelo) formally intervened Monday in the proposed Beacon Data Centers project in southwest Tom Green County a hour after San Angelo LIVE! broke the story, citing widespread constituent opposition and a lack of transparency from the company.