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On Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026, a black Chevrolet Tahoe traveling eastbound on I-10 in Seguin, Texas left the roadway, went off an overpass and landed on FM 725 below. All five occupants died, and the road was closed for roughly five hours. Rain was falling and the road was wet; the Seguin Police Department is investigating the cause.
Goose Creek Consolidated ISD, in Baytown, Harris County, Texas, placed Goose Creek Memorial High School on lockdown on Monday, November 9, 2026. A separate incident the same morning led to a hold at Robert E. Lee High School. Both were resolved the same morning and the district said students and staff were safe.
Old MacDonald's Farm is a family-run petting zoo and attraction at 3203 FM 1960 E. in Humble, Texas, in the Houston area. It was opened by Donald and Susanne Wilkerson in March 1991, per Community Impact's earlier reporting. The family announced on Facebook on Nov. 9, 2026 that it will close permanently after Donald Wilkerson's death earlier this year.
John Allen Rubio was convicted of the March 2003 decapitation murders of three young children in Brownsville, Texas. His first conviction was overturned in 2007, and he was retried and again sentenced to death in 2010. His execution is scheduled for Nov. 12, 2026 in Huntsville after state courts rejected competency and stay challenges.
The Texas Education Agency removed HISD's elected trustees nearly three years ago and appointed a board of managers, with Mike Miles as superintendent. TEA Commissioner Mike Morath extended the takeover to June 2027. TEA has said that once a transition begins, appointed managers would be replaced by elected trustees over a period of up to three years.
Houston ISD, under a state takeover led by the Texas Education Agency, announced in May 2026 that it would consolidate special education programs at select campuses for 2026-27. Families complained to TEA and the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights opened an investigation. TEA found violations in July and ordered corrective actions, and in early November it substantiated nine complaints in part and put HISD on a six-month action plan.
Texas Education Freedom Accounts (TEFA) is a state program that gives families public funds for private school and homeschool costs. KPRC 2's ENOUGH team reported that a Humble-area mother's son with autism and epilepsy was withdrawn from a Catholic school weeks into the school year. The report also notes that more than 33,000 recipients have opted out of the program.