{"id":115567,"date":"2026-01-08T14:52:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/115567\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T14:52:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:52:28","slug":"morning-briefing-texas-jan-8-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/115567\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Briefing Texas Jan. 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning, Texas. Here’s what you need to know today.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n

After some morning drizzle or sprinkles in Dallas, most areas will see another warm day. Cold front will move through sparking a few isolated storms along the front as it pushes through. Cooler temperatures are expected to return for the state going into the weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Get your 7-day forecast:\u00a0Austin<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0San Antonio<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Dallas<\/a><\/p>\n

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Around Texas\u00a0<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Austin airport finalizes airline lease agreements to support major expansion, including 32 new gates<\/a><\/p>\n

Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is one step closer to getting a major makeover after finalizing lease agreements with airlines that will support future renovations, including the addition of 32 new gates.<\/p>\n

The airport on Wednesday announced the completion of Airline Use and Lease Agreements and Signatory Cargo Agreements with several major airlines and cargo companies, including Southwest Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, FedEx and UPS.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0San Antonio Public Works changes approach to flood project<\/a><\/p>\n

San Antonio’s Public Works department has scrapped\u00a0the Concepcion Creek Drainage Project, which was intended to provide relief to areas determined to be part of the floodplain.<\/p>\n

Previous proposals would have required 158 homeowners to move and make way for a detention pond.\u00a0<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Horror of school attack in Uvalde, Texas, brings tears as officer faces trial over police response<\/a><\/p>\n

Families whose loved ones died in the Uvalde, Texas, elementary\u00a0school massacre\u00a0sobbed in court while listening to frantic 911 calls during the first day of testimony in the trial of a police officer accused of failing to protect the children by not doing enough to stop the attack.<\/p>\n

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Texas Ranger detective Jason Shea looks at photos of a phone as he gives testimony during a trial for former Uvalde school district police officer Adrian Gonzales at the Nueces County Courthouse in Corpus Christi, Texas, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay)<\/p>\n

Around The Nation<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0ICE agent shoots and kills woman during Minneapolis immigration crackdown<\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0U.S. seeks to assert its control over Venezuelan oil with tanker seizures and sales worldwide<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0‘Eat real food’: Trump administration urges protein, no added sugar in new federal dietary guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n

Deep in the Heart of Texas\u00a0
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Maria Guadalupe-Garcia tunes a violin at Greiner Exploratory Arts Academy. (Spectrum News 1\/Lauren Rangel)<\/p>\n

Middle school mariachi band keeps cultural tradition alive<\/a><\/p>\n

Fueled by the love of mariachi her mom introduced her to and the deep roots the music has in Texas,\u00a0Maria Guadalupe-Garcia dusted off long forgotten instruments and brought to life Mariachi Los Unicos \u2014 Dallas Independent School District\u2019s first middle school mariachi band.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, Texas. Here’s what you need to know today.\u00a0 Your Weather Planner After some morning drizzle or…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[2160,132,134,133,1062,27],"class_list":["post-115567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-app-top-stories","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-mike-dalonzo","tag-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}