{"id":379891,"date":"2026-07-20T18:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T18:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/379891\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T18:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T18:36:12","slug":"star-telegram-top-stories-texas-ranking-jcpenney-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/379891\/","title":{"rendered":"Star-Telegram top stories: Texas ranking, JCPenney closure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_36df6a54-104f-447f-8_3_1_F0QE1E0S_L892624952201.JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"The U.S. and Texas state flags fly outside the state Capitol building on July 12, 2021, in Austin, Texas. (Sergio Flores\/Getty Images\/TNS)\" alt=\"The U.S. and Texas state flags fly outside the state Capitol building on July 12, 2021, in Austin, Texas. (Sergio Flores\/Getty Images\/TNS)\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        The U.S. and Texas state flags fly outside the state Capitol building on July 12, 2021, in Austin, Texas. (Sergio Flores\/Getty Images\/TNS)<\/p>\n<p>                Sergio Flores<\/p>\n<p>            TNS<\/p>\n<p>From a national ranking that placed Texas near the bottom for quality of life to a major retailer\u2019s departure from a Fort Worth mall, the Star-Telegram service team covered a range of stories last week. Here\u2019s a recap of the top stories readers followed.<\/p>\n<p>Here are key takeaways:<\/p>\n<p>The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists. The source reporting referenced above was written and edited entirely by journalists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The U.S. and Texas state flags fly outside the state Capitol building on July 12, 2021, in Austin,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-379891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379891","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=379891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}