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The Brown County Emergency Management Chaplain’s Team recognized Lt. Col.

HOUSTON (AP) — An appeals court on Monday stayed this week’s execution of a death row inmate who had raised questions about whether prosecutors had presented false and inaccurate testimony from an expert on whether he would commit more crimes in the future.

DALLAS (AP) — When an officer pulled Brandy Bottone over for driving by herself in a high occupancy vehicle lane in Texas just days after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, she pointed to her pregnant belly and told him her unborn daughter now counts as a person.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden welcomed a crowd to the White House lawn Monday to showcase a new law meant to reduce gun violence, celebrating “real progress” after years of inaction. But he also lamented the country remains “awash in weapons of war” — with the 16-day-old law already overshadowed by yet another horrific mass shooting.

Uvalde’s mayor on Friday denied a recent report that said a city police officer had an opportunity to shoot the 18-yearold gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers inside Robb Elementary School last month before the gunman entered the school building.

Odessa city officials are still investigating what caused a massive water line break that left the city without water for 48 hours last month. But they’ve shared one important detail: The water line was about 60 years old.

With a punishing heat wave across Texas driving record high power demand, The Electric Reliability Council of Texas late Sunday sent out a request that Texans cut back on their energy use on Monday. ERCOT, the state’s power grid operator, asked Texans to turn up their thermostats and postpone running major appliances between 2 p.m.

Domonique Stephens, left, as night club singer Deloris Van Cartier, tries to land a singing gig at the night club operated by Curtis, right, a gangster played by Jeff Tucker, in the Lyric Theatre’s production of “Sister Act.” The musical, sponsored by TexasBank, concludes its eight-performance run this weekend. Remaining performances are 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Friday, 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets may be reserved at www.brownwoodlyrictheatre.com. Gene Deason/Special to the Bulletin

Texas State Technical College Welding Technology instructor Daniel Aguirre has seen his students make remarkable strides over the past 10 months. With six students preparing to graduate later this summer, Aguirre said he hopes the next cohort will find similar success.