Texas
North Texas enters the weekend with the hottest day of the year
NORTH TEXAS – Plan for the hottest day of the year Friday with a forecast high temperature of 103 degrees.
The cloud cover in place Friday morning was from storms in Oklahoma overnight and into the morning being blown down into North Texas.
Storms developed Thursday along a frontal boundary that is slowly moving south. With the northerly flow aloft on the east side of the mid to upper-level high pressure, the clouds Friday morning and the front are both moving southward.
However, drier air in the mid-levels will scour out any cloud cover, making for an afternoon of full sunshine and hot temperatures. High temperatures will warm to the triple digits for most of North Texas and feel slightly warmer than that thanks to lower dew points.
If temperatures in North Texas reach 103 degrees on Friday, not only will it be the hottest day of the year so far but also the tenth 100-degree day in 2024. North Texas is well behind the average of 20 100-degree days this year but will quickly approach that number in the week ahead. Friday is a day to pay attention to any heat illness warning signs as this dangerous heat builds.
Since the high temperature is forecast up to 103 degrees and a feels-like temperature up to 107 degrees, the National Weather Service extended the heat advisory that was issued on Monday until 8 p.m. Friday for most of North Texas.
There isn’t much relief in sight with this weak front on the way. Rain chances dropped to just 10% for Saturday. A front is expected to move into North Texas early Saturday morning and continue to move south through the day. There are better rain chances in the forecast for Central Texas later Saturday afternoon as the front stalls to the South. The “cool down” won’t really happen until Sunday when high temperatures drop to the upper 90s.
This weekend will be a hot one but a good one for the kids to get in some pool time before heading back to school. Then the August heat dome builds next week with triple-digit heat on the way each day of the forecast.
ARGYLE – A former Argyle Volunteer Fire District chief was sentenced Thursday to 50 months in federal prison and ordered to pay over $500,000 in restitution for embezzling department funds and neglecting firefighters’ retirement accounts.
U.S. District Judge Robert W. Schroeder III also ordered Troy Mac Hohenberger to complete three years of supervised release after serving his prison term.
Federal prosecutors said Hohenberger spent the department’s money at casinos, on a family member’s business in Hawaii, and other personal expenses. While some FBI agents searched his office in Argyle, others arrested him at DFW Airport, where he was returning from a trip to Las Vegas.
Before his Nov. 17, 2022, arrest by the FBI, Hohenberger was the sole administrator for the department’s 401(k), documents showed.
Hohenberger pleaded guilty in May 2023 after a 13-count indictment charged him with multiple federal violations, including misuse and theft of funds from the Argyle Fire District Inc., and lying to the U.S. Department of Labor about the 401(k) payments.
Hohenberger must pay $509,807.50 in restitution to Denton County Emergency Services District No. 1.
Efforts have been made to “make the firefighters whole and to ensure accountability, sustainability and transparency for the future,” the Denton County Emergency Services District No. 1 said in a release.
“Today’s decision marks a significant moment in the board’s efforts to uphold integrity and accountability in public service for the citizens of our communities.”
HOUSTON – Celebrations are underway for Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, who died last month. She was 74 years old.
Her funeral service was in Houston at 11 a.m. on Thursday and was attended by several politicians, including Vice President Kamala Harris, former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
A cause of death was not immediately disclosed, but in May Jackson Lee revealed that she had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
“A fierce champion of the people, she was affectionately and simply known as ‘Congresswoman’ by her constituents in recognition of her near-ubiquitous presence and service to their daily lives for more than 30 years,” her office said in a statement.
Jackson Lee represented the 18th Congressional District.
How to watch the funeral service of Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
- What: Funeral of Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
- Date: Aug. 1, 2024
- Time: 11 a.m.
- Location: Houston, Texas
- Online stream: Live on CBS News Texas in the player above.
HOUSTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver a eulogy for U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee at a North Houston church on Thursday as days of memorials for the longtime Democratic lawmaker draw to a close.
Harris is poised to be the first Black woman to be a major party’s presidential candidate, and Jackson Lee became one of Congress’ most prominent Black women during nearly three decades representing her Texas district. She helped lead federal efforts to protect women from domestic violence and recognize Juneteenth as a national holiday.
Jackson Lee was 74 when she died on July 19 after being treated for pancreatic cancer. Harris, a former California senator, said in a statement after her death that she was “one of our nation’s fiercest, smartest, and most strategic leaders in the way she thought about how to make progress happen.”
Services for Jackson Lee began on Monday when hundreds of people paid their respects to Jackson Lee as her body lay in state in a flag-draped coffin inside Houston’s City Hall. President Joe Biden was one of the visitors, placing a bouquet of flowers near her casket and visiting with Jackson Lee’s family.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, Jackson Lee was remembered at viewings at two different churches.
The Democrat had represented her Houston-based district and the nation’s fourth-largest city since 1995. She previously had breast cancer and announced the pancreatic cancer diagnosis on June 2.
Before being elected to Congress, Jackson Lee served on Houston’s city council from 1990 to 1994.
After first being elected, Jackson Lee quickly established herself as a fierce advocate for women and minorities and a leader for House Democrats on many social justice issues, from policing reform to reparations for descendants of enslaved people. She led the first rewrite of the Violence Against Women Act in nearly a decade, which included protections for Native American, transgender and immigrant women.
Jackson Lee routinely won reelection to Congress with ease. She unsuccessfully ran to be Houston’s mayor last year.
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