Monique Lopez

Jul 7, 2024 | fox11online.com | Monique Lopez

AUSTIN, Texas (KEYE) — The Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) increased the readiness level of the State Emergency Operations Center Sunday morning, in preparation for Hurricane Beryl. Additionally, Texas Emergency Management Council agencies are working 24-hour operations, while also continuing to strategically place state emergency response resources that have been ready for deployment by Gov. Greg Abbott since Thursday.

Jun 16, 2024 | fox11online.com | Monique Lopez

AUSTIN, Texas (KEYE) — The Supreme Court Friday struck down a Trump-era ban on bump stocks for semi-automatic firearms, the same rapid fire-gun accessory used in the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting – the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. In a 6-3 majority opinion in Garland v.

May 11, 2024 | fox11online.com | Monique Lopez

AUSTIN, Texas (KEYE) — Although the University of Texas at Austin’s commencement ceremony on Saturday was free of protests, a small group of anti-Israel demonstrators gathered at the Lyndon B. Johnson Lawn after the ceremony wrapped up. Anti-Israel demonstrators gather after UT Austin commencement (KEYE)Texas Department of Public Safety troopers were in attendance.

Mar 9, 2024 | fox11online.com | Monique Lopez

The bill was supposed to take effect Saturday before it was temporarily halted by the U.S. Supreme Court Monday. “Forty percent of the population in this state is Latino, Mexicano, it’s our people,” said Jessie F. Fuentes with the Eagle Pass Border Coalition. Hundreds of people from across the state came together to say no to SB 4 and no to Operation Lone Star.

Mar 2, 2024 | fox11online.com | Monique Lopez

AUSTIN, Texas (KEYE) — Six years ago, Austin, Texas, was shaken to its core when a series of bombings terrorized the city for almost three weeks. 1st responders, leaders recall 19 days of terror on Austin, Texas bombings anniversary (KEYE)The first of these bombings happened in northeast Austin on March 2, 2018, on Texas Independence Day. The Harris Ridge neighborhood, by all accounts, looks like a calm and peaceful neighborhood, but six years ago to the day, it was filled with chaos.