Texans serving time for misdemeanor offenses or who are in jail awaiting trial are eligible to vote but only two counties offer voting in jail.

Join us as we continue to follow the incredible journey of Mrs. Lyndsy Mason, a dedicated sixth-grade math teacher at Fleming Middle School. In her second year under the New Education System, Mrs. Mason is more committed than ever to see her students thrive.

After the U.S. women’s goalball team did not qualify for the 2024 Paralympics for the first time in 40 years, Eliana Mason has managed her disappointment and shifted her focus to support her fiancé, Calahan Young, as he competes as captain of the U.S. men’s goalball team.

A Texas appeals court overturned the illegal voting conviction of Crystal Mason earlier this year.

Oakland Athletics All-Star closer Mason Miller broke the pinky finger on his non-pitching hand when he pounded a table in frustration after he was reminded he had to do postgame lifting following Monday night’s game against Houston.

A Texas appeals court recently overturned Mason’s five-year prison sentence for casting a provisional ballot in the 2016 election while on supervised release for federal tax evasion.

A Texas appeals court has overturned a woman's voter fraud conviction and five-year sentence for casting an illegal provisional ballot.

Mason gained national attention after she was convicted for voting while under supervised release for felony tax fraud. She said she didn’t know she was ineligible to vote.

For 11 years, Lyndsy Mason has been inside a classroom teaching students at her own pace. This year, though, things are a bit different.

This article is in keeping with KPRC 2′s “Focus on Fleming” initiative, which is a year of chronicling transition at Fleming Middle School, one of 28 Houston ISD schools labeled as a high-priority campus.

A woman was arrested during a jailhouse visit after she was found to be in possession of drugs on Aug. 6, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

13-year-old golfer Mason An and his 11-year-old brother Luke chat about how they keep up with their very busy schedules.

Early in the final episode of season two of “Perry Mason,” which airs Monday, the title character pulls up on his motorcycle to Los Angeles City Hall and pauses for a long moment.

Officials say two employees of a rural west Tennessee town that resisted a takeover attempt by the state after Ford Motor Co. announced plans to build a truck plant nearby have been charged with the theft of town funds and official misconduct.

Several years of pandemic restrictions and curriculum battles have emboldened longtime advocates of funneling public funds to private and religious schools in statehouses throughout the country.

Some Woodlands residents have been victims of check “washing” and have had their bank accounts wiped in seconds. This is something Houston area banks say is becoming more common, especially this time of year.

MIASHO’NAE MASON WILL NEVER FORGET AUGUST 17, 2021. HER FIRST VARSITY VOLLEYBALL GAME. AS A SOPHOMORE.

The family of an 8-year-old boy who is diagnosed with Autism expressed concern over services offered to students with intellectual challenges after they said a teacher mishandled their son during an emotional outburst.

Caroline Garcia has generated momentum going into the U.S. Open in a week, capturing the Western & Southern Open women’s championship with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Petra Kvitova.

American Madison Keys upset No. 1 Iga Swiatek 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday to reach the Western & Southern Open quarterfinals.

Serena Williams has fallen to 0-2 in matches since announcing “the countdown has begun” on her career.

The McGwire family is set to see the other side of things in one of baseball’s best rivalries.

Officials with the Houston Police Department say that at least one person was ejected in a major crash on the Katy Freeway.

After a motocross crash left him paralyzed, Mason Spellings had a choice - give in to his injury or fight to regain the use of his body. He chose to fight.

Mason said she didn’t know she was ineligible to vote when she cast a provisional ballot in 2016, but she was sentenced to five years in prison. Now, the Court of Criminal Appeals says an appellate court that affirmed her conviction must look again at the evidence of Mason’s intent.

A Tennessee judge has declined to halt the state’s financial takeover of a majority-Black town near the site of a planned Ford pickup truck factory.

Attorneys representing a majority-Black Tennessee town are hoping to stop a state takeover of the town's finances.

Top-ranked Ash Barty has started her 2022 season with a 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 comeback win over 17-year-old American Coco Gauff in the second round of the Adelaide International.

Barbados has stopped pledging allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II as it shed another vestige of its colonial past and became a republic for the first time in history.

A viral Facebook post has an update. Nicole Peoples is sharing an update after her son’s school photo went viral because he followed his mom’s instructions and didn’t take off his mask meant to ward off COVID-19.

Senate Bill 1 rewrites Texas election laws to further restrict the voting-by-mail process and outlaw local voting initiatives meant to widen access, namely those pushed by Harris County that were disproportionately used by voters of color.

Ash Barty and Bianca Andreescu are back at the U.S. Open after missing it last year.

Ash Barty bounced back from a disappointing loss at the Tokyo Olympics.

Fresh off a hard court win in Toronto, second-ranked Daniil Medvedev is rolling through the Western & Southern Open.

One of Ohio’s popular amusement parks is hyping the season opener with a coaster full of “happy little friends.”

But Tarrant County prosecutors pressed forward with charges, arguing Mason’s case came down to intent. The all-Republican court’s decision to review Mason’s case is notable. The Court of Criminal Appeals isn’t required to review non-death penalty convictions, and it rarely grants requests to do so. Mason turned to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals late last year after a state appeals court panel affirmed the trial court’s judgement. In her petition to the court, Mason’s lawyers argued the appeals court erred in upholding her conviction because the state’s illegal voting statute requires a person to know they are ineligible to vote and Mason did not.

This photo provided by Mason County Judge Jerry Bearden shows a fire at the Mason County Courthouse, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, in Mason, Texas. An official says a suspect has been taken into custody following the massive fire that destroyed all but the rock outer walls of the 111-year-old courthouse. (Mason County Judge Jerry Bearden via AP)MASON, Texas – A suspect has been arrested been taken into custody following a massive fire that destroyed all but the rock outer walls of an 111-year-old Texas courthouse, an official says. The fire at the Mason County Courthouse in Mason, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) northwest of Austin, started Thursday night. Mason County Judge Jerry Bearden said the flames could be seen from miles away.

FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 12, 2019 file photo Andy Murray, of Britain, hits a forehand against Richard Gasquet, of France, during first-round play at the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament, in Mason, Ohio. Former world number one Murray's participation at the upcoming Australian Open is in doubt after the Briton tested positive for COVID-19. (AP Photo/Gary Landers, File)Andy Murray's status for the Australian Open was put in doubt Thursday after he tested positive for the coronavirus only days before his planned charter flight to Melbourne. Murray, a five-time Australian Open runner-up, earlier backed out of the Delray Beach Open in Florida to “minimize the risks” of contracting the virus through international travel. American player Madison Keys has also tested positive before her scheduled flight to Australia.

(AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)NEW YORK – At the peak of the coronavirus pandemic this spring, Sharawn Vinson often woke up crying. Vinson was not alone in struggling to put food on the table in this historically tumultuous year. In New York City alone, an estimated 2 million residents are facing food insecurity, a number that the city’s mayor estimates nearly doubled in the pandemic amid the biggest surge in unemployment since the Great Depression. Vinson had the first of her six children at age 18 and recalls struggling to pay for diapers and food. She saved up food stamps and some money, and found a job working for the 2020 U.S. Census.

During these challenging times, the denizens of Texas small towns are protecting their health while improvising new ways to sustain their economies. Heres how 10 small towns in Texas have adapted and flourished according to Texas Highways:MasonPopulation 2,300Consider Mason, a town of about 2,300 residents nestled on the edge of the Hill Country, 9 miles north of the Llano River. Although the number of Texans living in small towns has dwindledaccording to the Texas Demographic Center, only 15% of us live in non-urban areasthe spirits of towns like Mason persevere. Small armies of steadfast locals keep Texas towns moving. Anticipation centers around whats to come for this North Texas town, which rose to fame in the 1920s as a health resort drawing on its alkaline well water.

If Congress doesn’t extend the $600 benefit, that will leave many Texans getting anywhere from $69 to $521 per week in unemployment benefits. Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz opposes extending the weekly $600 payments. U.S. Sen. John Cornyn’s office said the Texas senator supports extending unemployment assistance but did not specify whether he supports extending the weekly $600 payments. “And that's not good.”Economists say the end of the weekly $600 payments will lead to Texans with less spending money to fuel an economic recovery. Mason fears what will happen if the weekly $600 payments end Saturday and he is still working reduced hours.

It's the return of Perry Mason. The show then found it's Perry Mason in The Americans' Matthew Rhys. Based on characters created by author Erle Stanley Gardner, Perry Mason is set in 1931 and is a sort of prequel to the original series. "It was very apparent that this was going to be a very new, very different Perry Mason," Rhys told ET. Perry Mason premieres June 21 on HBO.

If theres a deal youre chasin', exit I-10 and Mason to ___ ______ ______ __ ____. Across the state, there are a handful of catchy advertisements from car promotions to grocery store commercials that viewers cant help but recite or sing along to. Here are five slogans and jingles used in commercials that every Texan memorizes:1. Dont mess with Texas'If you tell someone youre from Texas, theyll likely recite this back to you. Do you have a favorite Texas commercial that didnt make the list?

Four guys can be seen walking up to another man leaving an Exxon convenience store in Harris County and beating him up. “He comes up to me, kicks me in the face, and screams, “Black Lives Matter, b****!” Mason said. “They started, like, mocking me and stuff.”Surveillance footage shows the group waiting outside and approaching Mason as soon as he left the store. “That’s not what the (Black Lives Matter) movement is about,” Mason said. “Not to be used as an excuse (for violence).”“That’s not what this movement is about,” Kelli said in agreement.

TEXAS CITY – Officials have confirmed eight coronavirus cases at a skilled nursing facility in Texas City. “Out of the six employees that tested positive, there was one nurse that was working at multiple facilities,” Griffin said. A few miles away, another nursing facility, Bayou Pines Care Center, also reported coronavirus activity. Griffin was unable to confirm whether the two nursing facilities shared the same nurse that tested positive. “We’re the only skilled nursing facility in Harris County or Galveston County that has done this,” he said.