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 | Sunday, February 22, 2026 | | | Good Morning! On this day in 1836, former Mexican soldier Nepomuceno Navarro enlisted in Juan N. Seguín's company of Tejanos, which served as Sam Houston’s rear guard at the Battle of San Jacinto. He was granted a pension and 320 acres of land for his service, and he was a member of the Texas Veterans Association until his death in 1877. See today’s Et Cetera section to find out which Texas town was named one of the best on Route 66, blending cowboy grit with roadside Americana. In case you missed our breakdown of the best and worst states to retire in, tune in to The Flyover Podcast, where host Ayla Brown walks through the new ranking. You won’t be able to guess which state landed at the No.1 spot. Tune in here! Today’s sponsor is The Stonegate Firm, an attorney-powered team that helps timeshare owners cancel their contracts and eliminate costly, unwanted fees so they can finally move on financially.
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| | |  |  South American Group Linked to Robberies
Law enforcement officials linked more than 60 Houston-area robberies to the transnational organized crime network South American Theft Group. Officials said the group targets second-story rear windows between 7 and 9 p.m., uses screwdrivers to gain entry, disables cameras, jams Wi-Fi signals, and steals high-value designer items. The group hit the Houston suburb of West University Place in January and stole an estimated $500,000 to $650,000 in designer jewelry and other items. The FBI said the group consists of “foreign nationals of South American descent” who are in the U.S. illegally or who have overstayed visas. One man was arrested last month, and the FBI considers the group a national security concern. | Report Shows Texas Man Killed by DHS A U.S. citizen was killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent during a late-night traffic stop last March, according to a newly released report. According to a report from nonprofit watchdog group American Oversight, Ruben Ray Martinez was shot by an ICE agent on South Padre Island after refusing to exit his vehicle and attempting to strike the agent with his vehicle. The incident was covered by local news sources but wasn’t made public by the Department of Homeland Security. Data from ICE show a 400% spike in use-of-force incidents, while the DHS has reported 23 separate instances where agents were attacked or injured during the Trump administration's immigration enforcement operation. | Former NFL Player Indicted in Fraud Scheme Former NFL player and McKinney native Keith J. Gray was convicted in a $328 million genetic testing fraud scheme. Gray, who played at UConn before the Carolina Panthers drafted him, paid kickbacks through sham “marketing hours” contracts, targeting Medicare beneficiaries and pressuring doctors into ordering unnecessary tests. Gray owned and operated two clinical laboratories, Axis Professional Labs LLC and Kingdom Health Laboratory LLC. Gray was convicted of conspiracy to defraud the U.S., five counts of violating the anti-kickback statute, and he faces three additional counts of money laundering. | | | Flying together with our sponsor 
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