Texas leads the nation in supplying new residents to other states, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures. Texas was the top source of new residents for Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, and Oklahoma in 2024. With 31 million residents, Texas ranks second in population and gained 2.1 million people between 2020 and 2024. Dudley Poston, professor emeritus at Texas A&M University, attributes this to Texas's large population size. Other large producers of out-migrants include California, Florida, and New York.

ATLANTA (AP) -- Every morning this week, Newberry Electric Cooperative CEO Keith Avery walks into his office and turns on The Weather Channel. Then he starts making calls, lining up crews and equipment to respond to outages if a forecasted ice storm cripples power across South Carolina. Avery has dealt with disasters before.

BATESVILLE, Ark. (WKRC) -- A former director of nursing has been accused of stealing hundreds of prescription pills from nursing home residents following an internal audit. According to KAIT, 51-year-old Carla Renee Shaw was taken into custody after allegedly stealing hundreds of prescription pills. The investigation began on Dec. 30 after administrators at The Springs of Batesville Nursing Home in Batesville, Arkansas, contacted law enforcement regarding alleged theft incidents.

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas -- One lucky Arkansas lottery player has claimed the $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot from the Christmas Eve drawing. The winner, who is remaining anonymous, chose to receive the prize as a one-time cash payment. Before tax withholdings, the lump-sum amount was $834.9 million. The winning Quick Pick ticket was sold at Murphy USA 7879, located at 208 S. Rockwood in Cabot, for the Dec. 24 drawing. This was only the second time that a Powerball jackpot was won in the state.

BATESVILLE, Ark. (WKRC) -- A former director of nursing has been accused of stealing hundreds of prescription pills from nursing home residents following an internal audit. According to KAIT, 51-year-old Carla Renee Shaw was taken into custody after allegedly stealing hundreds of prescription pills. The investigation began on Dec. 30 after administrators at The Springs of Batesville Nursing Home in Batesville, Arkansas, contacted law enforcement regarding alleged theft incidents.

BATESVILLE, Ark. (WKRC) -- A former director of nursing has been accused of stealing hundreds of prescription pills from nursing home residents following an internal audit. According to KAIT, 51-year-old Carla Renee Shaw was taken into custody after allegedly stealing hundreds of prescription pills. The investigation began on Dec. 30 after administrators at The Springs of Batesville Nursing Home in Batesville, Arkansas, contacted law enforcement regarding alleged theft incidents.

Odds of hitting the jackpot in Mega Millions or Powerball are around 1-in-292 million. Here are things that you're more likely to land than big bucks. The Powerball jackpot has climbed ahead of the Wednesday, Jan. 21 drawing, now reaching $209 million, with a cash value of $95.3 million. It has been almost a month since one person in Arkansas won the $1.8 billion jackpot on Christmas Eve, the second-largest jackpot in the history of the Powerball.