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A Fake Buc-ee’s Billboard in Kentucky is Causing Some Serious Uproar
This particular story isn't Texas related but does involve a Texas favorite, Buc-ee's. This is also a relatable thing for myself being in the radio, and marketing, industry. This story has to do with a Reddit post about a Buc-ee's billboard placed along Interstate 75 in Kentucky. It shows a Buc-ee's billboard on the bottom with another billboard on top that's advertising a gun range. It's what the Buc-ee's billboard says that has caused an uproar online. I decided to investigate.
Texas Department of Agriculture to open applications for Home-Delivered Meal Grant Program
TEXAS, USA — The Home-Delivered Meal Grant Program is opening up its annual application for grant funding later this year. Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller made the announcement in a press release Wednesday. The program was established in 2007 and is part of the Texans Feeding Texans umbrella program. It...
Texas Target Stores Confirm Special Discounts – One Week Only
If you're a fan of the Target Store brand across the Lone Star State you will be quite pleased to hear what the giant retailer has planned for patrons in Beaumont, Baytown, College Station, and Galveston, and one hundred forty-seven other locations around the state. We all know back-to-school shopping is in full force right now and to assist Texas families in a two-fold way Target stores in the state and across the company's footprint are offering a special discount.
Texas Catfish Con Artist Spun a WEB OF LIES in Wisconsin to Steal Over $1 MILLION!
MADISON, WI – Justice in Wisconsin! A Texas woman has been sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay restitution for using multiple alter egos to defraud a single victim out of more than $1 million over the course of four years, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Wisconsin announced Thursday.
Watch Massive Rocket Cruising Down Texas Highway
You Won't Believe Your Eyes: Massive Starbase Rocket Spotted Cruising Down Texas Highway. The video below shows a massive rocket from SpaceX Starbase being transported down a Texas highway. Starbase is an industrial complex for Starship rockets, located near Brownsville, Texas, United States. Awe-Inspiring Scale. The rocket, part of SpaceX's...
Texas governor, AG celebrate court decision allowing floating river barrier on Mexico border
NEW ORLEANS – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton celebrated a federal appeals court decision on Tuesday, permitting the state to maintain a floating river barrier along the Mexico border.Abbott and Paxton said the barrier, if allowed when the ongoing legal dispute is completed, will help stop unwanted migration into the state."The Federal Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit just ruled that Texas can KEEP these buoys in the water securing our border," Abbott said in a social media message. "(President) Biden tried to remove them. I fought to keep them in the water. That is...
West Texas Convenience Store Plans To Open Location In East Texas
There's a gas station and convenience store brand that Texans, especially in West Texas cities like Amarillo and Lubbock swear by and for once, NO, we're not talking about "Buc-ee's". Of course in other areas of Texas, the "beaver" may reign supreme and is starting their trek towards global domination...
CenterPoint draws state ire after Hurricane Beryl power outages. Here’s what you need to know.
When Hurricane Beryl swept through southeast Texas on July 8, its damaging 80-mile-per-hour winds took down thousands of trees and knocked out much of the electricity system. More than 2.6 million Texas power customers went without electricity for days in the summer heat. In the days that followed the storm, officials and residents alike turned […]
North Texas Bollywood singer accused of "fraudulent" investment deals
NORTH TEXAS – Singing the Bollywood melodies had made Sidhartha "Sammy" Mukherjee a local celebrity in North Texas. However, behind the scenes, Mukherjee is accused of using his fame and charm to defraud people out of millions of dollars.More than a dozen people have told the CBS News Texas I-Team that they gave Mukherjee money for what they thought were real estate investments. They claim, in both interviews with the I-Team and in court records, that Mukherjee's pitches turned out to be fabricated. Many accuse the Plano singer of going as far as forging contracts, emails and documents to convince...
With $21.2 billion projected surplus, state preparing fiscal biennium budget
(The Center Square) – With the Texas legislature again expected to see another multi-billion-dollar surplus next year, state agencies were issued instructions to prepare their budgets requests. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is already suggesting trouble is on the horizon over the issue of school choice. Last October, Comptroller Glenn Hegar projected the state would have a surplus of $18.29 billion for its two-year budget cycle. “Despite sharply higher interest rates, household budgets stressed by inflation and adverse economic conditions among major trading partners … the...
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