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Popular Tex-Mex Restaurant Chain Bought By Huge Company
A Huge Restaurant Group Just Added Tex-Mex To Their Menu After Acquiring A Texas Based Chain. While we've been reporting that several restaurant chains including Red Lobster have been going under, others have managed to survive and thrive in the post-pandemic world. The company that actually once owned Red Lobster...
Surprising Trends: Three Texas Cities Experience Largest Rent Drops in America
WFCN – Our research has shown that three Texas communities have among of the country’s steepest rent drops, in stark contrast to the nationwide trend of skyrocketing rent rates. Any and all information is at our fingertips. These cities in Texas have the three largest rent price drops...
Check! One of America’s Most Expensive High Schools Is in Texas – Fee And All Look Here!
WFCN – If their children live in Texas, every parent’s dream is to give them the best education possible. Additionally, there are affluent families that opt to send their children to private schools. Tuition at one Texas high school might put parents in the same financial situation that...
Southeast Texas shrimpers say Hurricane Beryl has created a slow start to the season
PORT ARTHUR, Texas — Shrimping season is beginning, but many local shrimpers are being forced to stay onshore. Southeast Texas shrimpers have voiced their frustrations with the influx of cheaper imported shrimp in the past, but local shrimpers say that isn't the only culprit in the slow start to the season.
Greg Abbott announces over $110,000 Job Training Grant to Texas State Technical College
WACO, Texas — Governor Greg Abbott has announced a Skills Development Fund (SDF) grant award of $110,193 to Texas State Technical College (TSTC) from the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). Through the grant, TSTC will provide "customized training" for over 55 new and current employees of Noble Texas Builders LLC...
Officials give advice on safe driving as motorcycle fatalities increase
TYLER, Texas — Last year, nearly 600 motorcyclists were killed in motor vehicle crashes and nearly 2,500 were injured. That’s a seven percent increase from the year before in the state of Texas. An eye opening statistic that continues to increase across the state and in the East...
Elon Musk Announces SpaceX and X Will Move to Texas
There’s been plenty of monumental developments recently for Elon Musk and his companies. Musk announced in an X post on Tuesday that SpaceX will move its headquarters to Starbase, Texas, from Hawthorne, California. He cited the SAFETY Act, which prohibits schools from notifying parents about a child’s gender identity changes, as a key reason for the decision.
A cold front is moving into North Texas
NORTH TEXAS — A cold front will come through North Texas Wednesday evening. A few showers are possible Wednesday and Thursday along with cooler weather. A front could kick up more storms Wednesday evening as it pushes south overnight.If it slows down, North Texas could end up with very heavy rain across the southeast counties down the I-45 corridor on Thursday. The First Alert Weather team will keep an eye on this possibility. Otherwise, just a few afternoon showers riding in on a north wind.There are not great rain chances for Thursday, but there is great news about cooler...
Supreme Court grants last-minute stay in Texas execution of man requesting DNA tests
Ruben Gutierrez has been seeking DNA tests on multiple crime-scene items from the murder case against him for more than a decade. His legal team says a Texas law blocking his effort is unconstitutional.
Texas Ranked Worst State In America For Quality Of Life
Results from a recent study just dropped a bombshell for Texas, dubbing it the absolute worst state to live in America. According to a recent CNBC study, it's not all boot-scootin' big smiles in the Lone Star state. Healthcare is scarce, and money problems are hitting hard, making life tough for many Texans every single day.
Two Northeast Texans bringing home Juneteenth crowns
Two Northeast Texans bringing home Juneteenth crowns Nicole Kimball Nicole@steelcountrybee.com Wed, 07/17/2024 - 06:05 Image (left to right) Rhylei Porter, Kaidlen Key, Brenley Maull putting on their most radiant smiles COURTESY PHOTOS / KARRIE HARGRAVE (left to right) Rhylei Porter, Kaidlen Key, Brenley Maull...
Become an Instant Millionaire With Any of These 27 Texas Lottery Scratch Offs
Me and a coworker were talking recently about what seven figure money number we'd be comfortable having in our bank account. My answer was $2.5 million. I could buy a house and a good car for my fiancé and me, about $500,000 for those. We could pay for our wedding and have a nice honeymoon, about $50,000 for those. That's my Lindale math working there but I think those numbers are reasonable. Everything else would sit in the bank to take care of everything else.
ALERT: Food Sold At H-E-B In Texas Recalled Due To “Foreign Material”
Mustard Potato Salad from Reser’s Fine Foods sold in Texas via H-E-B has been pulled from store shelves. Here's what is known at the time of writing. As reported by the US Food & Drug Administration, the food was recalled recently. The release was put out on July 9th, 2024. Per the FDA, the food was removed from shelves due to one major issue: something was found in the product that shouldn't be in it.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Volleyball Team Earns 7th Straight AVCA Team Academic Award
LEXINGTON, Kentucky – The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi volleyball team was highlighted for its academic success on the national scale for the seventh consecutive year, earning the 2024 AVCA Team Academic Award sponsored by INTENT. The award, initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors volleyball teams that maintain a year-long grade-point average of at least a 3.3 on a 4.0 scale. Additionally, the Islanders were selected to the AVCA Team Honor Roll, which represents the top 20 percent of GPAs among Division I programs. They tallied a 3.78 cumulative GPA in 2023-24 to earn the distinguishment and be one of the…
AP Top Stories July 17
Here's the latest for Wednesday, July 17th: Spotlight turns to Vance at GOP convention; DHS inspector general to probe security at Trump's Pa. rally; New Labor government spells out plans in Britain; Paris mayor swims in Seine ahead of Olympics. The College Station school board approved a plan that will...
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