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Texas Road Melts in Scorching Heat
Texas Road Melts in Scorching Heat: The Bizarre Reality of Summer in the Lone Star State. The video at the bottom of this article shows a road in Dallas, Texas literally melting onto the tire of the car driving in front of the camera person last summer. You have to watch it in motion to get the full effect.
Rainy July an unusual treat
An unseasonable summer cold front is bringing rain and cooler temperatures to the Highland Lakes throughout the week of July 22-28. The National Weather Service calls for widespread rain totals of 2-4 inches across Central Texas from Monday through Sunday, a forecast backed up by Lower Colorado River Authority meteorologist Bob Rose.
Texas Surrogacy Company Owner Embezzles $10 Million Dollars to Fund Rap Career
Planning to start a family is supposed to be one of the most exciting times in your life. However, countless Texas families were cheated out of experiencing that joy. The owner of Surrogacy Escrow Account Management stole millions of dollars from her own company. These funds were intended to fund future parents' dreams of starting a family, but instead, they were allegedly used to "bankroll her music career as 'Dom,' a racy rap and R&B singer and music producer."
Republican former state Rep. Jim Pitts has died at 77
DALLAS — This article was originally published by our content partners at the Texas Tribune. You can read the original article here. Former state Rep. Jim Pitts, a Waxahachie Republican who served as chief budget writer for the Texas House for close to a decade, died shortly before midnight on Saturday. He was 77.
See How Texas Cracks Down With These 4 Big Sting Operations
Texas has always been a hotspot for some pretty bold and big-scale law enforcement operations. These sting operations usually target illegal activities ranging from drug trafficking to human smuggling. I came across an article from the Texas Tribune about how these operations work. They're also expensive with billions of dollars...
Goodwill Stores In Texas Are Saying NO To These Items!
Today is the ideal time to thoroughly clean your home and open the windows. Look for those items that haven't been touched in a long time. I adore organizing my belongings and giving away items I don't need. It's liberating in a way to get rid of "junk," because as they say, what's rubbish for one person is treasure for another.
You Won’t Believe These Massive Hammerhead Sharks In Texas
Texas angler Rodrigo Rodriguez caught his largest shark yet after reeling in a massive hammerhead shark while fishing in Port Aransas in June. Rodriguez, a Houston resident, said the shark measured over 13 feet long. Rodriguez said he has caught a couple of other big sharks that are closer to...
Local Bounti expands distribution to Sam’s Club
"The past several months have been pivotal for Local Bounti with the commencement of commercial operations at our new growing facilities in Washington and Texas," Local Bounti President and Chief Financial Officer Kathleen Valiasek said in a news release. "The incremental capacity afforded by these facilities is critical in our effort to provide our retail customers consistent access to fresh, sustainable, locally grown produce."
Below average temperatures stick around North Texas, rain chances to increase
NORTH TEXAS – For some North Texans, rain in the form of scattered showers and storms Monday is a welcome relief from the typical dry days of July. But in parts of Dallas-Fort Worth, the rain caused misery, especially along I-635 and Garland Road Monday morning. Between 1.5 and 4 inches of rain fell in three hours, causing flash flooding.With the ongoing flooding and heavy rain, the National Weather Service issued a flood advisory for portions of Dallas, Rockwall and Kaufman counties until 9:45 a.m. Monday.A stationary front is draped across the south sides of North Texas and will slowly weaken through...
Look: Map of Texas Shows Nearly 1800 High School Logos
Get pumped for football season with this map showing nearly 1800 Texas High School logos. I guess you could use it to get pumped for any sport, but come on, this is Texas. Football is a religion in this state. I will caution you, though. Trying to make out all...
SecurityScorecard Achieves TX-RAMP Provisional Certification
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 22, 2024-- SecurityScorecard announced today that it achieved Texas Risk and Authorization Management Program (TX-RAMP) Provisional Certification. As a TX-RAMP provider, Texas state agencies can leverage SecurityScorecard’s standardized approach for measuring cybersecurity that provides trusted, certified and proven supply chain cyber defense. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240722798114/en/ (Graphic: Business Wire)
UIL football state championships returning to AT&T Stadium
The UIL football state championships are staying put for at least another year. The UIL announced on Sunday at the annual Texas High School Coaches Association Convention that the football state championships will be returning to Arlington's AT&T Stadium to conclude the 2024 season.
Texas politicians weigh in on Biden's decision to exit 2024 presidential race
After heavy pressure from congressional Democrats, President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race on Sunday.Texas Democrats and Republicans alike are weighing in on Biden's decision.Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to speak for the first time on Monday since being endorsed by Biden as the Democratic presidential candidate.RELATED: What happens next now that Biden has dropped out of the 2024 Presidential Race?President Biden thrust his party into virtually unprecedented uncertainty Sunday when he announced he was ending his reelection campaignThe 81-year-old is the oldest sitting president in U.S. history. He had resisted calls to step aside since...
Texas Leads Country in Weather-Related Power Outages, Study Finds
Over 600,000 ONCOR customers lost power — some for nearly a week — beginning on May 28, when a gnarly storm blew through Dallas and downed a significant number of trees and power lines. It was the second-worst outage in ONCOR’s 112-year history, a spokesperson told the Observer. But for many long-time Texans, the delayed power restoration was a lot more of the same old.
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