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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...
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 AG wins $1.4 billion from tech company settlement
(The Center Square) – The state of Texas obtained a major settlement from a lawsuit against the major tech company Meta over their unauthorized handling of their users' biometric data, according to a news release from Tuesday. The settlement comes a little over two years after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton originally filed a lawsuit against the major technology conglomerate Meta, formerly known as Facebook, back in February 2022. Paxton’s decision to sue Meta came to light due to their violating privacy data rights of...
H-E-B, Walmart use microgrids to power Texas-area stores during outages
TEXAS — Grocery store giants H-E-B and Walmart have installed microgrids in numerous Texas locations to remain open to Texans dealing with outages. Microgrid company Enchanted Rock provides the grids to help the stores stay open to the public during power outages, according to the Houston Chronicle. By staying...
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...
Texas Prisoners Are Being 'Cooked Alive' by High Temperatures, Investigation Says
Inmates in Texas state prisons are being "cooked alive" by scorching temperatures in facilities without air conditioning, a new investigation claims. Documents obtained by The Texas Newsroom, a public radio collaboration of multiple Texas stations, showed that even as inmates died with body temperatures nearing 107 degrees, officials have continued to blame their deaths on causes other than extreme heat.
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...
HOSPICE BRAZOS VALLEY’S HOG SPLASH SET FOR AUG. 24; TEAM REGISTRATION DUE FRIDAY
Time is running out to sign up for the 13th edition of Hospice Brazos Valley’s Hog Splash Mud Volleyball Tournament. Teams have through Friday to sign up for the event, happening Saturday, August 24th at Slovacek’s Sausage in Snook. Up to 10 people can register per team, with...
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 […]