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Kleberg County calls for emergency burn ban as fire danger grows, other counties may follow soon
KIII Corpus Christi· 5 days agoDry conditions in some parts of our area helped to cause a number of fires lately. Over the weekend,...
Big Country fire danger heats up with summertime; 8 counties under burn bans
KTAB Abilene via Yahoo News· 4 days agoABILENE, Texas (BCH Weather) – As summer approaches, temperatures continue to rise across the Big...
Texas librarian's big stand against book bans
San Antonio Current· 18 hours agoThis article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet. Suzette Baker, from unincorporated Kingsland, was...
Bans on gas-powered leaf blowers are growing. So is blowback from the landscaping industry
North Platte Telegraph· 17 hours agoThe roar of the leaf blower has become an inescapable part of daily life in communities across...
On sale Monday: What to know about fireworks in Wichita Falls area
Times Record News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoWhile fireworks sales are legal in Texas, most communities have restrictions on their sale and use....
California locals fear worst ahead of large hippie gathering of Rainbow Family
UPI· 1 day agoLocal officials fear the unauthorized Rainbow Family Gathering in Plumas National Forest could lead...
Nueces County Drainage District No. 2 to host sandbag giveaway for residents Tuesday
KIII Corpus Christi· 5 days agoCORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A sandbag distribution is scheduled for Tuesday, ahead of Wednesday's...
On This Day in History - June 20th - Almanac - UPI.com
UPI· 3 days agoOn June 20, 1893, a jury in Fall River, Mass., acquitted Lizzie Borden in the ax murders of her...
Donald Sutherland, the towering actor whose career spanned 'M.A.S.H.' to 'Hunger Games,' dies at 88
Sioux City Journal· 3 days agoDonald Sutherland, the prolific film and television actor whose long career stretched from...
In Omaha's circus history, one night when the clowns cried
Omaha World-Herald· 7 days agoOmaha witnessed one of the fatal exceptions. Sway-pole artist Henrietta Kreis Grotefent fell to her...