One local student from Wellborn Middle School is getting ready to compete for the third straight time as the Central Texas Champion in the 100 year anniversary for the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Whether you’re scanning the treetops with a pair of binoculars or just pausing to watch a lively bird hop along a fence line, ...

Texas is the “battiest” state, home to 32 of the country’s 47 bat species — and in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, nowhere may ...

Construction and maintenance projects within the Brazos and McLennan Counties are among many throughout Texas receiving ...

For visitors from outside Texas, Newman’s Castle offers a perfect example of the state’s contradictory nature – traditional ...

If that sounds like an inconvenience, clearly you’ve never had fresh-baked goods from a Texas bakery. Newman’s Bakery serves ...

U.S. News & World Report ranked 12 Texas cities among the Top 50 best places to live in the U.S., with Leander, Cedar Park, ...

Six Central Texas cities have made the top 150 of the Best New Places to Live in the U.S., with nine total on the list.

Officials with the Texas Department of Transportation discovered Ice Age fossils under a future highway near Lubbock.

A recent decision by the court shows just how done it is with the Trump administration's failure to obey its orders in Alien ...

In her submission, Jastrow wrote, "the cow was drawn with pencil, then stamped with homemade stamps representing the Indian paintbrush and bluebonnets. The background was done with acrylic paint, and ...

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