spring

This message is courtesy of MC, a concerned - and cold - East Texan.

Let me start off by saying this: I am not a meteorologist, in any way. I don't even pretend to be one. However, I can still make weather predictions.

Why do lawn irrigation systems have to be so darned hard to program? If you'd rather have crispy grass than spend an hour of your life trying to make it work right, you are not alone.

Dairy Queen restaurants across East Texas will give you a free vanilla cone, and there's only one thing you have to do to get it.

Texas can brag about a lot of things, but not this.  Chicago has the most authentic, non-chain Mexican restaurants per capita, and other big cities in the US rank higher than places like San Antonio and Houston.  So what's the closest place to us, with the most authentic Mexican food?  A three-hour road trip will get you the best empanadas.

Spring has sprung and everyone is ready to get outside and enjoy some outdoor festivals. Nacogdoches has a day long musical mini-fest coming up, for you to enjoy with the entire family!

If you've noticed more caterpillars than usual this spring, you're not losing your mind. They're everywhere! And if you stand under a tree, that powdery substance around your shirt collar may be caterpillar droppings.  Gross.

If your brood is anything like mine, the first thing the kids do when they walk in the door after school is grab the iPad or the Kindle. Spring is here, kids!  East Texas has plenty of things to do outside, and we're leavin' the house.  Here are just a few ideas.

Each year on February 2nd we have to sit around and wait on Punxsutawney Phil in Pennsylvania to know whether we're going to have more winter, or if spring will come early.  Texas has apparently had enough of that nonsense, and that's why we're answering with Bee Cave Bob, the Armadillo.

The Arbor Day Foundation will send you ten free trees that are right for the East Texas climate, and they're guaranteed to grow in Lufkin.  Here's how to get them.

After her family was killed execution style last Wednesday near Houston, people are coming out in droves to help the 15-year old sole survivor. Cassidy Stay's parents and four siblings were killed in the shootings at their home, but Cassidy survived after a bullet grazed her head and she played dead until the violence ended. Now almost $300,000 has been raised for her benefit, as she starts her ne

Anyone else ready for warmer weather?  It seems like this winter has been colder than others, and every time it starts to warm up a little bit the 40's and 50's come right back. But warmer weather is coming! There were more freezes this winter than in past winters.  Are we done with that?