Late Wednesday night, a 61-year-old woman was found alive amid the rubble of a collapsed building in Philadelphia and taken to a nearby hospital where she remains in critical condition. The search for other survivors has been halted as of Thursday morning.
If you dine out at the Olive Garden, or Hole in One Cafe, or another one of your favorite spots in Lufkin, do you tip well? You just might be boosting the average for Texas.
We've all got cheapskates in our circle of friends and family, but for the most part Texans are good tippers. On average, we tip 19.7 percent here and that puts us in the top 5. The best overall tippers are in New York and New Jersey, at around 25 percent. Those moneybags...that's a quarter of the bill! Who's the worst?
Firefighters from across Texas are heading to Houston to honor fellow firefighters killed in the line of duty last week. East Texas firefighters are among those headed south to fill Reliant Stadium today at 10am for the tribute.
We mentioned yesterday that the Houston Astros wore patches on their uniforms to honor the four lives lost. Today, the football stadium will be fill with family, friends, supporters, and members of the Crockett and Lufkin Fire Departments at a public memorial.
Playing the crash cymbals for the 'Star Spangled Banner' in your school band is kind of a big deal. It's definitely the most dramatic part of the song, and it only gets more dramatic when one of the cymbals breaks. What does one do when such a nightmare occurs? Take a cue from this kid who handled the situation like a bawse.
A series of tornadoes hit Oklahoma Friday night, killing at least 13 people and leaving many more missing, without homes or stranded. Other storms and flooding also hit Arkansas and Missouri, and remnants of that severe weather moved east all the way to New England, where 19,000 are still without power on Monday morning.
