spring

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?

In the Spring Game at Stephen F. Austin on Saturday, the White (offense) beat the Purple (defense) 87-65.  That only happens in the spring!

It's reported that the world's most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, did NOT see his shadow when he was dragged out of his hole this morning in that small Pennsylvania town. Legend says that means we're going to have an early spring. Have you ever wondered why Americans make such a big deal out of Groundhog Day?  Where did that come from?