Texas

There are many if you are looking for a home remedy to treat your fire ant bites. Several websites say they've tested them all and found that some work better than others.

Amarillo is #62? Palo Duro Canyon State Park is nearby, but I think the summer smell of the stockyards would make the average citizen of Amarillo want to "stay" anywhere else during their vacation.

A healthcare worker is going viral on TikTok after sharing that janitors at Texas' favorite Travel Stop, Buc-ees, make more money than she does.

Despite these protections, HOAs still insist on harassing homeowners over frivolous things. Just last year, an HOA in Cypress, just northwest of Houston, used a retired couple and tried to take their home because they feed the ducks in a neighborhood pond.

No specific laws in Texas make it illegal to use profanity or "cuss out" a fast food or other service worker. That doesn't mean being rude or abusive to a service worker in our state or anywhere else is totally free of consequences. According to the Texas Penal Code, it is clear that certain behaviors, including the use of abusive, indecent, profane, or vulgar language in a public place, can be illegal.

In an attempt to validate my claim, I Googled it. Unfortunately, Google is so dominated by people who pay for placement; it is virtually unusable. All I got for my trouble was a bunch of websites advertising windshield repair.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has found that the number of hazardous material road accidents has doubled in the last decade. These accidents resulted in 74 deaths, 489 injuries, and over $2 billion in damages in the past ten years.

Variable speed limits or VSL's use available information on the roadway, like traffic speed, the number of vehicles, and road surface conditions to determine appropriate speeds and display them to drivers in real-time.

Texas doesn't have a certain number of points for running a red light or speeding like some states, but it does keep track of violations and assesses points, which are used to levy surcharges on drivers. Doing any of these ten things will cost you your Texas Driver's License.

Hurricane researchers at Colorado State University predict that this hurricane season which runs from June 1 to November 30th, will be slightly below normal. They predict 13 named storms this year, and six will reach hurricane status. Of those, they predict two major hurricanes, or storms with winds over 111 miles per hour.