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Ric Flair Officially Endorses Josh Reddick and Astros' 'Woo'
To be the man you've got to beat the man and the Rangers didn't beat the Astros very much in their four-game series this week. Houston won three of four games, which prompted a lot of celebration from the Astros and notable wrestling fan Josh Reddick. Reddick broke out a wrestling belt he had made to give to the MVP of Astros' games every night. He was certainly having fun with it. AWESOME: Josh Reddick and the #Astros wrestling championship belt. pic.twitter.com/dmKhDDU7m2 — David Nuño (@DavidNunoABC13) May 3, 2017 Who wasn't having fun with it were the Rangers,...
11 Things You Must Do Underneath The Summer Sun In Texas
With summer fast approaching, it’s time to start planning your trips and activities. These 11 places in Texas belong at the top of your list and absolutely can’t be passed up this season. 1. Devil's River (Del Rio) Flickr/matthigh This river with beautiful, turquoise water is nestled in a remote valley beneath towering canyons and plateaus, rendering it unknown to most people. We all know Texas isn't known for having the prettiest bodies of water, so it seems even more like paradise. 2. BSR Cable Park (Waco) Facebook/BSRCablePark BSR Cable Park is home to the world's longest lazy river, sitting...
15 Small Texas Towns You Need to Visit
“I saw miles and miles of Texas, all the stars up in the sky, I saw miles and miles of Texas, gonna live here ’til I die,” — “Miles and Miles of Texas” by Bob Wills Traveling the state of Texas you can see the skyscrapers of Houston, the beaches all along the Gulf of Mexico, visit the “Big D” (that’s Dallas to you non-Texans), get a taste of Mexican culture in San Antonio or get weird in Austin. But if you’re only hitting the big cities, you’re missing a lot of what Texas is really about. Don’t drive out to...
Pearland is Allegedly Home to the Worst Drivers in all of Texas
An insurance website is warning Pearland residents to watch out, after it used several criteria to label the suburb's drivers the worst in Texas. QuoteWizard.com looked at DUI rates, speeding tickets, accident rates and other citations to determine where people practice safe driving and where they don't. The study only sampled data from users of the QuoteWizard site. The site reports that Pearland is No. 1 in accidents for the state and second in DUI rates. Pearland is also allegedly second in citations, but hits the middle of the list when it comes to speeding citations. Houston, at No. 11...
Texas may Require Students to Pass a Citizenship Test. How would you do?
Texas may soon require high school students take a version of the test all immigrants looking for U.S. citizenship must pass. On Wednesday, the Texas House is scheduled to take up a bill that would eliminate the required U.S. history end-of-course for public high schoolers and replace that with a version of the civics test that immigrants must take to become U.S. citizens. As of 2017, 15 states have passed similar legislation, according to the Arizona-based Civics Education Initiative. State Rep. Trent Ashby, R-Lufkin, one of the authors of House Bill 1776, said the measure is intended to ensure public school students are educated on the...