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Get Neil Sperry's gardening answers on yellow butterfly vine propagation, pruning figs and abelias, fertilizing winter ...

As we set sights on a new gardening year, this would be a great time to fine tune our focus. I’ve been watching North Texas plant people for more than 50 years, and there are some simple steps we ...

In Texas, what is known as mountain cedar is actually Ashe juniper, making cedar fever especially irritating in the Hill Country west of Interstate 35 and the Killeen-Fort Hood area, where Ashe ...

TEMPLE, Texas — Wednesday, Dec. 3 marked Early National Signing Day, meaning high school athletes across Central Texas took the next step to play sports at the collegiate level. Over a dozen Central ...

When it comes to high school football in Central Texas, Class 6A rules. That was proven Friday when Lake Travis, Dripping Springs and defending 6A Division II state champion Vandegrift all advanced to ...

With more than 6,000 species of California native plants, you would think that would be enough for a garden devoted exclusively to them. Yet occasionally you come across a plant with a pedigree that ...

Much of central Texas remains under a flood watch, with some areas facing life-threatening flash floods as torrential rains hammer the Lone Star State on Thursday. National Weather Service (NWS) ...

Storm conditions are expected to continue in Texas, which has already had impressive rainfall this week. A flash flood watch is in effect for 12 million people in parts of north-central Texas, ...

Hooters CEO says private equity turned it into a ‘boys club hangout’—Now he’s plotting a family-friendly makeover GOP plans to replace Obamacare have failed. Here’s what lawmakers propose now.

Lawn and Garden LLC plans to permanently lay off 93 employees at its Excelsior Springs facility early next year, according to a WARN notice filed with the state. The company said the terminations will ...

3. Vegetables: Beet, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, celery, Chinese cabbage, collard, endive, kale, kohlrabi, lettuce, mustard, onion, pea ...