August 1, 2016 If your year just wouldn't be complete without a funnel cake sundae, deep fried butter, or some deep fried jello, you may have the chance to gorge yourself at the State Fair of Texas in a few weeks.
They'll announce Big Tex Choice semi-finalists in August, and the winner will be included as a new food offering at the "fry-it-and-put-it-on-a-stick-fest," also known as the State Fair.
June 24, 2016 On Father's Day weekend, one dad paid $900 for a full-page ad in a newspaper to find a wife for his son. Without the son's consent! See which paper ran the ad, and could this craziness ever happen in Texas?
June 16, 2016 To be healthy and fit, it turns out we don't have to run marathons or hit the gym very hard. Here's some great news about how the Rose Rudman Trail or maybe the Faulkner Park Trail, can improve health and extend our lives.
June 10, 2016 Walmart store managers in some parts of Texas make $92,000 per year. At Kohls, some store managers are making $87,000. Target store managers can make more than both. How does East Texas compare?
It's one of the most dreaded household chores, laundry. Separating, washing, drying, folding and putting away takes a long time and is an inconvenience for some, but some help could be on the way thanks to a new automatic laundry folding machine!
June 2, 2016 Some obscure little holidays can be overlooked, but not this one. We wouldn't dare.
Friday is National Donut Day (it's always the first Friday in June), and some Tyler donut shops will be passing out freebies.
May 23, 2016 This week might include more stops at the gas station than usual, with the big Memorial Day travel weekend coming up. Do you have a go-to spot that's your favorite to fill up?
These East Texas gas stations are on the list of the Top 15 in the country.
May 13, 2016 Maybe you haven't hopped on board the gluten-free bandwagon yet, but if you love beer this might make you change your tune. We can find cereal, crackers, and chicken nuggets that are gluten-free now, and that little ingredient is getting the ax from beer in Texas too. But how does it taste?
May 2, 2016 The bald eagle has been the only national symbol for the past 234 years, but there's a push right now for bison to be recognized too. Bison may not be top-of-mind here, but Texas has hundreds of them.
Besides zoos, where do we find them?
April 21, 2016 The lines might be long at this East Texas sub shop today because of the cheap eats. A sandwich for a buck? That never happens! Except sometimes. Like today.
Here's where you can get it.
April 14, 2016 You can score a free Chipotle burrito for the kids on Saturday, IF if they're wearing this certain thing. Here's what you need to do.
March 30, 2016 For some really creative April Fool's Day joke ideas, all we have to do is watch an episode of The Office. Remember the episode where Jim feeds Dwight an Altoid every time he hears the Windows login chime, to get him to try to salivate like Pavlov's dog? Some pranks take more time than others to set up.
Here's the history behind April Fool's Day, and more prank ideas so you can get your kids and co-workers good on Friday.
Sign up to have exclusive ROCK NATION contests, events, coupons, presales, and much more delivered to you for FREE.