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AUSTIN — Bryan James Lunceford, a trucking business owner from Greenville, loved to do anything on a tractor as long as he could wear overalls, according to his obituary. He

Watt Keys "Cottonlandia" tells the story of a New York teen sent to the family cotton plantation in Mississippi to visit, perhaps live there forever.

Kurt Castleberry, the director of resource planning for Entergy Arkansas, describes the utilitys solar power initiatives.

Here is a look at improvement projects in the Westchase District Published:  Updated:  Tags:  HOUSTON – You may have noticed a lot of roadwork by the West Beltway and Westpark Tollway in the Westchase District. Most of this construction kicked off in 2019 with the new reconstruction of Walnut Bend and then the work came on Westheimer, which carries METRO’s busiest local bus route. Most recently, a small but crucial bike connection was finished. What used to be a narrow busted sidewalk is...

Send Entergy Arkansas, the state’s largest electric utility, is bounding ahead with plans for renewable energy generation, revealing a request for at least 300 megawatts of renewable generation projects to supplement its electrical supply by 2026. Last week, the Little Rock subsidiary of Entergy Corp. of New Orleans announced it would accept proposals, and the utility said it is looking to issue the formalized request for proposals as early as next month. It expects p...

Houston police have released surveillance photos of two men who may have information on a fatal shooting that happened Sunday at a convenience store in west Houston. Police are hoping somebody recognizes either of these two men with hopes they can help them figure out who shot and killed a man parked outside the store in the 2900 block Walnut Bend Lane. The victim, identified as 36-year-old Christopher Debase, was sitting inside a gray SUV when...

HPD: Man fatally shot in west Houston Published:  Tags:  HOUSTON – A man was fatally shot Saturday in west Houston, according to the Houston Police Department. The shooting occurred at approximately 9:15 p.m. in the 2900 block of Walnut Bend Lane. Investigators said the victim had been sitting in an SUV along with an individual sitting in the passenger seat. Surveillance footage showed that a Black male, possibly six feet tall, dressed in black and wearing what might be a black face mask ap...

MEGAN GRAY-HATFIELD mhatfield@gainesvilleregister.com Register Staff Writer Dec 12, 2020 Dec 12, 2020 Following a battle with the pandemic coronavirus, Walnut Bend Independent School District Superintendent Troy Humphrey has died. A post on the school districts Facebook page indicates Humphrey recently returned to work following his recovery from the coronavirus. “His passing was unexpected, and we join with the Walnut Bend community in mourning this tragic loss,” the mess...

I deal with horrible crap on a consistent basis. i dont think twice. if people need help, come help them. >> reporter: air rescues as well, including this family in houston by air national guard. with no boat, this man formed a human chain to save an elderly man in a vehicle that was being swept away in houston. so far 17,000 people have been rescued in houston alone. >> i never in my life thought this would happen to us. i knew it flooded bad in houston but i never thought it would get like thi...