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Summer nights in Leon County are unique for their frenetic activity and riotous sounds. In contrast to local February evenings with its silence broken by the occasional barred owl, this summer (technically late spring) month is nearing the pinnacle of activity for bugs, birds and animals of all kinds.   Anyone taking an early evening walk in North Florida between late spring and early autumn has experienced the near deafening calls of cicadas (Magicicada spp.). In days past this earsplitting insect was more commonly identified as a locust in the southeastern U.S. with their mechanical buzzin...

Stone Oak Parkway has a few planned closures this weekend, TxDOT says Adjust your routes accordingly! Tags:  Generic image of traffic. (File image) (KSAT) SAN ANTONIO – You may need to adjust your commute this weekend if you’re out and about in the Alamo City. Several portions of Stone Oak Parkway will be closed for asphalt paving, beginning Saturday through Sunday, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. The full list of this weekend’s traffic closures by TxDOT are listed below: Loop 1604 – North Central San Antonio Saturday, May 15 until Sunday, May 16. Weekend contin...

Three major highways in San Antonio have planned closures this weekend, TxDOT says Adjust your routes accordingly! Tags:  Construction alert for the full closure of eastbound/westbound Loop 1604 flyover ramps to SB US 281 in far north Bexar County. (TxDOT) SAN ANTONIO – You may need to adjust your commute this weekend if you’re out and about in the Alamo City. Portions of three major highways in San Antonio are closing this weekend due to construction efforts, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. TxDOT says there will be a full closure of eastbound and westbound Loop 160...

View Comments Watering the lawn has not been on anyone list lately. The ample, if not excessive, rain has placed a temporary hold on this necessary task to maintain most home lawns and landscapes. It is true the spring weeds are enjoying the liquid bounty supplied from above. Flowerbeds and gardens have new residents peeking through the mulch and soil’s surface daily with tiny green leaves intent on staking out new territory for their species. If monitoring their real estate holdings, the Leon County homeowner can at least witness the slow but steady progress of the uninvited plants. Someti...

The link between the two is a toxic compound produced by this plant which was once used as a means of flea and tick control in dog pens, and so the appearance and use combined to form the common name. In Leon County’s late autumn, it is one of the few native plant which produces big clusters of tiny white flowers. The perennial dogfennel adds a cloudlike texture to open areas in in the county, and many untended locales in the southeast.  This time of year dogfennel is emerging from its winter hiatus and its new growth is commonly less than a foot in height. The stems and base are covered i...