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Do you remember the 2003 movie School of Rock starring Jack Black? Remember the guy who replaced Black's character, Dewey, in the fictional band No Vacancy? It turns out that guy has been the district attorney in Tyler County, Texas since 2018. How am I just hearing about this? Thanks to Twitter user @VeryBadLlama, I now know that Lucas Babin, who played a guitarist named Spider in the comedy classic, is an accomplished attorney. Who knew? (Probably everyone but me!) Get our free mobile app Now, I try not to just blindly believe what I read on the internet (especially Twitter), and thought...

ERCOT Releases Preliminary Report on Texas Power Outages It's been almost two months since Winter Storm Uri left millions of Texans without electricity during sub-zero conditions and at least 125 people dead, and we've all been waiting for answers. From the looks of a preliminary report issued by ERCOT Tuesday, it looks like we'll be waiting a little longer. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas "report" isn't very long - only 9 pages of a PDF slideshow with two introductory pages. It was submitted Tuesday by ERCOT's Grid Planning and Operations Vice President Woody Rickerson and was ad...

Spring means Central Texas families are out looking for patches of bluebonnets where they can take family photos, and I have a recommendation. First, let me say that it's always fun trying to explain this phenomenon to folks who aren't from Texas. We had a Microsoft Teams meeting at work today that looped in some people from the East Coast, the look of puzzlement on their faces when I brought up bluebonnet season was priceless. I explained to them that this time of year, it's not uncommon to see caravans of family cars parked along the road with people piling out to get their family's bluebon...

Check every drawer and cabinet, because something you squirreled away decades ago could net you a small fortune. A sealed copy of the original Super Mario Bros just sold at a Dallas auction house for $660,000. Heritage Auctions describes the NES cartridge as "[t]he finest known copy of the oldest sealed hangtab Super Mario Bros" and "the finest copy known to have been professionally graded for auction". Get our free mobile app The game was given a WATA grade of 9.6 A+, meaning it's pretty much in perfect condition. If you were to play it on an old Nintendo that's been kept in good shape, you...

Texas Youth of the Year Honor Goes to Fort Hood Teen Moses talked to the Fort Hood Sentinel about the competition, telling editor Brandy Cruz,  “I was overwhelmed, but I walked in with the Lord and I walked out with the Lord.” The Boys & Girls Clubs of America organizes the annual program which looks at each participants volunteerism, leadership and communication skills. The competition also includes writing four essays, a speech and an interview. Moses is a sophomore at Shoemaker High School, and she's also in the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps as well as AVID. She does...