When you’re as big a market for pickups as Texas, you can expect special attention from truck manufacturers. Special models honoring the state have come from nearly every corner of truckdom, and Chevrolet is adding another to the pile with the 2014 Silverado Texas Edition.The latest Texas Edition (it isn’t the first such Silverado) is [...]
Aiming to compete with premium trim packages offered on Ford and Ram pickup trucks, Chevrolet has introduced the High Country package and Texas Edition on the 2014 Silverado. High Country offers exterior flourishes like unique colors, chrome inserts, projector headlamps and body-colored bumpers, as well as a host of interior upgrades. Available engines include a [...]
» by Latifah Muhammad (@TheLatifah) April 18, 2013, 11:26am A massive explosion erupted at a fertilizer plant in West Texas Wednesday (April 17) evening, destroying multiple buildings and homes. At least five people were killed, and more than 100 are expected to be injured from the blast. Many in the small town, located roughly 20 [...]
ABC reports: Volunteer firefighters are missing and reported looting is of “significant concern” today after a deadly fire and chemical explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant leveled buildings and prompted widespread evacuations. The fire and explosion Wednesday night in a small town north of Waco sent at least 180 people to hospitals and authorities fear [...]
Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Sent! A link has been sent to your friend’s email address. Myck Kabongo averaged 14.6 points in 2012-13.(Photo: Kevin Jairaj, USA TODAY Sports) AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas guard Myck Kabongo is skipping his final two seasons to enter the NBA draft. Kabongo played just [...]
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas guard Myck Kabongo is skipping his final two seasons to enter the NBA draft. Kabongo played just the final 11 games of his sophomore season after a 23-game NCAA suspension for accepting airfare and personal training instruction and lying about it to school officials. He led the team in scoring (14.6 [...]
AT&T 4G LTE Coming To Texarkana This Summer TEXARKANA, Texas, April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — AT&T* plans to roll out 4G LTE in Texarkana this summer, bringing customers the latest generation of wireless network technology and faster mobile Internet speeds from the nation’s fastest 4G LTE network**. LTE technology is capable of delivering speeds faster [...]
Gig.U Congratulates the City of Austin, TX and Google for Gigabit Expansion (WASHINGTON) Today, Google announced it will add Austin, Texas to the Google Fiber project, joining Kansas City, Kansas and Missouri as American communities that have the power to bring next generation networks home. Gig.U, a coalition of three-dozen research university communities working together [...]
The major problem most of us have with Google Fiber is that we can’t get it, but that could change soon for residents of Austin, Texas. According to reports by VentureBeat and KVUE News in Austin, invites are going out for an event on Tuesday at 11 AM put on by Google and the city. [...]
Jack Pardee, a survivor of Coach Bear Bryant’s brutal “Junction Boys” training camp at Texas A&M who went on to become a longtime N.F.L. linebacker and head coach, died Monday. He was 76. The cause was gallbladder cancer, said the University of Houston, where Pardee coached in the late 1980s. Pardee, who had retired to [...]
Spring in Texas means it’s time for Texas Relays, and it’s bluebonnet season. The flowers pop up in spring and are gone in a flash. Now, you can capture these fleeting signs of spring with the Nike “Bluebonnet” Custom Sock only available at the Nice Kicks Shop during Texas Relays. Match these performance running socks [...]
Moving fast and free, the Nike “Rattlesnake” Custom Socks for Texas Relays draw inspiration from the reptile found in the Lone Star State. Much like Nike Free sneakers, the rattlesnake is speedy and unbound by changes in terrain. Stop by the Nice Kicks Shop this Friday and Saturday to get a custom made pair of [...]
You never know what can happen when you call Gil Brandt, the Godfather of the NFL Draft. I rang him Tuesday to ask how Vince Young looked at Texas Pro Day. Gil simply handed the phone to Young so I could ask him. “I think I did OK,” Young said. “Mostly it was just being [...]
Deep in the heart of Texas, automotive writers from around the world are getting their first shots at driving the third-generation Lexus IS. We’ve had time with the IS350, the IS350 F Sport, and the IS250, but mum’s the word. We can’t share our impressions or concerns with you for another 10 days or so—although [...]
LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles Clippers star Chris Paul treated two basketball-loving Texas teenagers to an NBA game after a video of one boy’s generosity to a special needs player on the opposing team went viral. Mitchell Marcus, a senior at Coronado High in El Paso, Texas, and Jonathon Montanez, a senior at Franklin High, [...]