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A couple of weeks ago singer/songwriter Adam Fears dropped the KEAN studios and played us his new music from his recently released C.D. I asked Fears to play something that he found comfort in when he was alone on the road in between gigs and somewhat homesick. What came out of those speakers next, blew me away. It was a song called "This Dirt's Still Red" it not only explains why we have red soil in the Lone Star State, but it's a brief history lesson as well.

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Authorities say that five to 15 people may have died in last night's massive explosion at the West Fertilizer Plant in West, Texas. Many more, perhaps more than 160, were injured.

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If you've gotten in trouble with the popo recently, and may have a warrant for your arrest, then read on bad boy/girl cause The Great Texas Warrant Roundup is going on now.  So, whatcha gonna do when they come for you?

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Move over Chupacabra. There is a new nasty mid-sized predator called a Kinkajous wrecking havoc in Texas.

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Ever since I saw Baz Luhrmann's magical 1996 interpretation of 'Romeo and Juliet,' I've romanticized the idea of living in a weird desert trailer park. Now that I'm a grown up, the idea of permanent residence in one is slightly less appealing, but El Cosmico is a communal outpost in the deserts of West Texas that lets you pretend for the night.

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Texans we are a proud people and we see ourselves as completely different from the rest of the world. It takes a full day to drive across the state and I'm not talking a day as in 8 hours I'm talking at least 24 hours! We have our little nuances that make us unique but sometimes the stereotypes that others have of us are completely wrong, not that we care, we just play it up even more so! So what are some stereotypes of Texans that aren't quite true?

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I'm from West Texas, I've seen a cattle round up. With horses? Yes. With ATV's? Yes. With a remote control car? Ahh, NO!
Leave it to a cattleman to use technology to their advantage.

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It's been a while since I've heard any news about Texas Trooper and Country legend Junior Brown, in fact the last time I heard his name mentioned was when he played the 'Swingin’ Tex Fest' show here in Abilene. Before that he was climbing to the top of the music charts with a song called 'The Highway Patrol.' A song that catapulted Junior Brown to national stardom. Junior Brown is back with a song that many of us have yelled at other drivers about, 'Hang Up and Drive.' Give it a listen.

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For the second straight week, Jimmie Johnson found himself in victory lane, as he took the checkered flag at the AAA Texas 500 at the Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday. It was Johnson's fifth victory of the season and the 60th of his impressive career.

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The cool snap we had last week got me to thinking about one thing, Texas whitetail deer. I daydream about whitetails all the time and I wonder where the best places are for a good hunt. The Texas Deer Association (TDA is a nonprofit organization) is a good place to start looking for land with good healthy deer herds. The TDA assists farmers, ranchers and landowners to improve the Texas whitetail deer crop. Have you priced a good lease lately? Hold on to your wallet, cause it's getting more expensive.

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The Babes with Bullets (BwB) shooting camp that travels across the United States is coming to Texas in October. The BwB camp is a three day firearms training program for women who have little or no handgun experience. The BwB 'combo camp' offers women AR-15 rifle training too. Every camp is taught by women who are national and world firearms champions. The next Babes with Bullets camp will be in Amarillo and runs October 5th thru the 8th.

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There are a plethora of license plate designs from which you can choose and those come at a cost. However, if you're cheap like me you just take what the TxDMV issues you. That will now be a new design with extra security thread features. They aren't pretty but they are practical.

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