Crash Kelley

Our area has some towns to watch out for excessive speed traps. They include Ballinger, Winters, Robert Lee, Sterling City, Mertzon, Junction and Menard.

There are cases where someone buys a property in Texas, only to discover there are bodies in the backyard. Older homesteads in Texas frequently had family burial plots on them. In many cases, those plots were never officially named a "cemetery".

It is commonly believed here in Texas that the Texas flag is the only state flag legally allowed to fly at the same height as the US Flag. The rationale for this is the belief that the privilege was granted to Texas because it was the only state with independent nation status before its admission to the union in The United States.

While it may seem bad for the environment to cut down a live Christmas tree for the holidays, the truth is quite different. According to Texas A&M Forest Service, Christmas trees are grown for an average of eight to ten years before being harvested and more than 350 million future Christmas trees are growing in the U.S. Since only a small fraction are cut down each year, these trees provide great benefits to the environment.

Lost cemetaries, forgotten burials, ancient Native American burial sites. You never know when human bones might turn up in your backyard. Do this if it happens.

Inflation means prices get bigger. Shrinkflation means sizes get smaller for the same price. Here are some items suffering shrinkage. What items have you noticed?

Texas is #1. We all know we're #1 in a lot of great things. We are also #1 in something really bad: deadly animal attacks. 11 out of the 24 most deadly animals on earth are found in Texas

Is it against the law to eat while driving in Texas? Like all legal questions, the answer might not be as straightforward as you expect