The new location will be on Blue Mound Road in Saginaw and this store will be the largest one with 14,000 square feet. The store has 40 fueling stations — 32 selling unleaded gas and 8 pumping diesel. MORE STORY: HERE Fuel City founder John Benda is bringing 1880s Western themed store to Saginaw —…… MORE
DART offering Free Rides on New Year’s Eve
Get home safely, there are many options such as AAA Tipsy Tow and here is another . . . DART for the third year giving free rides for all on light rail, buses and TRE trains. The free rides start at 6 p.m. on Sun., Dec. 31 and lasts through end of service, which is…… MORE
Who’s Ready to be a Mega Millionaire?
Overnight, nobody won the Mega Millions jackpot, so the jackpot has grown to $343 million making that on big new years prize for some lucky winner — Next Drawing is TUES Jan 2nd. The Powerball jackpot DRAWING is SATURDAY NIGHT at 10:12pm, Hello lottery players you have a chance to win the $384-million jackpot. Make…… MORE
Dallas County Reports Fourth and Fifth flu-related Deaths
Texas leads the country in the for the most ‘flu-activity’ Followed by Arkansas. Texas lead the nation in a ranking of flu activity released this week by Walgreens, compiled by prescription data to treat influenza. Flu cases are on the rise across Texas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Within the State of…… MORE
AAA Texas Offers New Years Eve ‘Tipsy Tow’ to prevent DWI
Do you have a designated driver, or alternate plan, cab, Uber, Lyft . . . or take AAA on their free service Tipsy Tow. This service is to prevent drunk drivers on the road. FULL STORY: HERE The service is available from 6 p.m. on Sunday (New Year’s Eve) through 6 a.m. Monday. Drivers, bartenders…… MORE
Who’s Baby is This?
His very proud parents have filled their instagram accounts with pics of this bundle of joy. Jason Aldean and his wife Brittany Kerr welcomed their first child on Friday Dec 1st. Memphis Aldean Williams was born in Nashville weighing 9 lbs., 5 oz. This is the couple’s first baby together. Jason has two daughters from previous…… MORE
Apple Apologizes for Slow Down iPhones, Reducing Price of New Batteries
Apple released a statement on Thursday apologizing to users for intentionally slowing down older iPhones, so they offered a remedy they will lower the cost replacement betteries —- from $79 to $29. READ MORE: HERE Three iPhone users from North Texas have joined the lawsuit, saying Apple should have admitted sooner about software updates slowed down older smartphones. Residents…… MORE
“Gaming Disorder” Will Be Added to WHO as Mental Disorder
According to the marketing group NPD, video game console spending in the U.S. is up 27 percent from last year, up to $1.9 billion. The World Health Organization plans to include Gaming Disorder in its latest publication of The International Classification of Diseases. Adding “gaming disorder” to the list means it will be recognized by doctors and…… MORE
2017 Podcasts: Best of CMT Next Women of Country Alum with Lindsay Ell, Carly Pearce, Kelleigh Bannen, Maggie Rose & Danielle Bradbery
NCD hosted more than 80 podcasts in 2017, including featuring a number of alum from CMT’s Next Women of Country franchise—a campaign to bring awareness to inspiring female vocalists in country music. In addition to sharing their unique perspectives, many of the singer/songwriters talked about releasing new music, spreading their brand of country music, overcoming…… MORE
Catching the Flu? Texas Leads the Nation for Flu Activity
The list comes from Walgreens, they have putting putting together lists for years now. The drugstore chain compiles from their 8,000 locations. They use weekly retail prescription data for medications used to treat influenza across Walgreens locations nationwide. READ MORE: HERE Top 10 states with flu activity Texas Arkansas Tennessee West Virginia Wyoming Texas…… MORE
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Keep Those Texas Babies Reading
Getting our kids to read in the summer can sometimes be challenging but there are lots of teacher approved ideas and incentive programs available to keep them on track! They can earn game tokens from our Friends at Chuck E Cheese who has tons of rewards ideas for being a good student and a good…