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World’s Largest Loop Coaster Coming to Six Flags Over Texas

World’s Largest Loop Coaster Coming to Six Flags Over Texas

Coming to Six Flags over Texas, the Largest Loop in the World is coming to the Lone Star State in 2019 = called the ‘Lone Star Revolution’. Standing at 100 feet and goes forwards, backwards and goes through six inversions. This will be the park’s 14th roller coaster and scheduled to open Spring 2019!   “This Texas-sized loop…

Philadelphia Schools Shutting Down Tue & Wed due to Heat

Philadelphia Schools Shutting Down Tue & Wed due to Heat

Schools will dismiss students at 1pm Tue & Wed, also the school district says all after-school activities including athletic programs and professional development sessions are canceled for those days. Temperatures hit 92 degrees on Monday and are expected to rise to 95 on Tuesday and Wednesday.  Philadelphia Federation of Teachers president Jerry Jordan said “The vast majority…

Homeless Veteran with $400k from GoFundMe is Homeless Again

Homeless Veteran with $400k from GoFundMe is Homeless Again

Remember back in November 2017, Kate McClure ran out of gas on I-95 Philadelphia, she had no money, but homeless man Johnny Bobbitt helped her with his last $20, she found out he was a veteran (Former Marine and first responder) and her and her boyfriend started a GoFundMe page.  After the story went viral…

Drivers License Offices May Close 87 Locations; 4 in DFW

Drivers License Offices May Close 87 Locations; 4 in DFW

List for possible closures is Plano, Denton, Greenville and Fort Worth East facilities along with 78 more locations that are the only offices within the county they serve, which means some rural areas in Texas will force people to travel long distances to the licensing office.  DPS states that closing offices with few customers would…

Jason Aldean Trying to Move On From Las Vegas Tragedy

Jason Aldean Trying to Move On From Las Vegas Tragedy

Jason Aldean was on stage at a Las Vegas music festival on October 1, 2017 when a gunman opened fire on the crowd and killed 59 people, injuring more than 800.  Jason Aldean gave an interview with NBC’s Willie Geist  that he is trying to move on from that horrific tragedy and he says what it…

That Ended Quickly: Miranda Splits from Boyfriend

That Ended Quickly: Miranda Splits from Boyfriend

It’s confirmed, it’s over after 6 months!  Evan Felker from the band, the Turnpike Troubadours who are touring as the opening act for Little Big Town and Miranda’s ‘The Bandwagon Tour’,  now the news is . . . his band has dropped out of the final performances of the tour. #MirandaLambert says she is "happily single" after…

Garth Brooks Will Make a Rare Grand Ole Opry Appearance

Garth Brooks Will Make a Rare Grand Ole Opry Appearance

Saturday Night August 25th Garth Brooks will make a rare appearance at the Grand Ole Opry.  He will perform, beginning at 7pm at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. Brooks has been an Opry member since 1990, Garth Brooks became a member of our Opry Family on October 6, 1990.Tomorrow night, he's coming home! Posted by…

T-Mobile Announces Data Breach Discovered

T-Mobile Announces Data Breach Discovered

T-Mobile announced on Friday they discovered a data breach on Aug 20th and although they said no financial info and no social security numbers were involved, customers might have their email address, account numbers and phone numbers exposed.  Reports say the breach impacted roughly 3 percent of its 77 million customers,  approximately 2.3 million customers.   MORE Info:…

Cheddar’s Suffers Cyber Attack; Over 500k Credit Cards Exposed

Cheddar’s Suffers Cyber Attack; Over 500k Credit Cards Exposed

Customers who have visited Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen restaurants may want to double check their bank accounts.  Cheddar’s said over 560,000 customers in 23 states could have their credit card numbers exposed,  yes that includes TEXAS! The parent company Darden Restaurants released the following statement:   “The trust our guests place in us is something we take very…

Two Bats Tested Positive for Rabies in Dallas

Two Bats Tested Positive for Rabies in Dallas

Two areas of Dallas have received warnings because two bats were found in the last week, they tested positive for rabies. Beware near the White Rock Lake area.  The first bat was found August 15th, in the on Coronado Avenue near the south end of White Rock Lake. The second bat was found  August 18th,  on…

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Keep Those Texas Babies Reading

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…