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AVENGERS: Infinity War Is The Highest Grossing Superhero Movie Ever

AVENGERS: Infinity War Is The Highest Grossing Superhero Movie Ever

Released three weeks ago Avengers: Infinity War is now the fifth biggest movie in the world, and has crossed over the billion dollar mark worldwide   Just this past weekend earned another $62 Million, worldwide current total of $1.606 billion, now in the top five.  Jurassic World ($1.671 billion),  No. 3 Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($2.068 billion),  No. 2 Titanic ($2.187 billion),…

Some Schools Removing Analog Clocks Because Kids Can’t Read Them

Some Schools Removing Analog Clocks Because Kids Can’t Read Them

Schools removing old-fashioned clocks because kids can’t tell time The reason: Kids were having hard time telling what time it is and causing confusion, British schools decided to remove the analog clocks because teens are more familiar digital time.  The General Secretary for ASCL (Association of School and College Leaders) said the analog clocks were…

List of All The TV Shows Cancelled

List of All The TV Shows Cancelled

A few surprises and some not so much and couple of who? ABC Alex, Inc. Deception The Crossing Kevin (Probably) Saves the World The Mayor Marvel’s Inhumans Ten Days in the Valley Designated Survivor Quantico NBC Taken Great News The Brave Rise CBS Scorpion Superior Donuts FOX Brooklyn Nine-Nine (which was saved by NBC one day later)…

It’s Now Open 360 South Tollway

It’s Now Open 360 South Tollway

The new 360 Tollway between I-20 and 287 is officially open. The North Texas Tollway Authority’s 9.7-mile project has now been extended with the 360 Tollway,  along the Arlington and Grand Prairie border from Camp Wisdom and Sublett roads south to U.S. Highway 287.   Grand Prairie is exploding with new developments and Mansfield has doubled…

Last Man Standing is Returning to TV on Fox

Last Man Standing is Returning to TV on Fox

FOX announced they have picked up ‘Last Man Standing’.   The show was cancelled in May 2017 by ABC, and some speculated because of the conservative political views of Tim Allen’s character on the show.  ABC said the show was cancelled due to “business and scheduling reasons.”   The series is set to air on Fox during…

Arizona Woman Sent 65,000 Text Messages After First Date

Arizona Woman Sent 65,000 Text Messages After First Date

Jacqueline Ades, 31,of Phoenix  was arrested for stalking and harassing a man she met online, according to Maricopa County court documents.  They met on a dating website and went on one date last summer, then she began sending text messages sometimes 500 a day.  Then the messages turned threatening and stalked him at his job,…

Fort Worth I.S.D.  Recruits Oklahoma Teachers with Billboards

Fort Worth I.S.D. Recruits Oklahoma Teachers with Billboards

Oklahoma teachers are underpaid, and gained nationwide attention when the teachers walked out the job for nine days demanding higher pay.  Oklahoma teacher’s salary is around $32,000 a year. Each Year FWISD has about 500 to 700 vacancies and decided to recruit teachers from Oklahoma by placing billboards in several cities in the state.  MORE…

E. Coli Has Now Reached Texas; 149 Cases in 29 States

E. Coli Has Now Reached Texas; 149 Cases in 29 States

Four more states, including Texas, have reported E. Coli illnesses linked to romaine lettuce.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday said 149 people affected in 29 states with 64 hospitalized and one death in California.  Florida, Minnesota, North Dakota and Texas have joined the list of states of E. coli illness linked to…

Lady Antebellum Messes up National Anthem; Fans Help Them Out

Lady Antebellum Messes up National Anthem; Fans Help Them Out

Big introduction for Lady Antebellum- Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott and Dave Haywood proved this is the hardest song to sing, lyric mess up about one minute in – Fans start singing – they recovered quickly but that didn’t stop twitter from exploding with criticism.  See the video check out twitter response below.  Ouch!!!! Yikes Lady Antebellum…. gotta get those…

Railroad Companies Offering up to $25,000 Bonus

Railroad Companies Offering up to $25,000 Bonus

The Wall Street Journal said BNSF Railway, based in Fort Worth, and Union Pacific Corp. in Omaha, Nebraska, are having tough time filling jobs.  Demand for shipments across the country is up but unemployment is down. ( below 4%) they need workers to fill jobs. “Hiring has become more difficult,” Amy Casas, a BNSF spokeswoman, “This…

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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…