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White Rock Lake is an amenity that is somehow both overused and overlooked. Dallas residents tend to take it for granted. And ...

The show in question is the annual white bass spawning run. Late winter and early spring is when the silver-sided sport fish ...

no Texas region boasts more beautiful lakes than Central Texas and the neighboring Hill Country, thanks to crisp, clear waters that take on quite the breathtaking hue. Canyon Lake is among those ...

But mostly, “The Main In Black: A Tribute to Johnny Cash” is a recreation of what it might have been like to be in the audience at one of the legendary singer’s classic shows. This, despite not having ...

Fishing report compiled by California Outdoors Hall of Fame member Dave Hurley and edited by Roger George, who guides in the greater Fresno area and holds the striper record at Millerton Lake. Best ...

CHEBOYGAN — For those who use Black Lake for recreation and the businesses located near the lake, the first weekend in February is eagerly anticipated. That is when the lake sturgeon season ...

Black Dragon Canyon is an easy stop right off the highway to stretch your legs. From the parking area, walk upcanyon (northwest) along the jeep road. Juniper trees speckle the sandy floor, but at 0.3 ...

Rogers bought in 1963 was a far cry from the Texas farm ... paradise for its Black population. Many were boxed out of neighborhoods east of Lake Avenue because of redlining and settled in West ...

One was on the predominantly white east side of town and was priced at $40,000. The other, a 1,000-square-foot home, cost $19,000 and was located on a predominantly Black cul-de-sac west of Lake ...

A rare winter storm pummeled the South on Tuesday, smashing snow records from Texas to Florida and leaving behind dangerous road conditions and power outages. The National Weather Service on ...

Black ice is dangerous precisely because it's hard to detect." Icy conditions in Southeast Texas will hang around Wednesday morning and should abate as temperatures warm into the 40s in the afternoon.