🦆 What started as a few ducks at a Richmond golf course has turned into a growing problem residents can’t ignore.
The Club at Pecan Grove says hundreds of invasive Muscovy ducks and Egyptian geese have taken over parts of the course and nearby neighborhood, leaving behind damage, droppings and heated debate over what should happen next. Some residents love them. Others say the situation has gotten out of control.
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🏡 What if your dream home came with room for your supercars, show horses and a full arcade under one roof?
A newly listed $9.995 million estate in the Texas Hill Country is redefining luxury living with a private party barn, resort-style pool, pickleball court, stocked pond and a horse facility built for serious equestrians. The sprawling nine-acre compound outside Austin even doubles as an active income-producing short-term rental.
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🏳️🌈 Texas’ LGBTQ+ bars are fighting to survive.
From Galveston’s iconic Robert’s Lafitte to longtime clubs in Houston and Austin, queer nightlife spaces across Texas are facing mounting pressure from rising costs, shifting nightlife habits and political attacks targeting LGBTQ+ Texans. But for many, these bars are more than nightlife spots. They’re community lifelines.
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🔑🌊 A Kansas couple thought their cruise was ruined after their car keys sank into the Gulf off Galveston just hours before boarding. Then a Marine veteran dove into black, wave-battered water to try the impossible.
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🤒 Houston-area schools shut down after dozens of students got sick.
Ganado ISD canceled Friday classes after more than 90 elementary students were absent or sent home sick during a reported stomach bug outbreak. District leaders say campuses will be deep-cleaned before students return on Monday, ahead of finals week.
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🐊 A Houston neighborhood had a very unexpected late-night visitor.
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📌 Texas Children’s Hospital will create the nation’s first “detransition clinic” under a settlement with Attorney General Ken Paxton, according to state officials.
The agreement also requires the Houston hospital system to pay $10 million after the state accused it of improperly billing Medicaid for gender-transition care. LGBTQ advocates and medical groups are sharply criticizing the move, warning it could reshape transgender healthcare policy nationwide.
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🏡 We used the TX Tax tool to look up a property and review what the home is compared to using local data and methods appraisal districts use.
To make it simple, there are also step-by-step guides that walk you through filing a protest, what to expect and how to prepare for a hearing before the May 15 deadline.
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☀️ Meanwhile, the beach is showing off.
The clear water is tied to changing Gulf currents pushing Mississippi River silt away from the Texas coast. Nobody knows how long it’ll last, which only seems to be making people more obsessed with it.
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🚨 Feds say eagle parts were mailed to a Texas home.
A Texas man was sentenced after investigators said he bought bald and golden eagle parts from a black-market wildlife trafficking ring tied to thousands of dead birds. Federal officials say the case spanned multiple states.
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🔥 A fast-moving wildfire in the Texas Panhandle destroyed a historic railroad bridge near Canyon, leaving the tracks suspended with no support.
Crews are still assessing damage as fire danger remains high across the region.
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🚨 A viral barbecue catchphrase turned into a trademark battle, but one Texas attorney says he stepped in to protect the pitmaster behind “Tendernism,” not profit from him.
What started as internet fame for Walter Johnson’s barbecue creations has now turned into a partnership with the Houston-based athleisure brand Actively Black and a growing business built around the phrase he coined.
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