Texas gains 2 Congress seats with latest Census data
WASHINGTON -- The nation's political center of gravity shifted further to the Republican-led South and West on Monday, with Texas, Florida and other...
Best place to dance, bars and clubs, dance and live music venue: Schroeder Dance Hall
Crossroads residents have been kicking up their heels since 1890 at Schroeder Dance Hall in the Schroeder Community located about 15 miles outside...
The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again?) of the Texas Ostrich Industry
In the nineties, Texans lost their minds—and their shirts—investing in ostriches and emus. But some think the industry could take flight again. When...
Five Cousins’ make a sweet business growing strawberries in Poteet
POTEET, Texas — “They’re almost as sweet as candy!” is a common thought when you first try a strawberry at Five Cousins'. KENS 5 was in Poteet, the...
How to Deal With the Rental Car Crunch
The pandemic has wreaked havoc in the rental car industry, leading to a shortage of cars and sticker shock for travelers. Here are some tips for...
Baker Hughes loses $452 million in first quarter
Baker Hughes reported a loss in the first quarter after its investment in an artificial intelligence company plunged in the stock market. The...
Award-winning country-western dancers discuss the beauty of the Texas two-step
TEXAS — Country-western dancers Bill and Bonnie Erter never would have known each other, if it wasn’t for the Texas texas-step. “It was kind of love...
Oil And Gas Bankruptcies Jump Despite Rise In Crude Prices
The oil and gas sector is currently enjoying a mini-boom cycle as economies gradually re-open and oil demand begins to return to a semblance of...
More than half of Texas drivers use their cellphones while driving
SHERMAN, Texas (KXII) - April is distracted driving awareness month and, according to AAA, more than half of Texas drivers admitted to using their...
How a Houston oil giant is pushing the needle on commercial-scale direct air capture
For a transition to a renewable energy infrastructure to occur, we have to develop commercial-scale clean technology. Many energy experts agree that...
Sparton Corp. acquired by Texas company
Sparton Corporation, a DeLeon Springs-based provider of sonobuoys for the U.S. Navy and engineered products for the defense industry, was recently...
Can you guess the most popular cocktail in Texas?
Just like the smell of sunscreen or the sound of a rolling suitcase, a special occasion cocktail can be the key to a vacation mindset. During travel...
Permian Leads Oil, Gas Well Completions to Pre-Pandemic Levels
Nowhere are completions climbing faster than in the Permian Basin, analysts said. The data is borne out by the rising rig count in West Texas and...
U.S. Jobs In Nuclear And Oil Sectors Pay More Than Renewables
Jobs in the nuclear power generation and oil and gas in the United States pay more than jobs in renewables, a wages report showed this week, as the...
1701 Barbecue brings style Central Texas to Beaumont
If you have ever spent any time in Beaumont, or grew up there like I did, when you first hear about 1701 Barbecue, you might question what in the...
Burning Questions With Valentina’s Tex Mex BBQ
Teenage pitmaster Eliana Gutierrez represents a new age of Texas barbecue—and she's just getting started. At 17 years old, Eliana Gutierrez is the...
The Off-grid Business Has Never Been Better
When demand surged for pandemic-friendly RVs and camper vans, Austin-based rental company Outdoorsy was ready to capitalize on the trend. Jeff...
Relocations from San Francisco to Texas, Florida jumped between 32% and 46% in 2020
Despite migratory shifts in 2020, some people may move back to the cities they left once the pandemic is over Relocations from San Francisco to...
South Texas oil hot spot gets its first solar farm
The project is the first in Texas for a California energy company An overhead shot shows a solar farm near Runge that became operational in December...
Pandemic Drives Rural Land Sales In Texas
Sales of properties outside cities rose by 29% in the fourth quarter of last year. Rural land sales in Texas saw a big jump in the second half of...
Hiring rush: Tesla drops hundreds of job postings in Austin area
Tesla has said that its Gigafactory will eventually employ up to 5,000 people. AUSTIN, Texas — Tesla is holding true to its promise to bring...
SpaceX loses another Mars prototype in rocket explosion
Elon Musk’s SpaceX lost another prototype Mars rocket early Tuesday as its latest Starship test flight crashed while trying to land in heavy fog in...
Austin’s Samsung plant is back online after shutting down during Texas winter storms
Samsung's semiconductor fabrication plant in Austin is once again operational, the company confirmed Tuesday — more than a month after it was shut...
Why The World’s Largest Oil Company Won’t Cut Dividends
Despite a 44 percent drop in its 2020 profits, the Saudi Arabian government has instructed majority-state-owned Saudi Aramco to stick to the US$75...