BLUE BELL

H-E-B's crowning as the best brand in the Lone Star State was part of a March Madness-style competition.

In the end, Texans were only ever going to let this brand take home the win in the Ultimate Texas Brand Bracket.

It is time, Texans: Who will you vote the most iconic brand in the Ultimate Texas Brand Bracket championship?

H-E-B. Whataburger. Blue Bell. Southwest Airlines. Four iconic Texas brands remain, but only one can be crowned champion of them all.

Can anything stop H-E-B? Plus: a recap of the bracket's tightest matchup yet, between Schlitterbahn and Austin City Limits.

Eight years after the listeria crisis, the Brenham-based brand continues to win folks like me over with new flavors and old memories.

Seven fraud charges against the former CEO of Blue Bell Creameries related to a deadly listeria outbreak have been dropped after he agreed to pay a misdemeanor fine.

Miller's Lonnie Adkism, Veterans Memorial's Luke Johnson each earned Class 5A first-team all-state honors from the Texas Sports Writers Association.

Taft receiver Josh Suarez led six Coastal Bend players honored on the BlueBell/TSWA Class 3A all-state football team

Four players from Refugio and one from Three Rivers earned first team nods on the 2022 Blue Bell/TSWA Class 2A All-State Football team.

People who often find themselves debating cereal versus ice cream while searching for a snack may find delight in Blue Bell’s latest release.

Blue Bell Creameries is bringing back two holiday favorites for ice cream fans.

Blue Bell creameries is looking to satisfy your sweet tooth with another limited-edition flavor - salted caramel brownie ice cream.

CLASS 6ATSWA All-State Second TeamCatcher – Julius Ramirez, PSJA High. Outfielder – Stone Gomez, Weslaco High. TSWA All-State Honorable MentionChristopher Casares, Shortstop, Weslaco High; J.C. Gutierrez, Pitcher, La Joya High; Josh Muñoz, Shortstop, Los Fresnos; Dylan Garcia, Third baseman, Weslaco High. CLASS 5ATSWA All-State First TeamThird baseman – Gael Gonzalez, La Joya Palmview; Oscar Serna, Sharyland Pioneer (Tie). TSWA All-State Honorable MentionJuan Castaneda, Pitcher, La Joya Palmview; Carlos Garcia, Pitcher, Sharyland High; Alex Solis, Pitcher, Weslaco East; Josiah Gonzalez, Catcher, La Joya Palmview; Diego Zuniga, Catcher, Sharyland High; Juan Rivera, Shortstop, Sharyland Pioneer; Marlon Rodriguez, Third baseman, Brownsville Veterans.

The Texas Sports Writers Association (TSWA) unveiled the Blue Bell/TSWA Class 5A all-state baseball teams Friday with several Rio Grande Valley standouts earning statewide recognition. CLASS 5AFirst TeamThird baseman – Gael Gonzalez, La Joya Palmview; Oscar Serna, Sharyland Pioneer (Tie). Third TeamCatcher – Antonio Balboa, Weslaco East; David Benitez, Sharyland Pioneer (Tie). Honorable MentionJuan Castaneda, Pitcher, La Joya Palmview; Carlos Garcia, Pitcher, Sharyland High; Alex Solis, Pitcher, Weslaco East; Josiah Gonzales, Catcher, La Joya Palmview; Diego Zuniga, Catcher, Sharyland High; Juan Rivera, Shortstop, Sharyland Pioneer; Marlon Rodriguez, Third baseman, Brownsville Veterans. CLASS 4AHonorable MentionCaleb Laster, Pitcher, Rio Hondo.

London pitcher Kade Budd was named Player of the Year on the TSWA Class 3A All-State Team, plus a look at other area athletes who made the team.

Apparently, not everybody screams for Blue Bell ice cream — the beloved Texas staple has been called out for using low-quality ingredients.

Blue Bell has a new flavor in store for National Ice Cream Month.

Blue Bell unveiled ice cream koozies on Wednesday, and then sold out of the product within hours.

Blue Bell strawberry lemonade ice cream is available for a limited time in half-gallon and pint sizes, while supplies last.

Blue Bell is bringing back two fan favorites this month in addition to a new limited time flavor for chocolate and peanut butter lovers.

Blue Bell has announced a new flavor - Chocolate Peanut Butter Overload ice cream.

Blue Bell is taking to the skies. Literally.

Fans of Blue Bell may remember the flavor from local parlors.

Fans of Blue Bell Ice Cream can now buy its Peachy Peach flavor at grocery stores.

Cookies ‘n Cream Cone Ice Cream is officially on the shelves for the first time since 2015.

Blue Bell is kicking off the Christmas season with the release of a new holiday flavor.

Blue Bell has debuted a coconut treat for one of the tastiest months around, National Ice Cream Month.

Calling all chocolate fans: Blue Bell is releasing a new ice cream flavor this week, and you’ll likely want to know more about it.

Blue Bell will debut its newest flavor, Cookies ‘n Creme Cone, in stores starting on Thursday. Blue Bell will debut its newest flavor, Cookies ‘n Cream Cone, in stores starting on Thursday. The flavor is a mix of vanilla ice cream, chocolate crème-filled cookie crumbles, chocolate cone pieces covered in dark chocolate and a chocolate fudge sauce. “Imagine our Cookies ‘n Cream Ice Cream, then add in cone pieces and a fudgy swirl.”“It’s an ice cream with all of the delicious ingredients of a Cookie Cone. It’s your favorite cone, but in a carton.”Cookies ‘n Cream Cone will be available in half-gallon and pint sizes for a limited time.

SAN ANTONIO – It’s the most wonderful time of the year at Blue Bell Creameries - the Texas ice cream chain announced the return of two favorite holiday flavors. Christmas Cookies and Peppermint ice cream are back in stores for a little holiday cheer in October. Blue Bell’s Christmas Cookies flavor is a chocolate chip, snickerdoodle and sugar cookie combination in a tasty sugar cookie ice cream with red sprinkles and a green icing swirl throughout. Peppermint flavor is a refreshing peppermint ice cream sprinkled with peppermint candy pieces. The holiday flavors will be available for a limited time, while supplies last.

A federal grand jury in Austin returned a seven-count indictment Tuesday charging Paul Kruse with six counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, according to a Justice Department statement. Health officials notified Blue Bell in February 2015 that two ice cream products from the company’s flagship factory in the central Texas city of Brenham and its Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, plant tested positive for listeria. Blue Bell recalled products after its ice cream was linked to 10 listeria cases in four states, including three deaths in Kansas. Prosecutors allege that Kruse schemed to deceive Blue Bell customers by directing employees to remove potentially contaminated products from store freezers without alerting grocers and consumers as to why. Kruse was initially charged May 1, the same day that Blue Bell Creameries pleaded guilty to two counts of distributing contaminated goods.

Blue Bell Creameries L.P. was ordered by a federal court to pay $17.25 million in criminal penalties for sending out contaminated products linked to a 2015 listeria outbreak, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday. The DOJ said Blue Bell pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of distributing adulterated ice cream products in May 2020. The FDA, CDC and Blue Bell issued public recalls on March 13, 2015. A second recall was announced 10 days later after tests confirmed listeria contamination at a Blue Bell facility in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Blue Bell temporarily closed down all of its facilities in late April 2015 to clean and update equipment.

SAN ANTONIO This summer is like no other in Texas, but Blue Bell is making things a little sweeter by bringing back a beloved, yet rare, flavor. Blue Bell will return the Milk & Cookies Ice Cream flavor to stores in July in honor of National Ice Cream Month. The flavor is a blend of ice cream and chocolate chip cookies, and has not been sold in several years, company officials said. The flavor has not been available in stores for several years, Jimmy Lawhorn, Blue Bells vice president of sales and marketing, said in a news release. Returning flavors are as exciting as a new flavor because so many of our fans contact us every day with requests asking to bring back their favorite.Every National Ice Cream Month, Blue Bell either takes one flavor out of retirement or creates a new flavor, officials said.

BRENHAM, Texas An employee at Blue Bells Brenham Creamery has tested positive for COVID-19, according to company officials. Blue Bell notified employees who worked closely with the person who tested positive and the creamery is being deep-cleaned and disinfected, according to NBCDFW. Officials with Blue Bell released a statement to ABC13 that says, in part, we work hard every day to maintain a clean and safe environment. We will remain uncompromising in our preventive sanitation and safety programs in all of our locations and have implemented additional safety measures to fight COVID-19.KSAT has reached out to Blue Bell for comment. Blue Bell made headlines earlier this month as well in connection with the 2015 listeria outbreak.

SAN ANTONIO - Neither the calendar, nor the temperatures, show signs of fall, but Blue Bell is already feeling it. Salted Caramel Cookie Ice Cream is described as "a rich, creamy caramel ice cream loaded with vanilla crme filled cookies and a salted caramel swirl." "Our new Salted Caramel Cookie Ice Cream is a perfect combination of sweet and salty,"said Jimmy Lawhorn, vice president, sales and marketing for Blue Bell. The newest Blue Bell flavor is available in half gallon and pint sizes but only for a limited time. Click here for a complete list of Blue Bell flavors now available in stores.

Turns out the juvenile who went viral isnt the only one licking Blue Bell ice creams. Lenise Martin III, 36, of Louisiana was arrested Saturday after a video of him allegedly licking a Blue Bell Ice Cream from a grocery store in Belle Rose was uploaded on Facebook. However, Martin showed detectives a receipt for the purchase of a carton of Blue Bell Ice Cream, suggesting he paid for the ice cream he allegedly contaminated, Cmdr. Meanwhile, the original juvenile caught on camera licking the tub of Blue Bell ice cream in Texas has been identified. Blue Bell said in a statement they inspected the ice creams and believe the carton in question was never sold.

Police in Lufkin, Texas, have identified a juvenile who was seen licking a tub of Blue Bell ice cream in a now-viral video. The juvenile could be seen licking the ice cream at a local Walmart before putting it back into the freezer. The case will now be turned over to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, Jessica Pebsworth, a spokesperson with the Lufkin Police Department said. pic.twitter.com/T8AIdGpmuS Optimus Primal (@BlindDensetsu) June 29, 2019In a statement, Blue Bell said the ice cream that was licked was never sold. Blue Bell creameries said they notified police as soon as an employee was able to identify the store where the incident took place.

The investigation into a viral video that showed a woman lick a half-gallon container of Tin Roof Blue Bell ice cream and then put it back in a store freezer has reached East Texas.

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After a viral video showed a teen licking a tub of Blue Bell ice cream at a store and then putting it back in the freezer, police announced they have tracked down the dessert delinquent. A video posted to Twitter showed her taking a tub of Tin Roof flavor ice cream from the freezer, taking off the lid and licking the contents inside. And on Friday, Lufkin police said officers had identified the person in the video and interviewed her, along with her boyfriend, who apparently recorded the video. RELATED STORIESCould a Woman Be Charged for Licking a Tub of Ice Cream and Putting It Back? New York Man Sweetly Proposes to Girlfriend With 'Marry Me Mint' Ice CreamParamedics Get Man Dying of Cancer His Last Ice Cream

Police in Lufkin, Texas, have identified a juvenile who was seen licking a tub of Blue Bell ice cream in a now-viral video. The juvenile could be seen licking the ice cream at a local Walmart before putting it back into the freezer. The case will now be turned over to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, Jessica Pebsworth, a spokesperson with the Lufkin Police Department said. pic.twitter.com/T8AIdGpmuS Optimus Primal (@BlindDensetsu) June 29, 2019In a statement, Blue Bell said the ice cream that was licked was never sold. Blue Bell creameries said they notified police as soon as an employee was able to identify the store where the incident took place.

SAN ANTONIO - UPDATE: San Antonio police are investigating the incident after multiple people posted to social media claiming the incident occurred in San Antonio, according to a spokesperson with the police department. H-E-B officials confirmed Tuesday that video of a girl opening a gallon of Blue Bell ice cream, licking the ice cream and then placing it back into a grocery store fridge was not filmed inside an H-E-B store. And despite Facebook detectives claiming otherwise, San Antonio police said they have not received information as to whether the woman in the video lives in San Antonio. We take this issue very seriously and are currently working with law enforcement, retail partners and social media platforms. During production, our half gallons are flipped upside down and sent to a hardening room where the ice cream freezes to the lid creating a natural seal.

Blue Bell ice cream is working with law enforcement officials and retail partners to track down a woman seen licking ice cream and then placing the container back on store shelves. The video has gone viral, but it's not known where the incident took place or when. Blue Bell responded to the video by saying they will attempt to identify the woman. The company says the ice cream in its containers should freeze to the lid, creating a natural seal. *** WARNING - Video post contains graphic language some may feel to be inappropriate ***What kinda psychopathic behavior is this?!

CBS News has learned the justice department is looking into Blue Bell after their ice cream was linked to a deadly Listeria outbreak earlier this year. Jim Axelrod reports.

FDA records show the agency found Listeria in a Blue Bell ice cream plant 2 years prior to an outbreak that killed 3 people and sickened several more. New food safety laws will grant the FDA greater power to make food safer, reports Jim Axelrod.

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Honda is recalling nearly five million cars, Seattle is becoming Shell's base for arctic drilling, and Blue Bell will now be required to notify health officials whenever its products test positive for listeria. CBS News MoneyWatch's Jill Wagner has those stories and more.

The CDC says 10 people in four states have contracted listeria as part of an outbreak linked to Blue Bell ice cream. The company traced the bacteria to two factories -- one in Texas, the other in Oklahoma. Elaine Quijano reports on the company's response.

Deadly bacteria outbreak prompts Blue Bell ice cream recall Health officials say three people have died after eating ice cream tainted with Listeria. Mark Albert explains the victims all ate the ice cream while they were patients at a Kansas hospital.