Christmas tree sales are up in the Lone Star State, even as many tree farmers are aging out of the business with no successors.

For the second straight season, La Vernia and Kilgore will battle in the Class 4A Division I state semifinals.

Texas earmarked $1.4 billion to help fund flood prevention projects. But after learning that so many communities turned down the money, two lawmakers who approved the program acknowledged it was flawed.

The La Vernia Bears football team is heading to the UIL state semifinals for the first time in program history.

High school students that are getting a jump on college through dual credit now make up the majority of students at one East Texas community college.

If autumn is your favorite season, then you’ll be happy to know that there are several fall festivals taking place around Texas.

Last fall, Ignacia Kilgore’s students entered the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow contest with an invention aimed at stopping the widespread use of petroleum-based plastics. They’re now aiming to win the grand prize! Just by getting to this point, the girls were awarded $15,000 worth of technology for their school. Ignacia told KSAT that this money is so appreciated, since the school doesn’t have the latest technology and equipment for the students to use. If they win the grand prize, the school will receive $100,000 worth of technology and classroom supplies, as well as a trip to Washington D.C. for Ms. Kilgore’s class.