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MORGAN COUNTY, Tenn. — Their classroom is a patch of Morgan County woods inhabited by dead people. Corpses in the ground. Corpses above ground. If they succeed at this 10-week school, open to law ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - It’s a rare sight to see in Central Texas: a real Christmas tree farm. Its hot, dry, drought-prone climate makes it difficult for traditional pines to grow, but the Radde’s ...

Whether you prefer a classic Norway spruce or Douglas fir or you’re drawn to the charm of a Virginia pine or Arizona cypress, East Texas is home to numerous Christmas tree farms now open for the ...

Here’s how scientists are solving the “dinosaur death pose” mystery and others. This specimen of the bird-like dinosaur Archaeopteryx exhibits what paleontologists call the dinosaur death pose or the ...

A $1.2 billion energy company with ties in the Middle East has set its sights on deep South Texas as the future home of its next big renewable energy project. On Thursday, November 13, Terra-Gen — a ...

FORT STOCKTON — Zachary Swick plucked a pecan from one of the 78,000 trees at a sprawling West Texas farm — a rare sight in the desert known for oil rigs and pump jacks. He peeled away the pecan’s ...

One of the common myths about solar panels is that using them to produce electricity isn't worth the expense. The Solar Energy Industries Association, or SEIA, would disagree, with "more than 8,100 ...

Lufkin, Texas (KLTV) - A lawsuit settlement currently in the works could halt a plan to pump billions of gallons of water out of East Texas. The suit was filed by Wayne Sanderson Farms, one of the ...

A Texas couple was arrested after investigators found the body of their adult special needs son buried in their backyard, according to investigators. The remains of Jonathan Kinman, 26, were found ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — New research reveals that over half of Latinx Texans struggle with body image and disordered eating, yet don’t seek help. Experts say family dynamics play a key role, and support is ...

The barking of a “little labradoodle” led rescuers to the body of LendingTree CEO and chairman Doug Lebda, who was found pinned under an overturned all-terrain vehicle on his family farm in western ...