Texas wildfires

It's fall tree planting season in Texas and time to think about better protecting your home and property from wildfires. The best way is to know what to plant and where.

Due to the excessive heatwave and drought in West Texas, the Taylor County Commissioners have issued a burn ban for Taylor County effective until December 26th. Here's more.

As you know, wildfires have ravaged our area of the Lone Star State causing quite a few families to lose all they have and our community is stepping up in a big way.

Tropical storm Lee brought torrential rainfall to Louisiana and Mississippi over Labor Day weekend. It also fanned numerous wildfires here in Texas. The winds produced by the storm caused major problems, especially in Bastrop county east of Austin, where over 500 homes were lost. Firefighters continue to battle fires here in our state as of earlier today, September 6th. Since the first of Septe

This year has been one for the books. Last night (6/20), thunderstorms rumbled through the Abilene area with a LOT of lightning and some much needed rain. But high winds accompanying the storms caused damage to trees and structures in the region.

The wildfires continue to burn across the Abilene area and the state of Texas. The current situation is making history, and not in a good way. It has now been 19 consecutive days of dry weather. That dry weather coupled with unseasonably warm temperatures and relentless high winds, has been responsible for over 700,000 acres in fire damage.