Travel

In East Texas the truck you drive is more important than what boots you are wearing. If you are looking to be the first one on the block to have that new new, this is it.

The days between Memorial Day and Labor Day are the deadliest days of the year on the roads, and there was proof of that earlier this summer in East Texas when a teen driver was killed when his vehicle went off the road and flipped. Just why is the summer so deadly? Turns out there are several reasons.

Any guess exactly how hot this "hot spring" is? We have some great hot springs in Texas that have become swimming holes, but you wouldn't even want to dip a toe into this one. Do you know where it is?

Long road trips give ya plenty of time to think, and if you're ten years old, road trips make you blurt out solutions to seemingly impossible questions. My daughter may have been lulled into a car coma by road noise and cloudy skies, but during the sixth hour of the road trip, she had a great point in the chicken-or-the-egg debate.

When they pass out those peanuts mid-flight it feels like we've hit the lotto. We might never eat nuts on the ground, but in the air, they taste SO good! As of August 1st on Southwest Airlines the peanuts are gone, and we've got one big reason why they'll be missed.

Here is the list of several of the worst intersections in Lufkin (in no particular order).

The 4th of July is a week away, and we've got a big road trip weekend coming up. It's been feeling like gas prices may hit the $3 per gallon mark, but now we have reasons why that will NOT happen. Yay!

If you need an Uber ride and you're not in a big hurry, you may have an advantage soon. Uber is working on lower fares for riders who can wait a few minutes.

East Texas has lots of places that draw tourists, and since we live here we should be checking them out too. We've got ideas about five great places to visit that you may have forgotten about.

More than three million Texans are going to be traveling for the Memorial Day weekend, and it may feel like every one of them is in front of you on US-59. There will be enough road stress, so do yourself a favor and avoid the hassle of getting fined two hundred bucks on top of it.

A couple in Oklahoma is selling their home for one dollar. Wanna move?

They looked at violent crimes like murder, aggravated assault, robbery, and rape, and decided that the most dangerous city in Texas is two hours away from Lufkin.