Sorted by date Results 1 - 2 of 2
ROCKDALE, Texas (AP) — Sometimes when David Pruett turns on the taps, the water runs a dark caramel. "I don't wash the dishes when it comes out coffee-colored on me," said Pruett, 27. "There's been plenty of times, I've been in the shower, washing my hair or something, and it suddenly looks like I'm bathing in Coke. I don't drink the water here. I can't. My stomach gets upset. My system can't handle what's in the water here." The Austin American-Statesman reports state regulators and officials in Rockdale, about an hour's drive northeast of A...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — In a dense bit of East Austin forest, beneath a long abandoned helicopter-blade test pad and a pair of cottonwood trees, hundreds of honeybees are going about their honey-making business. The Austin American-Statesman reports the land belongs to military contractor BAE Systems — part of the 140 acres on which the company builds components for missiles and other military hardware — and the bees belong to the nonprofit American Honey Bee Protection Agency , which aims to integrate bees into cities and educate the public about...
