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AUSTIN – New opportunities and scenery are available to hunters this fall through the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s drawn hunt permits program, now accepting applications for a shot at almost 10,000 permits in 62 hunt categories.

AUSTIN – Drivers traveling for the July Fourth holiday should remember that state law requires them to slow down or move over when tow trucks and other emergency vehicles – police, fire, EMS and highway response trucks – are stopped on the side of the road with their lights activated.

BELTON – Sarah Green of Hamilton is listed on the Dean’s Honor Roll for Spring 2022 at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor.

A survey of 3,023 road trippers by FamilyDestinationsGuide.com has revealed the extent to which soaring gas prices and rising inflation will affect families’ vacation plans this summer. Texans surveyed say their usual summer road trips will effectively be cut in half (by 49%). Usually each average roadtrip is 568 miles, however, this summer the average is expected to be 289 miles (279 miles less). And it is not only roadtrippers who are altering their summer vacation plans. Car rentals have had one of the largest price hikes, at around 40% more expensive than the average over the previous decade. Coupled with price increases in line with summer travel demand, those vacationing over summer are likely looking to dedicate fewer finances toward fuel and travel.