Category Archives: Lifestyles
This Memorial Day, Do Not Become a Memory!
As family and friends break free from shelter in place orders and begin to plan their Memorial Day celebration, we encourage you to plan while you can and designate a sober ride.
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Teaching Technology to Older Adults During the Coronavirus Pandemic
With patience and flexibility, family members can provide the best tech support for seniors from a safe, healthy distance. Together, they can practice using new and innovative technology for older adults, learning to meet their daily needs through online services, from paying bills to ordering groceries and streaming music.
Read moreDPS Reminds Motorists April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month
According to the Texas Department of Transportation, there were more than 96,000 crashes involving distracted driving in 2018, and these crashes led to more than 2,300 serious injuries and over 390 deaths.
Read moreTexas Home School Coalition Launches Emergency COVID-19 Daily Home Education Lesson Plans
The Texas Home School Coalition, one of the nation’s leading authorities on home education with more than three decades of experience in the space, has just completed the first phase of a multi-phase emergency COVID-19 response plan to afford Americans free digital home education resources.
Read moreTexas Health Care Association Launches Adopt a Nursing Home Initiative
The Texas Health Care Association (THCA) announced the Adopt a Nursing Home initiative to connect willing Texans with a local nursing home to safely communicate during the COVID-19 outbreak to send words of comfort to both residents and their caregiving staff.
Read moreHow To Talk To Children About COVID-19
Children home from school are likely hearing about COVID-19 from conversations between their parents or from the news. A Texas A&M University expert said it’s important parents ensure their children are given reliable information and ease their fears and anxieties.
Read moreGov. Abbott Authorizes Restaurants to Deliver Alcohol With Food Purchase
Governor Greg Abbott issued a waiver that will allow restaurants to deliver alcoholic beverages with food purchases to patrons, including beer, wine, and mixed drinks.
Read moreUpdate on Ticket Refunds for The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™
After the closure of the 2020 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, the Rodeo announces the options for ticket buyers.
Read moreHealth Department Orders Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™ to Close [VIDEO]
In the interest of public health, the City of Houston and the Houston Health Department have ordered the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™ to close.
Read moreQUILTERS AWARDED IN THE 2020 RODEO QUILT CONTEST
Winners from the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo’s 2020 Quilt Contest were announced today. More than 60 entries were received from quilters who reside in the designated 68 Area Go Texan counties and Houston-Area counties.
Read moreHouston Livestock Show and Rodeo™ 2020 World’s Championship Bar-B-Que Contest Winners Announced
More than 250 barbecue teams competed at the 2020 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo World’s Championship Bar-B-Que Contest presented by Comcast Business, Feb. 27 – 29, 2020. On Saturday night, one team was named Overall Grand Champion Team — Fayette County Go Texan.
Read more2020 Rodeo Uncorked® Grand Champion Wine Sells For $220,000
The Grand Champion Best of Show, France’s Piper-Heidsieck Brut, Champagne, NV sold for $220,000 to buyers Katherine Cornell and Tom Pirtle, Kristina and Paul Somerville, Jennifer and Joe Van Matre, and Sheridan and John Eddie Williams.
Read moreStates That Defend Us—Where Do Our Military Volunteers Call Home?
There’s no end to fun surveys that purport to measure patriotism among the states, with military enlistments often part of the criteria.
Read moreHow Couples Meet, Then & Now
Today’s daters are taking matters into their own hands. Seemingly no longer satisfied with the potential partners that life throws at them at work, in school and in their circle of friends, they are (in increasingly larger numbers) opting to meet their partner online.
Read moreThe Fast Food Sandwich War Is Depleting The US Of Its Entire Supply Of Little Chickens
The war between chicken companies Popeye’s and Chick-Fil-A – most recently in the news for various fights and arguments in Popeye’s drive-thru lines – carries with it another negative consequence: the two companies are using up the world’s supply of little chickens.
Read moreHow This Teen Entrepreneur Created a Million-Dollar Candy Empire [VIDEO]
At age 14, Alina Morse achieved “the American Dream.” How did it happen?
Read moreAmericans Have No Free Time, Yet We’re Watching More than Four Hours of TV Per Day
According to the Neilsen Company’s extensive sampling of TV, smart phone, and video game console users, American adults spend an average of four-and-a-half hours per day watching television and an additional 54 minutes using TV-connected devices such as DVD players and video game consoles.
Read moreClose Before You Doze – See the Dramatic Difference a Closed Door Can Make During A Fire [VIDEO]
The UL Fire Safety Institute showed a group of people the difference having a door closed vs. having it open during a fire can make.
Read moreOutschool.com Takes Education Out Of Schooling
The goal of Outschool.com is to make interest-based, learner-directed education a mainstream option for many more young people.
Read moreStossel: Life is Getting Better
Don’t believe news reports—we’re healthier, richer, and safer than ever before.
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