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Look your best and eat your best at these Texas winery-related events: Do you get all confused when the talk turns to pairing wine with food? If so, the folks at Dry Comal Creek Vineyards, 1741 Herbelin Road, ... via MySanAntonio.com

“Macias has gone over the edge”

State Rep. Nathan Macias' chief of staff is listed as a possible double-voter in the legislator's own lawsuit to contest the results of the March 4 primary election. via The New Braunfels Herald

“You just have to be prepared to deal with it, you hope you don't have to but there always is that worry in the back of your mind that you're going to have to grab a suitcase and go”

The recent rains have swelled the Sabine river out of its banks in East Texas and have some worried about it flooding their homes. via KLTV Tyler

“We meet all coast guard mandated requirements for training and for security as far as looking at each vessel and accepting each vessel that comes into the port”

It is a first for one of the liquified natural gas terminals going up near Sabine Lake. via KFDM-TV Beaumont

“Located on South Shore with the harbor on our doorstep and along Highway 96, which is the main east-west thoroughfare with master planned communities happening all around it, we felt it was as ideal location for commercial development.”

April 8, 2008 By: Tonie Auer, Southwest Correspondent In a city that has grown 44 percent since 2000, Houston-based Raymond R. Betz Interest Inc. via Commercial Property News

Christopher Greer, 19, of Zavalla and his passenger, Nicholas Coulter, 16, of San Augustine, were killed after their vehicle left the roadway on FM 1751 and struck a tree, according to a Texas Department of ... via The Lufkin Daily News

“In this case, the current definitions of general contractor and subcontractor contain no language mandating or implying that a premises owner cannot serve as its own general contractor”

The Texas Supreme Court has agreed to revisit its controversial 2007 decision in Entergy Gulf States Inc. via Texas Lawyer

For those headed to downtown Austin this weekend, expect a lot of street closures due to the Texas Relays. via KXAN-TV Austin

Heavy rain and hail pelted Southeast Texas on Sunday, with roads closed in northeastern Sabine County due to high water. via KDBC

“I don't see Mr. Webre should be excused from what everyone else is having to do”

Some property owners on Pleasure Island say they're fed up with a neighbor trying to create new land. via KFDM-TV Beaumont

The National Weather Service has issued tornado watch Tuesday for 13 counties in the Northeast Texas area effective until 1 a.m. CDT. via Tyler Morning Telegraph

“Remember not to drink a lot. "Mostly, stay away from these rock piers, because we have real strong rip currents in Texas by any kind of structure”

One day after a teen drowned near San Luis Pass, the water is cold and the current is strong on the island. via KHOU-TV Houston

The US Coast Guard is looking for another missing boater who launched from the Port Neches area Wednesday afternoon. via KBTV Beaumont

“If we had just dismissed that little Nugent girl from school, Bill Fleming might be alive”

Murder wasn't all that unusual in the little towns that edge the Big Thicket, but this one was so cold-blooded, so layered with undertones of sex and race and social circumstance that it was bound to be the ... via Texas Monthly

Fancy flight

The Lone Star Aero Club presents the lecture 'Don't Miss' by Jon Beesley, test pilot for Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II. 7 p.m. at the American Airlines C.R. Smith Museum, 4601 Texas 360 at FAA Road in Fort Worth. Free. 817-282-5274; www.crsmithmuseum.org

F'real film

The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth kicks off its four-film 'Modern Cinema: Groundbreaking Documentaries From the '70s' series with Orson Welles' final work, 1975's F for Fake, which deals with fraud and fakery. 6:40 p.m. at 3200 Darnell St., Fort Worth. Free. 817-738-9215; www.themodern.org Read more

When it comes to military battle sites in Texas, the Alamo gets most of the glory. via MySanAntonio.com

NEWS RELEASE FROM COAST GUARD: PORT ARTHUR, Texas - A multi-agency joint maritime operation was conducted today in the Sabine-Neches River and Intercoastal Waterway. via KFDM-TV Beaumont

Police have found a Bellmead woman's car that was missing since she was found dead in her burned trailer. via Waco Tribune-Herald

“Tier One' the area could of received up to $25 million in grans. "Teir Two”

Southeast Texas has learned that the Sabine-Neches waterway could be downgraded from a "Tier One" port to a "Tier Two" port. via Mix 104.5 KKMY-FM

“I am disappointed your department has failed to take into account the importance this waterway has on both the military and economic needs of the nation when coming up with your criteria”

Congressman Ted Poe extended an invitation to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff to come to Southeast Texas to personally evaluate the security needs of the Port of Beaumont and the ... via KFDM-TV Beaumont