Bushland News

Flames blazed more than 400 feet high above a natural gas line explosion that rocked Bushland, Texas about 1 a.m. Thursday Nov.

KentCanada told me he was awoken from his sleep by the sound of an explosion, almost "like a bomb," he said, adding that the flames were huge and the blaze intense.

Posted on Thursday, November 05, 2009 at 4:50 p.m. A soldier opened fire at a U.S. Army base in Fort Hood, Texas on Thursday, unleashing a stream of gunfire that left 12 people dead and 31 wounded.

A 700-foot fire geyser lit the night sky around Bushland Thursday morning. Beneath it, dozens of emergency vehicles blinked like fireflies, drawn to the massive glow of the blaze in Bushland's Prairie View subdivision.

Thursday, November 05, 2009 at 9:00 p.m. BUSHLAND, TX -- So what's going to happen to the folks near the explosion? ProNews Seven spoke with the family who lives directly across from the explosion, and the family who lives right next door, They were kind enough to let us into their home, and told us their story, one of not only a huge explosion, ...

A major explosion occurred shortly after 1 a.m. Thursday about three-quarters of a mile west of Bushland High School and involves a natural gas line and at least one home, a law-enforcement official told the Amarillo Globe-News. Multiple fire departments from at least three counties responded to the blaze, and officials shut down Bushland Road at ...

A Some sad news from the Amarillo art scene, Mardy Lemmons, a very popular artist and instructor at Amarillo College diedA unexpectedly at the age of 50.

Posted on Thursday, November 05, 2009 at 10:12 a.m. A natural gas pipeline exploded in the Texas Panhandle on Thursday, shaking homes, melting window blinds and shooting flames hundreds of feet into the air, authorities said.

People in Bushland were still in shock hours after a gas pipeline exploded early Thursday morning, causing a 700-foot-high wall of fire that led to an evacuation of the surrounding residential subdivision.

Thursday, November 05, 2009 at 10:39 a.m. According to Wes Reeves with Xcel Energy some power poles were damaged in the Bushland explosion.

BUSHLAND, Texas a ' A natural gas pipeline exploded in the Texas Panhandle on Thursday, shaking homes, melting window blinds and shooting flames hundreds of feet into the air, authorities said.

Drivers who pass through school zones in Bushland ISD will soon have a new rule to follow: no talking on cell phones.

Palo Duro High School band director Jeff Doughten stands in front of the marching band with its eighth consecutive University Interscholastic League Sweepstakes award.

Heath Roark performs with the Bushland High School band at the Division I University Interscholastic League marching band event Saturday at Dick Bivins Stadium in Amarillo.

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Drum major Bethany Lankford leads the Childress High School band in the Division I University Interscholastic League marching band contest Saturday at Dick Bivins Stadium.

A SandiA Wheaton had always dreamed of road tripping onA RouteA 66,A but never had the time.A But a pink slip fromA General MotorsA gave her the chance to see the countryA in black and white and living color.A Social Security makes it official: No COLA in 2010 Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 7:44 AM Last Community Workshop By Nastassia Tamari ...

Posted on Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 11:04 a.m. Traveling and blogging about Route 66 A S andi A W heaton had always dreamed of road tripping on A R oute A 66, A but never had the time.

" Research knows no boundaries, and Dr. Charlie Rush, a Texas AgriLife Research plant pathologist, is proving that first-hand. Not only is Rush conducting research in the Amarillo area on a crop grown clear across the nation, but he's gone overseas to find a scientist he believes can help him identify the relationship between a vector and viruses ...

Members of the Youth Cabinet perform at during the beginning of the United Way Youth Leadership Day at the Amarillo Civic Center.