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“Sometimes you need to stop and make sure the children have time to be children”

While her students wait in line for their music class, Lakeway Elementary kindergarten teacher Marilyn Gregory plays a game in which she asks students to locate body parts. via Austin American Statesman

“Be extremely careful with anything that can start a fire - cigarette butts, low tires on trailers - anything that makes a spark”

The cause of a grass fire that consumed 323 acres on the Crawford Ranch on Tuesday remained undetermined Wednesday. via Amarillo.com

This morning police officers transferred three suspects, 26-year-old Willis James Duvall 25-year-old Priscilla Love and 22-year-old Samantha Hardeman to the Howard County jail. via KOSA

“We think that the incorporation process may have been fatally defective.”

The City of Retreat may be facing a fight for its very existence in the coming months. via Corsicana Daily Sun

“If you stop and ask someone to recite all 10 of them, they might know two”

A group calling for a Ten Commandments monument on public land in Randall County made a similar pitch Monday to officials in Potter County. via Amarillo.com

“We've seen too many instances where people incorrectly assumed family members were still in a house and died themselves when they went back into the home.”

Staff Writer You're never too young to learn the basics of fire safety, state officials believe. via Big Spring Herald

“This will be a good opportunity for us to discuss the situation, get his input on the situation and give him our input.”

Staff Writer Big Spring Independent School District officials will discuss the ongoing investigation against Superintendent Michael Downes when trustees hold their monthly meeting at 5:15 p.m. Thursday in the ... via Big Spring Herald

"Pure Country," a new musical based on a 1992 movie of the same name, is coming to Broadway next season. via The New Braunfels Herald

Keith Morgan, 16, of Grapeland, Texas, performs a front side flip with his skateboard Friday night at the skate park by the Palestine, Texas, YMCA. via Corsicana Daily Sun

A West Texas oil refinery that closed down after an explosion two months ago is partially back in business. via KWTX

“Those dirt roads weren't the right width ... and you needed a four-wheel drive truck to get up some of those driveways.”

Staff Writer In a March full of bad fires, the worst was saved for the last day of the month. via Big Spring Herald

The strong storms we've been watching for today are now starting to develop to our west.

Large amounts of moisture has been flowing north from the Gulf of Mexico today. The atmosphere has maintained a strong "cap" for the better part of the day, keeping storms from developing in our area.

As we reach the maximum for heating today that cap will erode. When that occurs the chance of rapid storm development increases rapidly.

This afternoon, large and dangerous storms have been firing in front of a dryline that runs from roughly Childress to Big Spring to Ft. Stockton. Read more

An unusual property in Dripping Springs has come on the market. It has two structures: a Texas limestone main house, with five bedrooms and 41/2 bathrooms, and a second building designed by Dick Clark of Dick ... via Austin American-Statesman

“The commissioners court picked colors so now we can start painting. The last thing we'll do is put the ceiling in. "Everything's going pretty good.”

You may not realize it gazing at the storm shelter from your car window, but the project is only about two months away from completion. via The Huntsville Item

“Each kid can show two pens for the entire show.”

Jayson Jordan, an 8th grade student at Rice and a member of Blooming Grove/Barry 4-H took the grand champion ribbon for his market broilers in the poultry division of the 50th Navarro County Youth Exposition. via Corsicana Daily Sun

“It's time we put in large trees and started shading parking lots to reduce the urban heating effect”

Seven residents told a Longview development committee Tuesday to preserve the city's trees and other natural beauty when it crafts a new landscape ordinance. via News-journal.com

CBS 7 News UPDATE: Big Spring Grass Fire 3/20/08 CBS 7 News Staff March 20, 2008 Big Spring, Texas - Howard County fire officials are dealing with a grass fire that is currently burning Northwest of Big Spring. via KOSA

“If it wasn't for the Texas Forrest Service resources this thing would turn into a 5 to 10 thousand acre fire.”

Eddie Garcia CBS 7 News March 20, 2008 Howard County, Texas - Just under 500 hundred acres were burned in Howard County this afternoon as fire crews worked hours to put out the blaze. via KOSA

“It gives them a sense of pride, that they still have enough that they can go out and shop, and do free things that make them feel young at heart”

Liz Adeola CBS 7 News March 19, 2007 Big Spring, TX -For some, the streets of Big Spring are a playground. via KOSA

Michael Barnes is Entertainment Editor for the Austin American-Statesman. He lives in South Austin with his partner, Kip, two dogs and two cats. via Austin American Statesman