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Thursday May 3 | KBTX-TV Bryan

Part of the Area Officially Back in Drought

The weekly Drought Monitor came out at 7:30 Thursday morning and has placed part of the southwestern Brazos Valley back into a drought classification.

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Related Topix: Washington County, TX, Weather

Sat Apr 21, 2012

Houston Chronicle

BP MS 150

Wild flowers, oak trees and hills surround cyclist who are participating in the 28th BP MS 150 bike ride, Saturday, April 21, 2012, in Austin County.

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Fri Apr 13, 2012

The Beaumont Enterprise

Men pair up to try saving endangered Houston toad

ADVANCE FOR MONDAY APRIL 16 - In this April 4, 2012 photo, the endangered Houston Toads are housed in the Houston Toad Conservation Quarantine Facility where staff are working to recover their population in Houston.

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Click2Houston

Officers find clues of where fugitive father stayed with 4 kids

Investigators found clues of where a fugitive father may have stayed with his four children after he led law enforcement officers on a multi-county chase.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family, Sealy, TX

Thu Apr 12, 2012

Abc13.com

Suspect leads police on high-speed chase with kids in truck

A father with four young children in his pickup raced through Houston as police chased after him.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Houston, TX, Rosenberg, TX, Sealy, TX