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Austin Fashion Week Ups Its Game with Gilt CityAs the world seems to discover more each day, there are many wonderful things about Austin but high fashion is not typically one that comes up in conversation. As such, when Fashion Week came to Austin last week for its fifth year in a row, there was no ...
Flamboyant Texas swindler Billie Sol Estes diesLUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Billie Sol Estes, a flamboyant Texas huckster who became one of the most notorious men in America in 1962 when he was accused of looting a federal crop subsidy program, has died. He was 88. Estes, whose name became synonymous with ...
Billie Sol Estes Dead: Texas Huckster Dies At 88LUBBOCK, Texas -- Billie Sol Estes, a flamboyant Texas huckster who became one of the most notorious men in America in 1962 when he was accused of looting a federal crop subsidy program, has died. He was 88. Estes, whose name became synonymous ...
Texas Tech coach Kristy Curry headed to AlabamaLUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Texas Tech women's basketball coach Kristy Curry has left to take over at Alabama. Texas Tech Athletic Director Kirby Hocutt says in a statement Saturday night Curry has resigned to take over the Crimson Tide. Curry guided ...
Billie Sol Estes, notorious 60s swindler, dies at 88Estes, whose name became synonymous with Texas-sized schemes, greed and corruption, died in his sleep at his ... and just one deal away from being back in prison." One of the strangest episodes in his life involved the death of a U.S. Department ...
West Texas plant turns sewage into tap waterLUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — With every flush of a toilet, residents in parts of parched West Texas are adding to their drinking water supply. A $13 million reclamation plant in Big Spring began Monday blending sewage that's treated to drinking-water standards ...