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A 745-pound pumpkin has become the new state record-holder in Texas, and if you're curious about how they grew this monster, we're spilling the beans on the secret formula.

If you haven't gotten all your planning and stuff ready for this sale, you better get on it, because it's coming up THIS Saturday, October 6th!

You've got to start prepping for fall, in case you haven't already done it.

If you're already growing tired of the lattes, how about churning some of that pumpkin spice flavor into some ice cream? Dairy Queen has five new Blizzard flavors this month and that makes five reasons why DQ is winning the fall flavor battle.

The fall plant sale is coming soon - one month from today, actually!

Why do some years have brighter fall colors than others? What will foliage be like this year? When will leaves change in East Texas? Find out here.

There's one thing that you HAVE to do, in order to enjoy fall to the fullest extent.

Fall is near. And when Starbucks unleashes its Pumpkin Spice Latte, that will raise the gates for the flood of pumpkin spice cereal, potato chips, beer, hummus, and body lotions to take over stores and wash our houses in orangish brown. We're less than a week away.

East Texas seems to be taking a break from the big festivals right now, and that's probably because it's too darned hot to spend much time outside walking around on purpose. When the weather cools off the festivals will get cranked up again, and we've got the preview.

Oh, our poor pups! It's the worst season of their lives. There's nothing dogs dislike more than dressing up like a pumpkin, or a hot dog, or a cat for goodness sakes. But they're gonna do it this Halloween, in the name of fun. Check out the ten most popular Halloween costume ideas for pets, and tell us what you would add to the list.

If you saw the movie It and you want to keep that freaked out feeling going awhile longer, take this short road trip to Southeast Texas and you'll get more spooked. If haunted houses are fun, a huge, then a haunted hotel is even better! A two hour drive from Lufkin gets you to one of the most haunted hotels in all of the US.

This is the sweet spot in a pumpkin's life. Thousands of pumpkins that have grown up in a patch are off the vine now, and the clock is ticking before the dreaded shrivel and rot happens. So how long do we have? And there is at least one thing we can do to get pumpkins to last longer.