Wake Up Show

For today’s “Spooky Place in Texas,” we’re taking a trip to a seemingly harmless bridge between Hutto and Pflugerville near the Williamson-Travis county line. Most in the area are already familiar with the legend of Jake, and many you ask will have a story to share about their run-ins with this spirit in need of […]

A big KBEY kiss to Mike Saenz along with Ashley Wright and Justin Monzon of Falls Career High School in Marble Falls for visiting with us Friday morning about the school’s upcoming blood drive. Again, it is 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 15 in the school’s parking lot behind Super Taco at 1800 Colt Circle. For […]

For today’s “Spooky Place in Texas,” we’re taking a walk through the streets of Seguin — specifically, Milam Street, a quiet, peaceful byway with beautiful Victorian homes lining part of it. Those beautiful homes share the street and, come some nights, a most unusual ghost. Nobody knows from where he came, this ghostly figure that walks […]

A big thanks to Linda Wells of the Texas A&M AgriLIFE Extension in Burnet County for visiting with us during our Burnet brunch. Don’t forget: A Pink Party for breast cancer awareness is 10 a.m.-noon Oct. 23 in the Family Life Center at First United Methodist Church in Burnet. The event is free with refreshments, […]

Today’s “Spooky Place in Texas” is Huntsville and the notorious Texas Department of Criminal Justice state penitentiary: the Walls Unit. The Walls Unit was built in 1848 and is the oldest prison in the state. From 1848 to 1923, thousands of prisoners were put to death by way of hanging. In 1923, Texas authorized the […]

We’re so glad Lydia Coffman of Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church in Burnet filled us in on the church’s fun fall festival! Again, the event is 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. There will be huge giveaways, fun games for the kids, a cake walk, a bake sale, a plant sale, a championship barbecue meal and […]

Boy, did we have fun visiting with Kenny Hare, the founder of the Llano Historical Ghost Society on Thursday. Don’t forget, the Old West Ghost Tours in Llano start Oct. 5 and run every Saturday through the month of October and the first Saturday in November. The tour is 6-8 p.m., and a portion of […]

Today’s “Spooky Place in Texas” is The Omni Hotel in Downtown Austin! The Omni provides guest amenities that might rival the largest hotel chains; however, according to the housekeepers, The Omni-Austin has a darker side to its luxurious surroundings. Some of the hotel’s staff and guests have seen the ghostly image of a former guest […]

We’re so happy Johnny Campbell of the Marble Falls Area EMS stopped by Wednesday morning to tell us about the benefit fish fry later on in the evening at the Blue Bonnet Café in Marble Falls. And we’re especially happy Johnny left us some tickets to the event to give away! Don’t forget, this is […]

Thanks so much to Joe Mantheiy, president of the Hill Country Community Band, for stopping by our studios this morning! It sounds like the group’s Concert in the Park will be a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon Oct. 6, especially because it is free! Again, it starts at 5 p.m. at the amphitheater […]