Mac in the Morning

For today’s “Spooky Place in Texas,” we’re once again traveling to East Texas to the town of Jefferson, dubbed the most haunted small town in Texas. The residents of Jefferson are proud of the title, and visitors to the tiny community will find plenty of ghost stories to give them goosebumps. If you listen long […]

For today’s “Spooky Place in Texas,” we’re traveling to a place best known for fun in the sun, but the historic town of New Braunfels also has a few tales to tell. Shortly after World War I, the town’s community leaders sought to include a world-class hotel among its attractions for out-of-town visitors. A local […]

Sending out a big KBEY kiss to Martha Norwood and Michaela Black of the Highland Lakes SPCA for filling us in on this Sunday’s Putts 4 Pupps Golf Tournament! Don’t forget: Registration the day of the event is 11:00 a.m.-noon and a shotgun start is 12:30 p.m. To preregister or find out more about the […]

For today’s “Spooky Place in Texas,” we’re traveling north to Gatesville and the Coryell County Courthouse. Built in 1897, the beautiful limestone building is the county’s third courthouse — the first being built in 1868 and the second in 1872. The current courthouse once housed the county jail in the basement, and the courthouse itself […]

It sure was fun visiting with April Vaughan, organizer of the Burnet County Santa’s Helpers Haunted House on Oct. 25-26. The haunted house is open 7-10:30 p.m. with more kids’ activities 2-6 p.m. Oct. 26 at the Freedom Flyers hanger, 3202 S. Water St. (U.S. 281) in Burnet. All proceeds benefit Santa’s Helpers, which provides […]

A big KBEY kiss to our ring leader, Amber Weems, for joining us this morning and filling us in on all things Moonlight Madness, a shop-local event Oct. 24 in Marble Falls. Don’t forget to pick up the Oct. 23 edition of The Picayune for a map of participating businesses and details on all the […]

For today’s “Spooky Place in Texas,” we’re traveling to the small East Texas town of Karnack and Lady Bird Johnson’s family home. In 1843, Milt Andrews built the plantation-style mansion two-and-a-half miles southwest of Karnak. There, he raised his daughter, Eunice, or “Oonie,” as she was called. In 1880, when Oonie was 19, a bolt of […]

Today’s “Spooky Place in Texas” is set on what most Texas Longhorns fans would consider hallowed ground: the Littlefield House on the University of Texas campus in Austin. The home was built in 1893 for Civil War veteran George Littlefield, who was a successful businessman in the banking and cattle trades and a major benefactor […]

A big thanks to Pete Smith and Karen Wilkens, who joined Ed and Kay to fill us in on the community workday at The Helping Center garden in Marble Falls. Starbucks and the Highland Lakes Master Gardeners are holding the event 1-4 p.m. Oct. 27 at The Helping Center garden, located on the corner of […]

Today, we’re traveling southeast of Austin to the town of Coupland and the old Coupland Dance Hall. Many who have visited the area agree that, although it is only 30 minutes away from the busy city of Austin, it is a world away in time. Built in 1910, the dance hall, restaurant and inn had […]