Cold, foggy weather didn’t stop a crowd of people from gathering Friday morning to celebrate a ribbon cutting for a group of ...

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will offer free admission to all 89 state parks on Sunday, Nov. 2, for Texas State Parks Day. The annual free admission event began in 2023 when the department ...

Shawnee County residents voiced opposition to a proposed RV park and cabin rental project. The county commission sent the proposal back to the planning commission after the applicant submitted ...

Just 30 miles southeast of Austin lies a woodland sanctuary that feels like it was plucked from a fairytale and dropped into the heart of Texas. Bastrop State Park isn’t just another outdoor ...

Bastrop State Park, just a short 30-mile drive southeast of Austin, is exactly that kind of enchanted realm for nature enthusiasts. The serene lake at Bastrop State Park mirrors the towering pines ...

MURFREESBORO, Ark. (KAIT/Gray News) - An Indiana couple on the “road trip of a lifetime” found a 2.71-carat white diamond during their second visit to Arkansas’ Crater of Diamonds State Park. Dewy ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min The 263-acre Bastrop Business ...

Arkansas has big plans for Petit Jean State Park. They include rock-climbing routes and mountain bike trails. But some of the locals are concerned. Turning the century-old state park into a ...

A Central Texas town known for pine forests and barbecue is at the center of an ambitious real estate play, along with Elon Musk’s latest tunneling experiment. Bastrop officials are weighing plans for ...

With a nine-touchdown performance last Friday, it should be no surprise that Bastrop quarterback Weston Nielsen was named the state's Build Ford Tough Player of the Week for Class 5A football. Nielsen ...

Senate Bill 22, which will go into effect in September, aims to boost the Texas Movie Industry Incentive Program's (TMIIP) financing from $200 million to $300 million every two years. Since the money ...

A hiker died in Tennessee's Savage Gulf State Park after being bitten by a venomous snake, officials said Thursday. Grundy County Emergency Management Agency personnel were dispatched to a trailhead ...