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Texas red snapper season extended to 82 days, longest since 2007
After more than two decades of seeing opportunities to catch and retain red snapper from federally controlled waters of the Gulf of Mexico increasingly restricted even as the popular reef fishes' once-struggling population soared, Texas' long-suffering offshore recreational anglers this week saw that pendulum swing slightly but significantly the other direction.
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Former first lady Barbara Bush is in failing health
Former first lady Barbara Pierce Bush, 92, is in failing health, according to a statement released Sunday afternoon by her family. "Following a recent series of hospitalizations, and after consulting her family and doctors, Mrs. Bush, now age 92, has decided not to seek additional medical treatment and will instead focus on comfort care," the statement by family spokesman Jim McGrath said.
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Rattlers and ticks part of spring turkey hunting
Any hunter with a lick of woodsmanship could recognize the Ashe juniper was a perfect spot to set up an ambush. And any turkey hunter afield in Texas during spring season should approach such a spot remembering that an ambush can work both ways. We are not the only hunters afield on Texas' spring landscape.
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Incidents of animal abuse, cruelty around the Houston area
Montgomery County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested three suspects on Saturday allegedly involved in a cockfighting ring. Police said they discovered 12 live roosters and 18 dead roosters along with "numerous pieces of cockfighting paraphernalia" at the scene. Two of the suspects were given citations for attending the cockfighting event while another suspect fled into the woods, authorities said.
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New rules promise earlier, bigger seasons for anglers, hunters
Recently adopted changes in Texas hunting and fishing rules will create first-time opportunities for the state's 400,000 dove hunters, 750,000 deer hunters and million-plus anglers who target largemouth bass.
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People living in a Midtown homeless camp were ordered to leave the area by 8 a.m. today while the city cleans the premises,

City cleans Midtown homeless camp
People living in a Midtown homeless camp were ordered to leave the area by 8 a.m. Friday while the city cleans the premises, which has been declared a public health nuisance. Those who wish to return to the encampment under Interstate 69 from Caroline Street to Almeda Road will be allowed to do so after the city finishes its cleanup.
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State seeks longer red-snapper season in federal proposal
A proposal to shift part of the responsibility and authority for managing recreational harvest of red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico to individual states could result in Texas' offshore anglers this year and next seeing their longest red-snapper seasons in federally controlled waters in a decade - as many as 104 days and at least 64 days for anglers fishing from private boats and 51 days for those fishing from for-hire vessels operating under federal reef-fish fishing permits, according to estimates by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
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Report: Johnny Manziel and Bre Tiesi get married
Former Texas A&M and Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel and Instagram model Bre Tiesi officially tied the knot, according to a report by TMZ.
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Preview from the Houston Chronicle
The Houston Aquarium brought a special guest to the Chronicle. Meet the Rudy the two toed sloth and Alejandro the three banded armadillo: http://bit.ly/2H6i19W
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