Neighbors Cry Foul over $1.7B Solar Farm

Robertson County neighbors say they were blindsided by a $1.7 billion solar project going up near Bremond.

The nearly 10,000-acre project will place 2 million panels beside the Twin Oaks power station, where the coal plant keeps running. One couple says potential buyers have backed out on their home, and another neighbor’s front door will sit about 150 feet from the panels.

The county’s 10-year, 100% tax break includes no protections for those neighbors. It brings in $13 million to $19 million, short of the $25 million to $30 million officials estimate regular taxes would bring, and requires just four full-time jobs.

The developer is also eyeing a possible data center on site.

Red Jackets Dance into a Second Century

Hundreds of former Austin High Red Jackets danced before kickoff at a recent home game to celebrate the group’s 100th year.

The Red Jackets formed as a girls’ service club in the late 1920s, soon after Austin High moved to its Rio Grande Street campus. The club was modeled on the University of Texas’ Orange Jackets, one alum recalled.

The school moved to its lakeside campus in 1975. Over the decades, the Red Jackets went from marching with the band to competing as an elite dance team that performs year-round.

The milestone also brought a ribbon-cutting for a dance studio named for Stephanie Braden Wright, the team’s director for the past 25 years.

Texas Eyes Red River Three-Peat

Unbeaten No. 1 Texas puts its perfect record on the line against Oklahoma today in Dallas, where the Longhorns march into the Cotton Bowl as 7.5-point favorites for the 2:30 p.m. kickoff on ABC.

The Longhorns have never lost this game as the nation’s No. 1 team, going 4-0-1 in those matchups. Oklahoma owns the rivalry’s only two losses by a top-ranked team, falling in 1963 and 2008.

Texas leads the series 65-51-5 and can string together three straight Red River wins for the first time since 1997-99.

The Longhorns’ No. 1 defense faces an Oklahoma offense that ranks 69th in efficiency and hasn’t scored a touchdown against Texas since 2023.

The rivalry unfolds amid the 24-day State Fair of Texas, where fans in crimson and burnt orange can grab a Fletcher’s Corny Dog and tailgate near a Ferris wheel and auto show. You can read a guide for first-time fairgoers here.

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What is the best part of the Red River Rivalry?

1. The football
2. The rivalry
3. The State Fair
4. The corny dogs
5. What’s that

Yesterday’s Results:

It’s October. Baseball, football, basketball, hockey, volleyball, and more sports will be played at the high school, college, and professional levels all weekend long. How much will you watch?

1. A few specific games: 33%
2. None: 29%
3. If it’s on: 14%
4. Quite a bit: 13%
5. As much as possible: 7%
6. One game: 4%

Where can you find the tallest waterfall in Texas?

Show me the answer