18-04-2025
Trending in Texoma — UR volunteer, Bluebonnet photo op safety tips, and Texas Film Round-Up event
WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — Whether it's happening on the other side of the country, somewhere else in Texas, or right in our communities, Digital Producer Mariana Vela takes a look at the stories currently generating the most interest on social media.
Social Rundown: Reckless chase in Arizona, Puerto Rico outages, and 'Glass Sculpture' Squid
United Regional Volunteer
If you missed Aaron's story last night, Beverly Callender is one of many volunteers with United Regional. She has given just over 8,000 hours of volunteer work to the hospital over the past 27 years. She works in the gift shop where she socializes with patients, their family members, and occasionally delivers flowers. She says her experiences of meeting someone going through a grieving process or just needing someone to talk to are part of the reason why she has kept volunteering over the last 27 years.
Blubonnett photo op safety tips
This spring weather means you'll want to stop and take photos of the bluebonnets. TXDOT is sharing tips to keep you safe for your bluebonnet photo op. some safety tips are avoid area with high traffic and never pull onto the side of a busy highway. Also, TxDOT has just started developing a wildflower map, which is now available to the public. it's a work in progress, but it shows you which flowers are in which area of the cities. Also, watch out for those rattlesnakes!
Digitize your Texas home movies!
You can turn your old home movies from vhs tapes and dvds to digital pieces and preserve those memories forever. Since 2008, the Texas Archive, in partnership with the Texas Film Commission, has visited Lone Star communities and offered digitization services for any home videos with a connection to Texas. Those preserved videos are archived online. while not every birthday or parade is historic in its own right, together, they provide an intimate insight into our collective story as texans. The Texas Film Round-Up event will travel around the state until the end of May.
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