After visiting Texas many times, Louisiana native Darren Gauthier has finally crossed over the Sabine Pass into the Lone Star State as the new Operations Manager for Townsquare Media’s five stations in Central Texas. Originally from New Orleans, Darren grew up in nearby Baton Rouge and is a proud alum of LSU. Darren got his start at the campus radio station KLSU, rising to the role of station manager before being lured to work in the exciting world of New Orleans rock radio. Darren returned to Baton Rouge in 2001 rising to the top of the programming food chain while holding down a six-day airshift for a decade. One of the stations he oversaw was twice-nominated for the prestigious Marconi award - radio’s version of the Oscar® - in 2012 and again in 2015. Seeking new challenges and a change of scene, Darren Gauthier was recruited by K-101.7 and the sister stations to bring a personal touch and a renewed sense of community focus to the stations in Killeen and Temple.
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Cru Undefeated With 10-0 Record, to Host 1st Playoff Game
They did it!
The University of Mary Hardin Baylor Crusaders wrapped up the regular season undefeated with a 10 and zero record. Now the next phase of fun begins!
UMHB will make its 13th consecutive NCAA Division III National Championship appearance and its 15th in 16 years after the Cru earned an at-large bid to the postseason...
Fresno, TX Mother Banishes Son For “Voting” Trump
Let me start off this post by saying, in the loudest most serious voice my typed words can muster: the reactions to the results of Tuesday's election have gone far enough. Enough. We are forgetting our humanity as people, allowing emotion to not only cloud our judgment but to rule it entirely...
Texas Provides College Tuition for Foster Children and Very Few Are Taking Advantage of It
It's not exactly news because the program itself has been in place since 1993 according to an article from the Star-Telegram. The truth is, whenever someone who has been given a raw deal is able to rise above the circumstances and obtain a bachelors or even a masters degree after years in foster care in the state of a Texas, that's a reason to celebrate...
UPDATE: Harker Heights Girl Found – AMBER ALERT Issued for Harker Heights 7-Year-Old Girl
UPDATE: UPDATE: An Amber Alert for a missing 7-year-old has been cancelled after the girl was found safe in Alabama, officials said. The girl's mother and a man allegedly kidnapped the girl. She was later found safe in Alabama, officials said...
Texas’ Ten Most Wanted: What a Lovely Bunch
The Texas Department of Public Safety, popularly known as TxDPS, are tasked with many things. Highway safety. Homeland security. Drivers licenses. Yet there's one function they perform that isn't a beauty contest by any means despite the presence of contestants and head shots...
Terror Threat in Texas: How to Report Suspicious Activity
A few days ago, a possible terror threat around election day was detected by federal and state authorities. Texas had been mentioned as a possible target along with Virginia and New York. As reported in the Chronicle, Governor Abbott said he was working with the Texas Department of Public Safety to monitor the situation...
Whataburger-Branded Tumbler: How Texas Can Ya Get?!
YETI tumblers are all the rage. Nevermind that an identical, generic version at Walmart costs TEN dollars and keeps the beverage just as cool for just as long. Dude's gotta have it and a sticker on their jacked-up, camo-colored, mud-riding-ready truck...
Houston Teacher Punches, Sits on Second Grader
This story is so outrageous, so wrong in every way that OF COURSE a large metropolitan newspaper picked it up.
Whataburger Has an App Now, Adding Online Ordering in 2017
Ain't progress tasty?
Temple Fire and Rescue Feeding Families with Help of H-E-B
This time of year, we start talking about what we are going to eat on Turkey Thursday. Often, we get swept up in the anticipation of the gastric mega-feast that is Thanksgiving to such an extent we forget there are those just trying to make three square meals a day happen much less a big meal...