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Give credit where it's due... getting out of a garbage truck might just be beyond what I'm capable of.

Today, April 15, is Tax Day, and while most of you have filed your 2012 returns, surely some of you out there are going down to the very last minute ... or maybe even a bit beyond. Here are a few important reminders:

Casino and resort company Las Vegas Sands is funding a major push to gain support for bringing casinos to Texas.

It looks like someone was wanting to take game night to the next level.

We've seen the list of the most hated bugs in Texas and decided to decide for ourselves what we think are the most hated animals.

We are less than a month away from Mother's Day. Of course this is the warning to make sure you remember to do something nice for your mom. If she is anything like me she sure doesn't expect anything expensive from her kids.

I mean why not? I have a job. My dog might as well have one too. I mean she can pull her own weight a bit. Every morning I leave the house before 5 am to head to the radio station. I say good bye to Chipper.

I-40 and I-27, which one goes under? Which one goes over? The answer is trickier than you think.

A magnitude 4.3 Earthquake has occurred near Skellytown, Did you feel it? Are there more coming?

Senators Ted Cruz, Mike Lee and Marco Rubio are leading a group of Republicans who want to end Major League Baseball's antitrust exemption. The exemption has been around since 1922

April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month and TxDOT is asking motorists to "put the phone down" when behind the wheel

Coffee Memorial is reporting a critical shortage in Blood Supply for Amarillo and the High Plains. Here's how you can help!

Over the last week, you have given us some great ideas, and some out of the box thinking, on how to spend $10,000. However, the way a woman in 2011 spent $10,000 may take the cake.

The search is continuing this morning for the crew of a commercial vessel that capsized Tuesday off of Louisiana's coast.

Think about the last text you got while you were behind the wheel. Now, ask yourself this: Would that text have been worth dying or killing for?

We really need to lighten up a bit. We need to enjoy the funny things we see here in Amarillo. If you just drive around town you will see many things that you can only see in Amarillo.

Sorry to be a buzzkill, but you may have to return that third stimulus check to the IRS.

Ahhh the classic ding dong ditch prank is still around.

A Florida college is offering a course about Dolly to teach people how to act right. I'm serious.

The FDA and CDC are calling for an "immediate pause" in the administering of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, the federal government announced early Tuesday.

Benjamin Franklin once wrote, "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." And the two may be even more closely linked than we thought -- a new study shows fatal car crashes rise on April's annual tax deadline day.

I hear the scuffle on the street. Did you get your vaccine yet? Are you getting it? Which one are you getting? People are posting their vaccination card all over social media. It's kind of like the day you go to vote. You want everyone to know that you got it.

All good things must come to an end. Here we are at the end Our free pass is just about up. A lot of people were able to take advantage of the waiver.