From inside his south Fulshear home the morning of July 8, Kirt Linegar watched Everest, the 92-foot-tall pecan tree in his backyard, split in half from Hurricane Beryl's winds. Linegar said that the ...

For years, Texans have been able to reenact the opening scene from “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” — where the Griswolds cut down a tree for their old-fashioned family holiday — thanks to a ...