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Although the RadioShack electronics retail chain essentially crumbled following bankruptcy filings in 2015 and 2017, the name has survived for 100 years. In a bid to make RadioShack relevant for another 100 years, the brand’s new owner is making a play for one of the hottest, and most controversial, emerging business sectors in the world — cryptocurrency. Seeking to capitalize on RadioShack’s global brand name, Miami-based owner Retail Ecommerce Ventures is propelling RadioShack (once based…

The grant is intended to help low-income military families and communities of color reduce debt and improve credit scores with free financial counseling.

The resort is the brainchild of investors who have built multiple resort concepts throughout the world.

San Antonio is adding another venue emphasizing upscale experience to its bar scene.

You know what they say: where there’s thunder, there’s… Thor? Well, yeah.

However, where there’s thunder there’s also… Lightning! And for one Texas town, there was a whole lot of lightning in 2021.

Flatonia, Texas, which is located on Interstate 10 about 90 miles east of San Antonio, saw the most lightning strikes of anywhere in the state and in the country last year, according to meteorologists at Vaisala.

THE DATA

Flatonia saw 1,043 lightning events per square mile in 2021. Vaisala defines a lightning event as both any cloud-to-cloud or cloud-to-ground lightning strikes.

Meteorologists at Vaisala used the above lightning density map to determine where the most strikes occurred using 2 kilometer grids. Then, the cities of towns in the grids with the highest densities were identified across each state.

For Texas, the winner was Flatonia in southern Fayette County, near the halfway point between San Antonio and Houston.

Coming in at a close second and third were cities in Florida and Louisiana. Both Geneva and Maurepas are designated as ‘unincorporated communities’ in their respective states.

If you’d like to see where the rest of the states ranked or read more about Vaisala’s lightning research, click here.

Get the latest forecast from the KSAT Weather Authority team on the weather page or by downloading the KSAT Weather Authority app on your mobile phone.

For months, students part of the agriscience magnet program at Madison High School have been raising animals and finally they will be able to showcase them at the annual North East Ag Fair.

The two-day event kicks off Friday and will have livestock exhibition, bbq cook-off and much more.

Student Rhiannon Bulpin is competing in this years fair and is showing three goats.

“Everybody in our barns are always excited for these shows because we get a chance to win ribbons and buckles and sometimes even money,” Bulpin said.

Bulpin has had the three goats since June.

“It takes a lot of hard work being here every early morning and in the evenings because I have to feed them and train them and prepare them for this,” Bulpin said.

“They’ve learned responsibility, teamwork, time management,” said Joshua Anderson, agriculture science teacher.

The Ag Fair helps prepare students for other big shows like the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo.

Student Tori Moberly will be competing in the annual Ag Fair and the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo.

“I’m really excited. I’ve grown up watching the San Antonio Stock Show, so it’s just my dream come true,” Moberly said.

The Ag Fair is also preparing students for their future careers in this field.

To learn more about the agriscience magnet program, click here.

The reimagined facility is expected to attract more companies, jobs and investment to the region

From January 18-29, nearly all classes will be held virtually as the district assesses Omicron infection risks.

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