Technicolor Dreamhouse

January 25, 2012

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Jones County Jail

January 24, 2012

Went up to Anson again yesterday to cover a county commissioners court meeting about buying a new jail. They’ve got a brand-spankin’ new one sitting there in town, empty. So new, it still has the wrapping paper on it.

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Psycho Tommy

January 19, 2012

Always nice when a co-worker is willing to help you test out a new light...

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Smoky Sunset

January 15, 2012

I went out to a house fire in north Abilene this evening. While walking up the back alley to the house, through all the smoke, I made this photo of the sun starting to set…

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Last night, word came down that the Dublin Dr Pepper bottling plant, in Dublin, Texas, would stop producing it’s Imperial Cane Sugar-sweetened elixir.
Sadly, it was true.
Today, I drove down to Erath County to talk to folks about what the loss of the iconic beverage would mean for the town, and it’s economic future.
You can read the story I wrote at the Reporter-News website. There are more photos posted there, too.

A family shares a Frosty Pepper milkshake...one of the last ever made with Dublin Dr Pepper.


Dublin Dr Pepper lovers drove for hours Thursday to try to snag one last case


Pushpins mark all the places people have come from to visit Dublin's Dr Pepper bottler


The last case of Dublin Dr Pepper ever sold...


They sold out of their 234 available cases within an hour


Some people wonder if Dublin can still be called Dr Pepper, Texas

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