Teresa Woodard

1 month ago | wfaa.com | Teresa Woodard

DALLAS — Owning a business makes uncertainty unavoidable. But Texas touts itself as the least risky state in the country to set up shop. So once hemp became legal, Marine Corps veteran Eddie Velez felt confident enough to quit a long career in emergency management and invest his retirement savings in the fast-growing industry. He started with a farm first and grew all-natural products without pesticides or chemicals. Then he opened Oak Cliff Cultivators in 2023.

1 month ago | wfaa.com | Teresa Woodard

AUSTIN, Texas — It was almost as if a cattle auction broke out on the floor of the Texas House late Thursday night. House Speaker Dustin Burrows talked fast and banged his gavel to try to maintain order in his chamber. Lawmakers cheered and jeered. Dozens of bills quickly passed, but hundreds met their demise. They were up against a deadline. At midnight Friday, any House bill that had not made it to the House floor effectively died.

1 month ago | midwestliving.com | Teresa Woodard |Hannah Agran

On summer mornings, you'll find Bethany Bey outside her house, clipping zinnias and cosmos or harvesting raspberries for breakfast. But if you’re picturing her roaming a large lawn, think again. Bey gardens entirely on a rooftop in the heart of Chicago. Bethany Bey, who gardens on the rooftop of her Chicago home, readily admits that pink is her favorite flower color. Courtesy of Bethany Bey Bey was raised in rural Indiana and inherited her green thumb from her grandfather.

1 month ago | wfaa.com | Teresa Woodard

DALLAS — A hospital feels like home for young Kaliyah Brownlee. She’s only 11, but she’s been battling lupus for more than half her life. “Is it a lot of blood I have to do today?” she asked a technician in the lab at Scottish Rite for Children in Dallas, without a trace of fear. When she learned the blood draw would include several vials, Kaliyah didn’t flinch “She’s not scared anymore,” her mother, Montranece Randall, said proudly. “She’s a big girl.” It wasn’t always this easy.

1 month ago | midwestliving.com | Teresa Woodard

This assortment of tall garden phlox includes Garden Girls 'Dream Girl' (top right). Carson Downing To tell the truth, I had given up on phlox. Years ago, when I bought my first house, I planted creeping phlox for a dazzling two-week spring show. But in the heat of July, the pink and purple carpets frazzled to crispy brown mats. I also tried statuesque summer-flowering garden phlox; the foliage turned dusty white from mildew just weeks after flowering.