Updated: 10:07 PM At thanksgiving time, many pet owners like to give their pets a taste of the big feast. But that could be a deadly choice.

Posted: 3:45 PM ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A government official says the Federal Communications Commission is expected to announce it will pursue a proposal to require backup power at cell towers to avoid a massive service loss like the one Superstorm Sandy wrought.

Updated: 3:40 PM WASHINGTON (AP) - Average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages fell to fresh record lows this week, a trend that is boosting home sales and aiding the housing recovery.

Updated: 3:15 PM AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas troopers will be out in force during the Thanksgiving holiday period looking for drunken drivers and other highway safety violators.

Posted: 10:58 AM This Thanksgiving holiday some local churchs and businesses will be providing free meal for those in need.

Posted: 9:28 AM WYNNEWOOD, OK - The family of one of the men killed in the Wynnewood refinery accident spoke with us about that tragic day.

Updated: 8:48 AM ARDMORE, OK -- Yesterday the Ardmore Development Authority Trustees were in for a surprise at their monthly meeting.

Updated: 10:52 AM LAKE TEXOMA - A Sherman man is in critical condition after he went off the road while driving on the Denison Dam. Tuesday, the driver was identified.

Updated: 6:14 PM "Self-gifting" and impulse buying while holiday shopping is on the rise. And Texoma shoppers have caught the bug.

Updated: 5:37 PM Convicted quadruple murderer Lester Bower's evidentiary hearings continued yesterday.

Updated: 7:01 AM We're talking tech in time for Black Friday.

Posted: 4:20 PM LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - The driver of a parade float that collided with a Union Pacific train in West Texas, killing four veterans, has been identified.

Posted: 4:11 PM NEW YORK (AP) - Sesame Workshop says Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash has resigned from "Sesame Street" in the wake of allegations that he had sex with an under-aged youth.

Posted: 4:10 PM DALLAS (AP) - Dallas police and schools officials are dedicating a historical marker to the police officer shot by Lee Harvey Oswald shortly after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Posted: 3:56 PM AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A coalition of people who depend on Medicaid for their health care and jobs called on the Texas Legislature Tuesday to fully fund the program when they meet next year.

Posted: 2:11 PM MANSFIELD, Texas (AP) - North Texas has had another minor earthquake.

Posted: 1:50 PM AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The state judge hearing arguments in the Texas school finance trial denied a motion to allow districts to resubmit evidence after errors were uncovered.

Posted: 1:47 PM WASHINGTON (AP) - The Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning parents to be careful with those little single-load liquid laundry packets.

Updated: 1:47 PM BRUCEVILLE-EDDY, Texas (AP) - At least one person is dead after a chain collision of 13 vehicles on a busy Central Texas interstate, including four tractor-trailer rigs.

Posted: 1:31 PM OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - State officials warn that failure of Congress to address the nation's looming fiscal cliff could have dire consequences for state programs in Oklahoma beginning as early as next year.

Updated: 8:24 AM PAULS VALLEY, OK - A Garvin County man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for murdering a mother and son. For the first time we hear from the victims' family.

Updated: 9:29 AM SHERMAN, TEXAS -- Sherman ISD school board members decided to not impose standardized dress for students.

Posted: 6:31 PM GRAYSON COUNTY, TX -- Texas may soon have a new school rating system, and the announcement is sitting well with two local superintendents.

Updated: 8:33 AM BONHAM, TX -- It's been in the works for 14 years. Now the Fannin County Ag Extension office will finally get it's own building.

Updated: 11:22 PM DENISON, TX -- The Denison City Council will hold another hearing in December, before deciding whether to annex a 33 acre stretch of land.