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All Eyes Are On West, Texas, After Fertilizer Plant Explosion
The farming town and Czech community just north of Waco, known around the state for its kolaches, reels from last nights catastrophic fire and explosion, which left countless people injured and an unknown number dead.
April 18, 2013 | by Jason Cohen | West Fertilizer Plant Explosion
Willie Nelson to Hold Benefit Concert For West, Texas
He repurposed his upcoming show at the Backyard, in Austin, to be a fundraiser for the town recently devastated by a fertilizer plant explosion.
April 19, 2013 | by Andy Langer | West, Texas
West's One Remaining Florist Struggling to Keep Up With the Funerals
West, Texas, has two florists, but the fertilizer plant explosions forced one to temporarily shut down its business. That left Divine Designs responsible for creating sympathy arrangements for six funerals in one week.
April 27, 2013 | by Katy Vine | West, Texas
The Line of Fire
When flames erupted at the West Fertilizer Company plant, the members of the local volunteer fire department pulled on their bunker gear and jumped in their trucks, just like they always do.
August 20, 2013 | by Katy Vine | West, TX
Getting Back to Normal
The West High School football team opened their 2013 football season Thursday night, another step for the town in moving past the devastating fertilizer plant explosion.
August 30, 2013 | by Jeff Beckham | West, Texas
Perry’s Response to West
April 24, 2013 | by Paul Burka | burkablog
What Texas City Might Tell Us about West, Texas
After the deadliest industrial accident in American history, the people of Texas City were angry—at the government, not the company that caused the catastrophe
April 18, 2013 | by Erica Grieder | DISASTERS
Texas Business Report: Men's Warehouse Ousts Its Founder, "I Guarantee It" George Zimmer

The Houston-based says it has dismissed George Zimmer, its founder and executive chairman. The company didn't give a reason for the abrupt firing of Zimmer, who built Men's Wearhouse from one small Texas store using a cigar box as a cash register to a men's retail empire.

June 21, 2013 | by Rob Heidrick | Business

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