A second special session that has made approving the map a priority started Friday, shortly after the first one ended.

The legislation would put new requirements on wind and solar companies that oil and gas companies in Texas do not face.

Join our VYPE Live crews for these Texas High School match-ups on Thursday, September 23:

For this week, we'll be breaking down three 6A schools at a time going through 3-6A through 11-6A in three installments. Both teams made the playoffs out of 3-6A last year and look poised to get back in 2020. Projected 2020 Playoff Teams:Euless TrinityWeatherfordNorth CrowleyHaltomPreviewing 4-6AIf there's a certainty in the DFW area, it's that Southlake Carroll will have solid quarterback play and be a force come playoff time. Keller and Keller Central were playoff teams last year (along with Denton Guyer, which moves to 5-6A), but lose a lot of starters on defense. Projected 2020 Playoff Teams:Denton GuyerAllenBraswellProsper

VYPE wants the fans to vote for their favorite DFW Volleyball player! The VYPE DFW 2020 Volleyball Preseason Setter of the Year Poll is now live! All athlete polls and their content are only associated and created by VYPE Media and its staff. Please contact VYPE Media directly if you have any questions, comments, or concerns around our Fan Polls. VYPE DFW 2020 Volleyball Preseason Setter of the Year Poll (Poll Closes Sun 7/13 at 7pm)

A 13-year-old boy made a massive catch on a recent offshore trip in Port Aransas. According to mySA.com, Micah Harless, of Weatherford, reeled in a tiger shark with the help of his father. Dolphin Docks Deep Sea Fishing, the charter boating company the teenager was on, shared the news on its Facebook page. The tiger shark was 11 feet, 6 inches long and weighed 844 pounds. An employee with Dolphin Docks Deep Sea Fishing told mySA.com the meat was split between approximately 14 people who were on the charter boat.

WEATHERFORD, Texas – Amanda Lollar’s mission is to save every bat in Texas, if not the world. Lollar nurtures them, from her sanctuary, Bat World, which she founded in 1994. Today, Bat World Sanctuary is housed on a 13-acre campus in Weatherford, Texas. The organizations’ reach has spread, too, including an international branch called Bat World ReWild in South Africa. FEEDING AN ORPHANED BAT:Team Bat World often rescues orphaned bats, which aren’t developed enough to fly or feed themselves.

2016 has seen a flood of new oil industry equity issues - approaching $10bn in total - as increasingly strained O&G companies try to gain some financial flexibility. Dilutive equity raises at this point in the cycle might best be described as aggressive prudence. E&Ps Hit The Bid First, Oilfield Service Firms May Be NextSo far, most of the new issues have been from E&P companies, but a series of equity raises for oil service firms could be starting now. Weatherford management just extended their liquidity visibility in an uncertain environment marred by falling oil service demand, declining rig counts, and fading credit availability. In oil service, several smaller players will start to breach debt covenants (EBITDA provisions) this year or next without some unforeseen spike in oil prices and activity.