There’s a huge oak tree in the middle of a quiet rural intersection just a mile or so outside of downtown Columbus, Texas. Its branches reach over the roads on all sides. At its base, a state ...

When summer vacation started, this was the place generations of Easton Area kids went to cool off. The longstanding tradition of swinging into the Bushkill Creek from a rope tied to a huge tree ended ...

I can’t breathe. I’m exhausted. My heart is beating through my chest. I can’t believe this is happening. I’m sorta freaked out. I’m dangling in mid-air, 50 feet above the ground, swaying in the breeze ...