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UHD’s Giant, Helium-Filled Mascot Ed-U-Gator to Make Debut in H-E-B Thanksgiving Day Parade

HOUSTON (Nov. 17, 2023) – The University of Houston-Downtown’s (UHD) 45-foot tall, helium-filled mascot Ed-U-Gator—with a 30-foot tail—will make its debut in the 74th Annual H-E-B Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 23. Home of the Gators, UHD is Houston’s second-largest […]

Give thanks for tow trucks and other emergency vehicles this Thanksgiving by moving over or slowing down when they’re stopped on the roadside

AUSTIN – Motorists are urged to slow down or move over for stopped emergency vehicles including tow trucks, police cars and fire trucks, as they travel Texas roadways during this Thanksgiving holiday. Texas law requires drivers to slow down at least 20 miles […]