Cotton grows inside a hard, fibrous case called a boll. About 100 days after planting, the bolls mature and split open, revealing thousands of fluffy white fibers inside.

ArkLaTex diners and restaurants are dealing with some serious price increases on a variety of different menu items. Increases in the prices of groceries mean changes on the menu.

Students (grades 5 - 8) "become" a boll of cotton. After researching U. S. geography and history from the earliest days of the American Industrial Revolution up to the Civil War, they relate ...