On Thanksgiving, family hurt by Harvey counts its blessings By NOMAAN MERCHANT, Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The kitchen where George and Arva Dorsey prepare an 18-dish feast every Thanksgiving has been stripped of everything but its granite countertops, standing on their own with no appliances below. The house they renovated and expanded over three decades has been gutted down to …

Waco’s economy benefits amid final season of ‘Fixer Upper’ By J.B. SMITH, Waco Tribune-Herald WACO, Texas (AP) — On a recent Thursday afternoon at Magnolia Market at the Silos, tourists line up for $3.50 “shiplap cupcakes” where mill workers once weighed wagons of cottonseed. The Waco Tribune-Herald reports in the shadow of the rusted silos, children toss beanbags on a village …