ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - The Odessa Bronchos are just one week away from kicking off the 2026 football season, and the Broncho faithful gathered Thursday evening at Odessa High School for a West Texas tradition.
The annual Watermelon Feed gave the community its first look at the 2026 football team, along with the cheerleaders, dance team, and trainers.
Fans were also treated to several performances before enjoying plenty of watermelon, officially marking the beginning of another football season in Odessa.
"It's just a great showcase and a great time to get community out here and just get the year kicked off," Odessa High principal Hector Limon said.
For the players, the event was also a chance to celebrate the growth of the Bronchos' program and the culture being built inside the locker room.

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — In the hills above Kabul, Sima searches for things that others have left behind. She walks through cemeteries looking for plastic, scrap and anything else that might have value. What can be sold is gathered and carried away; some of what cannot is brought home and saved as fuel for cooking or winter.
Five years after the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, work is scarce. Sima, who believes she is about 60 but does not know her exact age, helps support her extended family. They survive largely through begging and collecting bread, scrap and recyclable waste.
Little is allowed to go to waste. Bread received from bakeries or other people can be resold cheaply to neighbors. Dry bread collected from the ground is saved and sold to livestock owners. Damaged tomatoes are dried for later, watermelon rinds become torshi, a homemade pickle, and meat received during Eid al-Adha is dried and stored for winter.
These small economies carry risks. Begging and collecting waste have been prohibited by the Taliban, and those caught can be detained. For women such as Sima, finding ways to support their families means navigating an increasingly restricted public life as well as severe poverty. Sima sometimes waits until night to beg, when she feels less exposed on Kabul's streets.
A few months ago, Diba, Sima's daughter, was detained while begging and held for three months. She had a breastfeeding baby at the time, and during her absence the family struggled to provide enough milk and suitable food for the infant. Two days after Diba was released, her baby died.

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Chip and Joanna Gaines' son Crew is putting his summer break to good use.
Joanna shared a rare video of the couple's youngest child via Instagram on Thursday, July 16. In the clip, Joanna filmed Crew preparing for his very own Magnolia farm stand by picking fresh produce from their garden, including a basket of tomatoes, a watermelon, and home-grown flowers. Crew ****** embled his farm stand, aptly named "Crew's Farm Stand," inside of Magnolia's headquarters in Waco, Texas.
"Busy morning at the office for Crew — His farm stand sold out in the first hour!" Gaines captioned the clip, which saw dozens of Magnolia employees purchase goods from the 8-year-old. "Proud little boy. Proud mama (to the magnolia and magnoliarealty team, thanks for supporting him!)."
Fans gushed over the adorable video in the post's comments. "Stop it right now! That's too cute. Want to know if his marketing style is more like his mom's with style and whimsy or his dads with sarcasm and jokes," one user wrote. Another added, "If I was there, I would buy him out!"
Someone else shared, "The cutest thing I've seen in a long time!" A different person posted, "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree! love this." A separate commenter stated, "Stop it! The care he puts into setting everything out is so sweet."

Delicious refreshing Pink Watermelon Slices to cool myself down in the Warm Weather.

In Central Manchester today it has reached 22°Celsius

Did you know that Watermelon is high in Fibre, Potassium, Vitamin A + Vitamin C

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