With a new QB under center, the number-one overall pick in this year's draft on the mend, and the bye week coming, now is the time to examine why the Texans have been so underwhelming this season.
After an absurdly divisive process, the UT-RGV mascot debate has ended with an absurdly divisive name.
A troubling new report by NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth found dozens of schools have been relying on small “recovery rooms” in order to deescalate students with disabilities or behavioral issues.
Denton's fracking ban faces an injunction, and universities seek millions for upgrades.
Did we mention they're in bankruptcy?
Either somebody photoshopped a fancy fake internal document, or somebody spilled the beans early.
The existential threat to football comes from parents who are terrified of their children suffering from CTE in their thirties and forties. In the East Texas small city of Marshall, a coach is trying to mitigate that concern.
The Texas Dems don’t have it nearly as tough as these third-party candidates for governor.
The legendary chicken joint that operated over thirty locations throughout Texas in the 60's is making a comeback.
Texas is a Republican state and nothing is likely to change that in the foreseeable future.
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The Cowboys fell to 6-2 in a loss that, to a lot of UT fans watching the game, still felt a little bit like a win.
But, really, how many dudes are there who look like Paul Rudd?
Does Jeb Bush have a chance at the White House? Or is the family name too damaged?
If he did, he'd probably have reconsidered turning over his stadium to the NCAA for the college football championship when the Cowboys could still be hosting a home playoff game.
Did the Texas native have major plastic surgery to completely change her appearance or is she just 18 years older than we remember her being in Jerry Maguire? Does it matter?
How else do you react to a 59-0 thumping?
It provides such a meager amount of funding that it's hardly worth the effort of putting it on the ballot at all.
How the unlikely use of a barbecue pit creates the best artisanal chocolate in Texas.
If you've got an eight-figure house-hunting budget and a need for a place with goalposts in the backyard, give it a look.
Olivia Lord told Dallas police officers that her boyfriend put a gun to his head after a drunken argument. Detective Dwayne Thompson couldn’t see how the evidence—or motive—made any sense. How did Michael Burnside die on May 9, 2010?
I thought being a landman in the Eagle Ford Shale would help replenish my bank account. I quickly got more than I bargained for.
What to hear, read, watch, and look at this month to achieve maximum Texas cultural literacy.
Bag that buck—or quail, or oryx—and then put your feet up at one of these luxury hunting lodges.
How the merger of two South Texas universities has stirred some complicated feelings about a fuzzy bronco.
Larry McMurtry, Bill Wittliff, and Jeff Guinn turn to familiar turf—the Old West—to challenge old-school readers.
What are the best Texas books ever written? Here’s my list—now let the sparks fly.
We asked writers around the state a series of bookish questions. Here are a few of their answers.
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Max Soffar is dying on death row, where he sits for a crime I'm certain he didn't commit. Maybe this letter will convince you to let him spend his last days at home with his family.
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