A spoiled heir to an auto-dealership empire responded to a blackmail attempt by ordering two murders. Four years and a jury trial later, what motivated his ruinous decision remains a mystery.
What happens when a hotshot Dallas attorney gets ticked off about thousands of his fellow citizens being thrown out of their homes in violation of the law? Courtroom fireworks, for starters.
Senior editor Emily McCullar finds that each can offer a way to feel less alone when dealing with misfortune.
"I dare you to find anyone who grew up in the Big Country, like me, or in suburban Dallas–Fort Worth who doesn’t prefer a Bueno Chilada platter or a Beef Muchaco to anything offered at comparable taco joints."
A reader in California wants to know if her mother's colorful expression originated in the Lone Star State.
A brief selection of recent events in our unpredictable state.
The ungulate is essentially the last of the megafauna that once roamed here.
One of Texas’s most pristine and isolated waterways is about to become a lot more accessible. And not everyone is happy about it.
David Beebe left a frantic life in the Houston club scene and started a new one as a Big Bend politician. Now he’s formed an unlikely alliance through his “grown-folks” soul music broadcasts.
Dallas mayor Eric Johnson shocked his city when he became a Republican last year. And he’s not backing down.
"We cannot put back what God put there in the first place, but we can help make them feel whole again."
A new book by a UNT historian argues that American medicine overlooks how the ailments of many Black Americans are influenced by the diets of their African forebears.
An Austin actor keeps tearing through Hollywood, a fortysomething El Pasoan keeps writing your teen’s favorite songs, and a columnist at a Houston newspaper keeps spinning yarns.
At Harlem Road Texas BBQ, Ara Malekian spices up his smoked pork shank with curry sauce with a subtle but impactful blend.
Its name a mash-up of “Mex” and “ATX,” Mexta has big plans for Austin’s food scene.
Amid a bumper crop of generation-spanning novels from Texas Latinas, Marcela Fuentes’s unflinching "Malas" stands out.
Local families with Alsatian roots have bought up the historic buildings in this quaint town, which is now home to a new barbecue joint and bakery, a restored theater, and charming hotels.
