Vidor in Black And White

The story of this notorious East Texas city isn’t a simple racist fable. It’s a complicated tragedy about a society that has lost its way.

by Mimi Swartz

Growing Up in Hate City

My memories of Vidor.

by Norma McLemore

The Old Man And the Tee

How 89-year-old Harvey Penick turned life’s lessons into a best-selling book—and followed it up with another master stroke.

by Gary Cartwright

Fallen Angels

We started out as pious kids helping Wichita Falls celebrate the birth of Christ. We ended up astray in a manger.

by Skip Hollandsworth

Home Made

A gallery of great gifts, cobbled, carved, forged, and stitched by small Texas companies.

by Greg Waterman

Who Killed Baby Carolyn?

Decades after Carolyn McMorris died of a massive head injury, her sisters shockingly allege that their stepmother murdered her.

by Skip Hollandsworth

Breakdown!

If you think you’ve seen the worst of crazy, corrupt South Texas politics, you haven’t been to Eagle Pass.

by Paul Burka

Behind the Lines

Seer and Scholar

by Gregory Curtis

Health

Germ Warfare

With an early flu season and the emergence of deadly diseases this summer, our good health is under siege.

by Jim Atkinson

Dining Out

Five Easy Places

Want to eat a great meal in Dallas without dressing up or dropping a bundle? Cross the river into Oak Cliff.

by Patricia Sharpe

Media

The Watchdog

Forget how she looks. For fifty years, Tyler’s Sarah McClendon has been the most vigilant White House correspondent.

by Evan Smith

Music

Vocal Minority

When top black country artists like powerhouse singer Mary Cutrufello take the stage, people listen.

by Claudia Perry

Business

Small Wonders

How two dallas inventors took products worth pennies and turned them into nationwide success stories.

by Glenna Whitley

Reporter

The Other Henry

Henry Bonilla is our first Hispanic Republican in congress. He won’t be our last.

by Jan Jarboe Russell

Reporter

Lucken Back

Twenty years later, Jerry Jeff Walker returns to the town his music put on the map.

by Jan Reid

Reporter

State and Church

What do Ross Perot and Bob Tilton have in common (besides dallas)? Publications obsessed with them.

by Robert Draper and Dan Michalski

Reporter

Lost Weekend

For Texas fans, the only thing worse than getting beat by OU was not being able to party all night.

by Dan Michalski

Roar of the Crowd

Mr. Jones

State of the Art

Porky and Friends, Fort Worth, 1981

State Secrets

Poll Vault

Edited by Paul Burka

Lemon Tart with Pine-Nut Crust

Recipe from Cattle Kings Grill,  Houston.

Cattle Kings Grill’s Hot Chocolate

Hot Chocolate recipe from Cattle Kings Grill's, Houston.

State Fare

by Patricia Sharpe