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The South Texas Fajita Bandit Has Finally Been Caught
It took nine years for him to meat his match.
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The Legend of One of the Deadliest Men in South Texas
Meet one of the most dangerous lawmen in town in an exclusive excerpt from James P. McCollom’s ‘The Last Sheriff in Texas: A True Tale of Violence and the Vote.’
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The Only Texas Chili Recipe You’ll Ever Need
Preparing the perfect peppery pot.
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The Hunting Collection
Essential reading for the deer blind
Latest News
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Insider’s Guide to Fort Worth
For our new video series, “Tastemakers: A Local’s Guide to Our Favorite Cities,” we will visit a different Texas city each month, and a stylish Texan or two will lead us on a video tour of their towns. We will celebrate classic dives and explore new shops and off-the-beaten-path gems. To kick things off, Josh …
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Texas Monthly 2017 Bum Steer Bracket
Help us choose 2017’s Bum Steer.
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UT Geologists Extract Potential Natural Gas Source From the Ocean Floor
Methane hydrate, the compound recovered by the scientists, could provide power to future generations.
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Astros Advance to the World Series: Your Texas Roundup
Plus: Five former presidents hold a hurricane relief fundraiser at Texas A&M, Jeff Sessions talks sanctuary cities in Austin, and Selena will get a Hollywood star.
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Why Colin Kaepernick Would be Good for the Texans
Yes, it’d be controversial. But if you take the politics out of it, Colin Kaepernick makes sense.
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The Cowboys’ Stars Are Unlikely to Kneel During the National Anthem. Here’s Why
Fans have suggested that Dak Prescott, Ezekiel Elliott, and Dez Bryant have all the leverage. Is that true?
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The Binary Choice of Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders
CNN’s Debate Night: Bernie Sanders, Ted Cruz, and a house divided.
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Dickinson Residents Must Take Stance on Israel to Get Harvey Relief: Your Texas Roundup
Plus: Dickinson residents seeking Harvey relief are forced to agree to not boycott Israel, the Astros face a must-win situation, and Whataburger gets disrespected.
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Texas Monthly’s Top 5
Texas Monthly staff recently scoured through an archive spanning 44 years to select their five all-time favorite articles. Revamped for the digital age, these stories will be unlocked each Monday over the next five weeks at unique times. Make sure to check in each week to see what stories made the list.
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30 Things You Need to Know About Texas Music
From live electronic in Austin to reimagined cumbia in Corpus to rap-infused zydeco in Houston, here’s why our music scene is more vibrant than ever.
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How Pioneering Pitmaster Etta Randall Conquered a Lawless Boomtown With Barbecue
In 1926 Etta Randall, a young black woman from deep East Texas, set off for a lawless boomtown in the Panhandle, where she found unexpected success not in the oil fields but in an old concrete pit.
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Woody Harrelson’s Performance in ‘LBJ’ Might Just be the Definitive LBJ
Now it’s Woody Harrelson’s turn to play our thirty-sixth president on-screen. Why can’t we get enough of a man once regarded as utterly devoid of glamour?
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Chatting With Aaron Franklin After the Fire
Franklin Barbecue—arguably the most famous barbecue joint in the world—was hit by a major fire that destroyed its pit room and damaged other parts of the building. We chatted with co-owner Aaron Franklin about life after the fire.
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The Battle Between Small-Town Churches and Sharyland
Moving electricity through West Texas comes at a steep price.
Longreads
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Voices from the Storm
The story of Hurricane Harvey, as told by 28 Texans who helped their state through its darkest hour.
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Creature From the Green Lagoon
Caddo Lake is being consumed by the world’s most monstrous weed. Herbicides, kitchen strainers, and even blowtorches have failed to stop it. Now a local band of volunteers is making a last-ditch effort to save these treasured wetlands.
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The Drug Runners
The Tarahumara of northern Mexico became famous for their ability to run incredibly long distances. Now, they’re running for their lives.
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Innocence Lost
Anthony Graves has spent the past eighteen years behind bars—twelve of them on death row—for a grisly 1992 murder. There was no plausible motive nor any physical evidence to connect him to the crime, and the only witness against him repeatedly recanted his testimony. Yet he remains locked up. Did the system fail?
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Just Desserts
Sandy Jenkins was a quiet accountant at the Collin Street Bakery who felt overlooked and dreamed of living the good life. He found it (for a while) by embezzling nearly $17 million from the famed fruitcake maker.