Critters
January 21, 2013
Happy Turkey Day!
Feast on this: Turkeys and the three Texas presidents who pardoned them. Meantime, we hope you'll pardon us for taking a break from the TMDP. See you Monday with more great posts. …
January 21, 2013
Highlights from the Wise County Messenger’s Police Blotter: August through October
From drunk landlords to "sexually-oriented games," the people of Decatur are intent on keeping Wise weird. …
January 21, 2013
Highlights from the Wise County Messenger’s Police Blotter: August through October
From drunk landlords to "sexually-oriented games," the people of Decatur are intent on keeping Wise weird.
January 21, 2013
Highlights from the Wise County Messenger’s Police Blotter: May through July
We return to Wise county, home to crime of all stripes, from tip jar theft to assaulting your father on Father's Day.
The Culture
January 21, 2013
Big Tex‘s Original Head Lives On
Despite the Texas icon's untimely demise, one Dallas man has the structure's original head stored in a barn.
January 21, 2013
Happy 100th Birthday, Rice University
This week marks Rice's 100th year as an institution of higher education. Here are five of the school's defining moments.
Business
January 21, 2013
Print Your Own Gun?
A second-year University of Texas law student has raised $20,000 towards his goal of enabling gun enthusiasts to use three-dimensional printers to make their own guns at home.
December 14, 2012
The 15 Men Executed by the State of Texas in 2012
In 2012, the state executed its 250th inmate under Gov. Rick Perry and changed the drugs used for the lethal injection.
December 13, 2012
Irving Parents Worry About Pro-Islam Bias in Textbooks
Without having much reason to. …
Critters
October 30, 2012
America’s Fastest Toll Road Crosses a Known Pig Route
Could your ride down America's fastest highway be ruined by some porcine road kill? …
News & Politics
October 25, 2012
Texas Politicians Hit a Different Kind of Trail
From Bush to Hutchison, Texas proves politicians are no slouches when it comes to exercise.
Border & Immigration
October 16, 2012
More Border Cameras to Be Installed
The Texas DPS just received $225,000 to put more cameras on private properties along the Mexican border.
Business
September 28, 2012
Four Texas Cities Are Best in America, According to “Bloomberg Businessweek”
Have you ever wondered what the best cities in the US are based upon arbitrarily weighted real estate data? Bloomberg BusinessWeek has you covered. …
September 27, 2012
HiPhone 5? East Texas Principal Warns that Teens are Using Phone App to Get High
Gilmer High School Principal released a statement to parents cautioning against use of digital drugs as a danger to East Texas teens.
September 20, 2012
Law and Order: Lufkin Fishing Unit
A Florida man was sentenced to nine months in federal prison Thursday for catching alligator gar in the Trinity River and exporting the fish to Japan.
Health
September 20, 2012
Tubby Texas Comes in Tenth in Fattest State Study
We all know everything's bigger in Texas. But just exactly how big? A recent survey attempts to find out.