Best Thing In Texas
April 13, 2018
The Best Thing In Texas: Meet the Seven-Year-Old Who Climbed Mount Kilimanjaro
Montannah Kenney became the youngest girl to climb the mountain two months before her eighth birthday.
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Best Thing In Texas
Reminders of why we love our state so much
Best Thing In Texas
April 9, 2018
The Best Thing in Texas: Micheal Brown Gets Into Twenty Top Universities
The Lamar High School senior gets his pick of Stanford, Harvard, Yale, and seventeen other universities.
Best Thing In Texas
January 12, 2018
The Best Thing in Texas: Shea Serrano Fans Are Sending a Whole Bunch of Copies of His Basketball Book to Soldiers Deployed Overseas
The generous spirit of the Houston-based writer—and his online army of fans—continues to impress.
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Best Thing In Texas
December 22, 2017
The Best Thing in Texas: Erykah Badu Kills It on ‘The Tonight Show’
A reminder of why she’s not just an inspiration to superstars, but a vital talent of her own.
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Best Thing In Texas
December 14, 2017
The Best Thing In Texas: A Woman at an Amarillo Burger King Saved a Lady’s Life With Ice Cream
Helping your neighbor can be delicious.
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Best Thing In Texas
December 8, 2017
The Best Thing In Texas: This Lady Goes Around Handing Out Christmas Cards to Everybody
Spreading a little holiday cheer.
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Dan Solomon
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Best Thing In Texas
November 23, 2017
Best Things in Texas: Why We’re Thankful for Texans
There were so many times that we could have broken this year. But not Texans. We’re not made that way.
Sports
November 11, 2017
The Best Thing In Texas: José Altuve’s Letter To J.J. Watt
A mashup of Houston sports icons to warm your heart.
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Dan Solomon
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Best Thing In Texas
November 3, 2017
The Best Thing in Texas: Beyoncé as Nala in ‘The Lion King’ Remake
She just can’t wait to be queen.
Best Thing In Texas
October 15, 2017
The Best Thing In Texas: St. Vincent’s ‘Masseduction’
The Dallas guitar hero’s expansive sixth release is a strong album of the year contender.
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Best Thing In Texas
September 30, 2017
The Best Thing in Texas: Reporter Reunited With the Truck Driver She Saved During Harvey on Ellen
KHOU’s Brandi Smith got a pleasant surprise.
Best Thing In Texas
September 23, 2017
The Best Thing In Texas: Kelly Clarkson Singing With The Survivor of a Plane Crash
After surviving a plane crash, Kechi Okwuchi makes "Stronger" her anthem.
Best Thing In Texas
September 16, 2017
The Best Thing In Texas: ‘Madden NFL 18: Longshot’
The most interesting sports video game in years tugs on some specific Texas heartstrings.
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Dan Solomon
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Best Thing In Texas
August 25, 2017
The Best Thing In Texas: Apparently Manu Ginobili And Gregg Popovich Are Concert Buddies
There’s no accounting for taste, though.
Best Thing In Texas
April 1, 1985
The Best of Texas
We’ve gone from one end of the state to the other to bring you the best-ever list of Texas Bests.
Best Thing In Texas
July 1, 1980
The Best Strikes Back
Four years ago we brought you the Best of Texas. Now we do it again— only better.
Best Thing In Texas
June 30, 1976
The Best of Texas
You may disagree, but we know we’re right.