RIPTerry Dorsey, the voice of country radio in the Dallas area, went to that big radio station in the sky on Saturday. Dorsey spent 26 years at KSCS-FM before retiring this past December. He was inducted into both the Country Disc Jockey Hall of Fame and the Texas Radio
A guide to the wineries in the “Top of the Hill Country Wine Trail,” an area that spans Burnet, Bend, and San Saba.
Will he be pulled from the bill?
The state’s top offerings, from paying tribute to Mexican baseball players in San Antonio to commemorating International Women’s Day in Houston.
More than 1,100 calves have vanished into thin Panhandle air. Poof, gone. Looking at the numbers of this landmark cattle theft.
It’s not exactly new, it’s not flashy, and it’s not dogmatic about the barbecue style it serves, but Off the Bone Barbeque in Dallas’s Cedars neighborhood is just good. Dwight Harvey has run this joint in a converted gas station with his son Steven since 2008. It was a scheme to
Ted Cruz and Rick Perry make presidential plays, Texas’s population is estimated to double in 35 years, and Austin remains the fastest-growing city by a country (city?) mile.
Sir Doug and the Genuine Texas Cosmic Groove, a new film about the legendary Texas musician, will debut at this year’s SXSW.
Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick’s Senate is on a slow pass of passing bills. So Patrick is having news conferences instead.
Dumpster Professor, you win again. We’re writing about you.
The Senate Nominations Committee today gave its blessing to the confirmation of controversial University of Texas System Regents Sara Martinez Tucker, Steven Hicks and David Beck.
There’s no such town, no cops were fired, and the drop in crime is debatable. The rest is spot-on.
Presby fires back at Ebola survivor Nina Pham, who filed a lawsuit against the hospital this week.
– The World’s Championship Bar-B-Que at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo crowned a new champion:Grand Champion Overall #WCBBQC Team Across The Track Cookoff Team pic.twitter.com/oCEk7PN6tN — RODEOHOUSTON (@RODEOHOUSTON) March 1, 2015 – Darren Warth of Smokey D’s BBQ was the runner up: GOD
There’s one thing we can all agree on when it comes to Dan Patrick.
The Texas Senate offers a proposal to scrap the Texas Model.
On Monday, the Houston Chronicle posted a slide show of photos of a late Longview teenager who suffered from anorexia, inviting readers “witness her fatal transformation.”
Each in their own way, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former Texas Governor Rick Perry have sought to avoid public disclosure of their official emails.
Trey Martinez Fischer has a pointed explanation of why he lost the runoff in SD26
The best player in franchise history is done in Houston. Let’s wish him well.
Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick and a group of conservative senators rolled out a controversial package of education bills yesterday.
Owner/Pitmaster: Davis Meat Market; Opened 1988Age: 76Smoker: Gas-fired Rotisserie SmokerWood: OakI rang a buzzer outside this bright red metal building in Houston’s Fifth Ward, and owner James Davis met me at the door. As soon as I stepped inside the smell of raw meat was present, but not
If, as Mr. T once said, you need to “be somebody, or be somebody’s fool,” the people behind the Austin tech start-up #BeSomebody appear to have made the wrong choice.
The state’s former health commissioner says the cost to the state economy for treating diabetes from obesity is going to triple over the next 15 years.
Despite a century of homegrown rebranding efforts, some historians believe Texas remains as Dixie as ever.
The school district claimed in a letter that they believed that the bleeding incidents were caused by “severe anxiety;” the woman and her doctor have documentation showing that it was an emergency stemming from a problem with her IUD. But should it even matter what exactly caused her medical emergency?
When adjusted for population growth and inflation, state spending has remained almost flat since 1994. Is there a price for such frugality?
If you follow barbecue news (and I’m going to assume you do if you read TMBBQ.com), you’re going to hear a lot more about barbecue in Alabama in the coming months. Or at least that’s the goal of the Alabama Tourism Department, which launched its Year of Alabama
The inmates at Willacy County Correctional Center may have wanted to be transferred to other parts of Mexico.
His death is a loss to Texas.
Dan Patrick and the Senate Republicans celebrated Texas Independence Day by throwing down the gauntlet on Medicaid.
Former Texas Land Commissioner Bob Armstrong, who drove the state acquisition of land that became Big Bend State Park, died Sunday.
That’s very nice of you, George. Now where is Book Six???
The rigid worlds of Nashville and country music are getting a Texas-size wake-up call right now.
The World’s Championship Bar-B-Que was held at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo this past Saturday, and a new world champion was crowned. Last week, I wrote about those competitors in the Champion’s Circle, but none of them took home the top prize. It was Kerry
You bust up before you two say “I do.” Who gets to keep the rock?
The Ebola Nurse is suing Presby Hospital for using her as a “PR Pawn,” and an Austin man just made #TheDress controversy permanent.
Battleground Texas has a goal of winning statewide for Democrats in 2020, but by then it may be too late.
On this day in 1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos, the Texas Declaration of Independence was sign, creating the Republic of Texas. The convention elected David G. Burnet as the interim president.
For forty years, Paul Burka has been a part of Texas Monthly. His retirement officially begins today, on Texas Independence Day. His legacy will live on in Texas Monthly’s list of the best and worst legislators, and his celebrated career has made an impact on Texas politics. But what few know
The California Republican Party on Sunday approved the Log Cabin Republicans as an official volunteer organization. The Republican Party of Texas last year denied the Log Cabin Republicans even a booth in the exhibitors’ hall.
Texas DPS urges travelers to avoid Mexico.
Austinite Rebecca Gray has big plans to open the first cafe in the state where humans and felines can peacefully coexist.
If you want to reach out to the city of @Austin, you’d better look at @AustinTexasGov. If you’re looking for @Dallas, check out @1500Marilla. So who owns the more logical Twitter usernames for Texas cities?
The Mexican government is upset that Grapevine police killed an unarmed Mexican immigrant who had exited his car and put his hands up prior to the shooting.
Former Governor Rick Perry this morning told a gathering of conservatives that Middle Eastern dictators do not take President Obama seriously because he has not been willing to secure the Texas border.
The state’s top offerings, from flying sky-high in Austin and big, bold ideas in Dallas to the dark side of toys in Tyler.
Spring, Texas is evidently large enough for more than one great food truck. This town of 50,000 just north of Houston has been home to Corkscrew BBQ, a Texas Monthly Top 50 selection, since 2011. Now, just five minutes east is a new food truck park where BBQ Godfather sits
If social conservatives want to stop gay marriage, they need to come up with something, and soon.
Social conservative senators kept three of Governor Greg Abbott’s nominees to the University of Texas board of regents in the nominations committee hot seat for almost six hours Thursday, an unusual grilling for a new governor’s appointments.
