Children

Jun 17, 2020 — By Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton

A Houston poet laureate believes that outrage by any other name is hope, and protest is its ultimate demonstration.

Oct 21, 2015 — By Emily DePrang

The fight to keep thousands of Medicaid-dependent kids from losing treatment.

May 19, 2015 — By Dan Solomon

Time-out is an age-old punishment. But do the controversial “calm rooms” and “focus rooms” employed in Plano and New Braunfels go too far? 

Jan 21, 2013 — By Katie Stroh

A new gun range in Lewisville will include specially-made facilities for hosting children's birthday parties. 

Jun 18, 2012 — By Sonia Smith

A grand jury will decide whether to pursue criminal charges against the Shiner dad, but the public seems to favor his use of deadly force. 

Apr 30, 2012 — By Sonia Smith

Several temporary shelters have cropped up around Texas to house a recent unexplained influx of unaccompanied minors crossing into the United States.

May 31, 2008 — By Sarah Bird

Hey, captains of industry: If Dr. Evil can have a Mini Me, why can’t the rest of us?

Apr 1, 2002 — By Jim Atkinson

Texans love to say that everything’s bigger here, but when it comes to the waistlines in one in four of our largest cities, that’s nothing to brag about.

Mar 1, 2002 — By Jan Reid

Growing up in Wichita Falls, I was a skinny kid with buckteeth and a girl's name, so I got into my share of fights. To improve my odd's of winning-and turn my anger and fear into bravery and skill-I learned to box.

Mar 1, 2001 — By Anne Dingus

How many people died in the New London school explosion of 1937?

Jul 31, 1999 — By Spike Gillespie

There’s always at least one man in my life: my eight-year-old son, Henry. Sometimes, however, there are two, and that’s when things get complicated.

Sep 30, 1997 — By Spike Gillespie

Thanks to his penchant for classic literature, Wishbone is the new top dog in kids’ entertainment.

Dec 1, 1996 — By Paul Burka

Greece, lightning, and other non-issues in last month’s election.

Mar 1, 1996 — By Robert Draper

The shocking and sad story of the East Texas kids who beat a horse to death just for the thrill of it.

Jan 1, 1996 — By Josh Daniel

If you can’t get enough of creepy character actor Christopher Walken, boot up The Darkening, one of this year’s CD-ROM releases from Austin’s Origin Systems. Walken, like John Hurt and Amanda Pays, plays one of the fifty characters who meet up with the game’s hero, an amnesiac who roams the…

Feb 1, 1995 — By Dan Michalski

Kids shouldn’t be allowed to ride in the back of pickups. Soon—thanks to Lubbock’s Karen Slay-they won’t.