The visionary playwright, who grew up in South Texas, passed away this week from coronavirus-related complications.
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The Corpus Christi DJ, producer, and nu cumbia pioneer El Dusty talks about the music that shaped his trajectory.
Photographer John Dyer’s iconic photos of the fallen singer are being shown for the first time.
Cecy Treviño started her girls' music school to provide a safe space for self-expression. But the bands are getting booked all over town.
Last month, a city council candidate stuck his finger in a rival’s celebratory cake. Two weeks later, she got a new one. So much else has happened.
Visit this coastal city, and you’ll find a transformation led by locals who are revitalizing old buildings with cool, modern concepts.
On our latest podcast, Andy Langer talks to El Dusty, the mayor of Cumbia City. Plus, a “meat up” with our barbecue editor, Daniel Vaughn.
The one in Hollywood, not the Louis Tussauds in San Antonio, so adjust your travel plans accordingly.
Elmo Henderson’s entire life story can be summed up in a single moment: when he stepped into the ring in San Antonio one night in 1972 and knocked out Muhammad Ali. At least that’s the way he tells it. And tells it.
Joe Cotten’s Barbecue was once the pride of Corpus Christi, or Robstown, to be more specific. Founded in 1947, the joint’s mesquite-smoked barbecue and their tomatoey sauce helped define the local style of smoked meats. The joint was legendary, and legends are hard to replace. Since it tragically…
To the people of Corpus Christi, I’m sorry about your barbecue. I tried just about every joint in the city a couple of weeks back, and there wasn’t much good news to report. There was one bright spot, though: Julian’s BBQ. With a black cowboy hat, a black shirt, and a…
The shooting of Mary Kristene Chapa and Molle Judith Olgin shook the Corpus-area community of Portland, TX in 2012. After two years, suspects have finally been arrested.
The Corpus Christi mother convicted of murdering her four-year-old foster son has maintained her innocence for eight years, and she finally had a chance to plead her case to Texas’s highest criminal court.
This is the first in a dual review. It’s rare to find two barbecue joints with food so similar to one another, but Cotten’s Catering in Calallen and Cotten’s Barbecue in San Antonio are nearly dead ringers. It all goes back to 1947 when Joe Cotten starting selling…
Robstown retirees have been exhibiting their rock dinner spread since 1983. It never gets old.
The magazine's investigative piece about Koch Industries' Flint Hills refinery in Corpus Christi prompted the company to fire back a response to the article.
Whataburger sticks it to the man, filing a lawsuit against debt collector NCO for repeatedly calling the company's corporate headquarters in search of one employee.
Karl and Carol Hoepfner completed their mission to visit every Whataburger in the country on Wednesday, 62 years to the day after the first Whataburger opened in Corpus Christi.
Amarillo, Lubbock, and Corpus Christi landed on a list compiled by OurTime.com, a senior-focused dating site, that purports to rank where the country's "flirtiest" seniors live.
State district judge Jose Longoria stated that "all of the supposedly newly-discovered evidence ... was clearly known and discussed at the time of trial."
David Jones, one of Overton's defense attorneys during her 2007 trial, broke down on the stand.
Ex-prosecutor Sandra Eastwood is put on the hot seat and questioned about whether or not she withheld critical evidence from the defense.
The leading salt poisoning expert testified on the second day of Overton's hearing.
Executive Editor Pamela Colloff reports from Nueces County, where testimony in the Hannah Overton hearing focused on scientific evidence supporting the Corpus Christi homemaker's claims of innocence.
The drought threatening the state's whooping crane population highlights the importance of current conservation efforts in Wisconsin.
Johnson and Johnson sheds tears over Texas lawsuit, Houston stomps Silicon Valley in tech job growth, and the sour finanial condition of Imperial Sugar.
The endangered whooping crane is at the center of a lawsuit that could change the rights of water users in Texas.
Five years ago, Hannah Overton, a church-going Corpus Christi mother of five, was convicted of murdering her soon-to-be adoptive child and sentenced to life in prison. In April, she returned to court—and watched her lawyers put the prosecution on defense.
The executive editor on writing about wrongful conviction cases, interviewing Hannah Overton in prison, and recognizing that things may not be as they seem.
More than sixty art insiders gave us their list of favorite works of art to see in Texas. So grab your notepad, sketchbook, or iPad and take the ultimate tour of must-see art in Texas.
From the Great Storm washing ashore in Galveston to Charles Elmer Doolin cooking up the frito in San Antonio
From the Great Storm washing ashore in Galveston to Charles Elmer Doolin cooking up the frito in San Antonio
In the years before anyone had heard of Woodstock or Altamont, teenagers across Texas started bands in their parents’ garages, banging out earnest rock songs on cheap equipment and hoping to hit it big at the local skating rink or VFW post. For some, those dreams won’t fade away.
The disappearing hi sign, an off-color in-law, outdoor urination, and the critical function of weather-related small talk.
When Selena Quintanilla Perez was killed on March 31, Texas mourned—and around the world, the veneration began.
The rap on Corpus Christi is that there’s no there there—but a case can be made that it’s a great weekend destination.
Hector Perez loved his country enough to die for it. A year later, his family is still paying the price of patriotism.
Tracey Morgan's TV commercials bring back memories of the classic bum steer involving the Republican Congressman, a pair of ducky pajamas and some scantily clad models.
The Columbia University Human Rights Law Review published a 400-page investigative article that alleges that in 1989, Texas executed the wrong man for a 1983 murder.
The Corpus Christi ranch house where the bombshell lived during high school can be yours for $215,000.
The San Antonio-based fast food chain is giving away box 101,197, its last case of "Spicy Ketchup."
Cinders, a wire-haired dachshund from Corpus Christi, was one of seven finalists for the Best in Show title.
Eighteen-year-old Taylor Burnham was naked, but for her cowboy boots, when she was stopped by cops in her Jeep Wrangler in Corpus Christi.
A mountain lion attack in Big Bend, Lance Armstrong speaks, the latest on redistricting, and the New York Times's "Frugal Traveler" makes his way through Texas.
Texas has five entries on Buzzfeed's "30 Best Taco-Related Crimes Ever," but the mere presence of tortillas doesn't make crime funny.
Another hiccup for AT&T, American Airlines's parent company gets delisted, and San Antonio will now be the mechanic for America's most famous plane.
On October 3, 2006, a four-year-old boy named Andrew Burd died in a Corpus Christi hospital. The cause of death was determined to be salt poisoning, an extremely unusual occurrence. Even more shocking was what happened next: his foster mother, Hannah Overton, was found guilty of killing him. But could she really have done what the prosecutors say?