Longreads
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Rick Dyer’s Believe It Or Not!
A team of Bigfoot believers, a legion of “Haters,” more than one Walmart parking lot, and the showman at the center of it all.
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For the Mouth Speaks
Catherine Grove walked away from the Church of Wells last month. Now, she and the elders of the East Texas church explain why she left—and why she returned to the congregation that many call a cult.
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Rocky Road
For the first time in its history, Blue Bell is in a right sticky mess.
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Pistol Pushers
How a few gun rights activists hijacked the political debate over open carry.
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The Ultimate Real Housewife of Houston
Last summer, Theresa Roemer’s three-story closet made her the country’s most famous social climber. But she was only getting started.
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Plains Sound
Twenty-year-old Hayden Pedigo is making the most innovative, audacious music in the country. So why is he still in Amarillo?
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To Love and to Cherish
In a 5-4 ruling on June 26, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that the Constitution guarantees the right for same-sex couples to marry across the country. Here is the story of two women who fought for that historic decision in Texas—and helped to make it a reality.
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The Reformer
Texas’s criminal justice system has seen some staggering changes in the past decade. Thank Cathy Cochran.
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The Greatest Lawyer Who Ever Lived
He’s the brashest, most generous, most foul-mouthed trial attorney in the country. And at 89, Joe Jamail can still command a courtroom, mother%*!$#@.
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A Tree Is Known By Its Fruit
When the 85-year-old matriarch of a prominent pecan-farming clan in San Saba was murdered, her death shook the town—and exposed how obsession and greed can fell a family from within.