True Crime
March 1, 1996
The Horse Killers
The shocking and sad story of the East Texas kids who beat a horse to death just for the thrill of it.
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Being Texan
March 1, 1996
Big Feud at Cadillac Ranch
Since the day Stanley Marsh 3 finally went too far and locked up George Whittenburg’s son in a chicken coop, all of Amarillo has been abuzz about the bizarre battle between these intractable foes.
True Crime
February 1, 1996
Does DaRoyce Mosley Deserve to Die?
A young black man with a spotless record is facing a controversial death sentence for the murder of four whites. An East Texas town remains divided.
Music
January 1, 1996
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson may not be a radio staple anymore, but a new tribute album recorded by some of rock’s coolest stars shows that his music is still moving to them.
True Crime
January 1, 1996
The Public Hell of Bob Carreiro
A daughter’s gruesome murder became a grieving father’s dark crusade to find her killer and thrust him into an ever-widening spotlight as an advocate for victims of violent crime.
Sports
December 1, 1995
Down and Out
My firsthand experience with the hard times that humbled my hero, former Dallas Cowboys star Golden Richards.
Politics & Policy
December 1, 1995
Sorry, Charlie
The last of the LBJ-style Democracts, the rowdy and reckless Charlie Wilson has called it quits. A fond farewell.
True Crime
December 1, 1995
Carrillo’s Crossing
In the billion-dollar business of drug trafficking, Amado Carrillo Fuentes is king. He's the elusive ringleader of a smuggling operation that police are powerless to stop.
Music
December 1, 1995
The Sweet Song of Justice
The verdict is in, but a complete account of what went on in the Selena murder trial hasn’t come out—until now.
Politics & Policy
November 1, 1995
Smelling Like a Rose
Critics complain about Houston’s rising debt, but Mayor Bob Lanier’s reputation is blooming, which is why he’ll win a third term this month.
Sports
November 1, 1995
Twelve Yards and a Cloud of Dust
The Tiny town of Mullin adopted its high school football heroes in more ways than one. These foster children and native sons had the time of their lives playing in the Super Bowl of six-man football.
Business
November 1, 1995
Hostile Makeover
Mary Kay Ash and Jinger Heath have made fortunes getting women to buy and sell their beauty products. But no lipstick or powder can conceal the ugliness between these Dallas cosmetics queens.
Energy
October 1, 1995
Reversal of Fortune
Boone Pickens and his protégé, David Batchelder, built Mesa Petroleum into an energy giant. Now Pickens’ empire is crumbling and his former aide is leading the charge against him.
Being Texan
September 30, 1995
Swami Dearest
In the Hill Country, what was once the hallowed ranch of Walter Prescott Webb is now the sacred site of a mammoth new Hindu temple—and the home of a controversial ashram called Barsana Dham.
News & Politics
August 31, 1995
Waterworld
Roberts County landowners are battling to save the Ogallala Aquifer—and what remains of their agrarian past.
Business
August 6, 1995
Silicone City
From invention to litigation, the breast implant has done more for Houston’s economy—and its psyche—than anything since oil.
Film & TV
August 1, 1995
Our Fair Lady
Texan Jerry Hall is a successful model, the mother of three healthy kids, the wife of a rich, sexy, world-famous rock star. She’s also quite refined. Or is she? Eliza Doolittle, meet your match.
True Crime
August 1, 1995
Hush, Little Baby, Don’t You Cry
Eleven years after the death of her youngest daughter, Tanya Reid sits in an Amarillo prison. Is she a murderess, or has she been railroaded by overzealous prosecutors?
Film & TV
June 30, 1995
Shooting the Moon
How glad-handing Hollywood and hidebound NASA joined forces to make Apollo 13, one of this summer’s hottest movies.
Being Texan
June 1, 1995
Confessions of A Preacher’s Wife
The tensions between the demands of the spirit and the demands of the world defined my marriage—and destroyed it.
Hunting & Fishing
May 1, 1995
Burning Down the Woods
In 1990 the state banned the use of dogs to hunt deer. Ever since, a rogue group of East Texas hunters has exacted a fiery revenge.
Business
April 30, 1995
Are Texans Gun Crazy?
During the first week of April, as the Legislature considered the case for concealed weapons, Texas mourned the consequences of two gun-related tragedies in Corpus Christi: the murder of Tejano superstar Selena Quintanilla Perez and the shooting of five workers at a refinery inspection company by a disgruntled
Science
April 1, 1995
Drug War!
How a small Houston biotech company and a giant California-based rival are battling over who developed what may be a revolutionary cure for asthma and allergies.
News & Politics
April 1, 1995
The Case of The Amateur Skull Boilers
Led by an owner of a roofing company, a group of novice sleuths solves gruesome crimes in San Antonio. It sounds like a TV show—and it may soon be one.
Books
April 1, 1995
Lonesome Cowboy
A year after Robert James Waller left Iowa for the quieter climes of Big Bend, the best-selling author is discovering that it’s one thing to live like a Texan and quite another to be one.
Health
March 1, 1995
Not What the Doctor Ordered
How an old-fashioned Texas physician fought the takeover of modern medicine by heartless insurance companies—and lost.
True Crime
February 1, 1995
Shoot-out at Shamrock
On a sleepy day last September, two women came barreling down Route 66 with five police cars in hot pursuit. A tiny Panhandle town will never be the same.
Music
February 1, 1995
No Limits
For twenty seasons Austin City Limits has been the elite soundstage of American popular music. And it keeps getting better.
Being Texan
January 1, 1995
Closing the Circle J
A final farewell to the Hill Country spread that for more than thirty years meant everything to me and my family.
Business
January 1, 1995
Is MCC Obsolete?
Twelve years and hundreds of millions of dollars later, the vaunted Austin high-tech consortium is still struggling to find its purpose.
Texas History
December 1, 1994
Missions Accomplished
Forget the Alamo. The real spirit and history of Texas come alive at San Antonio’s eighteenth-century churches.
Politics & Policy
November 1, 1994
Hard Times For Henry
Hounded by his ex-lover in Lubbock, pounded by his enemies in Washington, Henry Cisneros is in trouble—and it’s all on tape.
Energy
November 1, 1994
Disarmed and Dangerous
With the end of the cold war, the Pantex nuclear facility is dismantling its bombs. Will nearby Amarillo’s environment and economy get blown to pieces?
Film & TV
November 1, 1994
The Sins of the Father
Is Charles Voyd Harrelson a natural-born killer? His movie star son, Woody, isn’t sure—but I am.
News & Politics
November 1, 1994
The Seduction of Jane Doe
When a teacher romances a student, are school officials to blame? That’s the crux of a case that began in the small town of Taylor and ended up in the U.S. Supreme court.
True Crime
September 30, 1994
“We Get All Hyped Up. We Do a Drive-by.”
Gangs, guns, and getting in trouble are a way of life for too many teenagers in San Antonio’s projects.
Business
September 1, 1994
Bo Pilgrim
He invented the boneless breast and made his chicken a household name. But now his critics are out to roast him.
Film & TV
August 1, 1994
Rip on a Tear
With his starring role on The Larry Sanders Show, Rip Torn is no longer Rip scorned.
Music
August 1, 1994
Adkins Family Values
The family that plays together stays together. Meet one of the world’s most successful classical music clans.
Business
July 1, 1994
A Piece of the Action
If casino gambling comes to Texas, it’s a safe bet that the Pratt family of Dallas will be in on the jackpot.
Health
July 1, 1994
Loved to Death
Married for 32 years, my parents both died of AIDS, and we, their children, may never know why.
Music
July 1, 1994
The Big Twang
Some of the brightest country music stars—like Mark Chesnutt and Tracy Byrd—are born in the honky-tonks of Beaumont.
Arts & Entertainment
June 1, 1994
The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public (But Just Barely)
After fifteen years, Tommy Tune and Larry L. King are at it again: The sequel to the most famous musical about our state opens on Broadway.
Texas History
April 1, 1994
The Promised Land
We are sixth-generation Texans and we are Jews. My family’s history is an account of the price we have paid to be both.
Politics & Policy
March 1, 1994
John the Knife
He’s a budget cutter in an era of consumption, a conservative Democrat in a party gone soft, a good ol’ boy with no polish or flash. So why is everyone buzzing about Texas comptroller John Sharp?
Sports
March 1, 1994
A Whole New Ball Game
Once, the fight for funding and attention in college sports pitted women against men. Today, with women’s sports commanding greater respectability, it’s also women versus women, and the fight is uglier.
Health
February 1, 1994
Love and Death on the Third Floor
She was the princess who wore Tiffany perfume. He was the middle-class guy who raced cars. But when they met on the cystic fibrosis wing of a Dallas hospital, romance bloomed.
Texas History
February 1, 1994
The Twilight of the Texas Rangers
Are the legendary lawmen necessary? Yes, but their inability to grapple with the modern world threatens to make them irrelevant.
Business
January 1, 1994
Will This Be the Most Important City of the Twenty-First Century?
Forget what you’ve heard about Mexico City’s “urban hell.” From its well-organized workers to its highly evolved social system, it could be NAFTA’s greatest economic success story.
Being Texan
January 1, 1994
What I Learned in the Bubble
Until I house-sat there last year, I thought I knew rarefied Highland Park. To my surprise, it was much more fragile and defensive than it had seemed.