Texas Won The Olympics
After a little gymnastics of our own, we can comfortably say that the Lone Star State dominated the Rio Olympics.
After a little gymnastics of our own, we can comfortably say that the Lone Star State dominated the Rio Olympics.
Plus: See which Texas teams made the AP’s preseason college football top 25, a Texas A&M student dies after what appears to be an overdose at a frat house, and the Railroad Commission kinda ignored some oil spills.
Houston, you have a problem.
Plus: Texas Olympian Jimmy Feigen donates money to escape Rio, big changes are coming to Texas prisons, and Selena gets a spot in the Texas Women’s Hall of Fame.
From Austin to Amarillo to Houston and El Paso, poor people are sitting in jails because they can’t afford to pay fines.
Plus: Texas’s maternal mortality rate rises sharply, Laredo loses its bag ban fight, and a study calls Texas public colleges ”dropout factories.”
It’s the definition of a public service.
University of Texas swimmer James Feigen and Ryan Lochte said they were robbed at gunpoint during the Olympics, but that is looking increasingly suspect.
Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato show just how much celebrity friendship has changed in the social media age.
But hey, let's play along anyway.
Plus: Texas fights to keep its voter ID law, a Texas woman terrorized two Mexican women she kept as slaves, and Art Briles says he’s never done anything illegal, immoral or unethical.
Now a community called “No Town” has found itself facing the same challenges as Sandbranch.
The dangers of an unfortunate local paper headline in the viral era.
Plus: Businesses are leaving California for Texas, glass keeps falling from tall buildings in Austin, and a court battle over beer is brewing in Texas.
A Helotes man left his baby in a hot car while he went to work, but so far, he’s not facing charges.
Plus: H-E-B and Walmart slug it out in Texas, the Victoria County Sheriff just became a lot less transparent, and a pair of Longhorn olympians are robbed at gunpoint.
Barack Obama released his summer playlist, and he’s into Gary Clark Jr. and Leon Bridges.
All gold everything.
The rule changes aren’t based on any real health or safety concerns.
Plus: Houston schools named for Confederates are about to get some new names, the Alamo diggers discover a cool Mexican sword, and Texas A&M reaches a new ”12th Man” deal with the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks.
Amarillo appears to be operating a debtors' prison, rape victims jailed, and other dark tales from Texas jails and prisons.
Plus: Galveston Bay makes the environmental grade, Dallas’s central library is preserving the stuff left behind to honor fallen officers, and there’s a warrant out for ex-Miss Corpus Christi Latina.
The former Baylor coach, relieved of his duties after recommendations from a law firm hired to investigate his program’s sexual assault scandal, has been busy traveling lately.
Plus: Zika claims its first Texas life, Art Briles thinks he’ll be back to coaching soon, and there is now a way to get around the line at Franklin Barbecue.
It’s the second such death in the United States.
Texas has long celebrated Bonnie and Clyde types, but Billy Joe and Bobby Sue don't give us much to root for.
Plus: Record-breaking heat comes to Texas, Ted Cruz returns home, and a twelve-year-old Texan heads to the Ivy League.
The trio’s trip through Texas this weekend is a testament to their vitality as a band.
The trade deadline presented a maddening dilemma for the Astros.
After its Houston convention, the Green Party is aiming to gather the Bernie-or-Bust momentum.
Plus: More Texas leaders fall in line for Trump, the Green Party gathers in Houston, and troubles continue to slow the Twin Peaks shootout cases.
If this doesn't inspire you, what will?
Plus: Dallas’s dog problem, the Baylor football player arrested for stalking had previously been accused of sexual assault, and alleged crooks in Houston used laptops to steal cars.
The newly elected Dallas County GOP chair announced his resignation this week, while the Travis County party head wears his jester’s cap.
McConaughey just signed on to be the creative director for Wild Turkey’s advertising. How might this affect his movie career?
The good, the bad, and the under-spiced.
Plus: Mosquito repellant for women is now covered under Texas Medicaid, a new analysis finds homes are bigger in Texas, and a grammatical error tarnishes UT’s monument to the Tower shooting victims.
UT and A&M were the highest-ranked Texas teams, and even Rice helped rep the Lone Star State in the Associated Press’s definitive list.
In his resignation, he denied that his statement had a racial element. Let’s talk about the history of the word ”thug.”
Houston is a huge community, and its paper of record is hoping the acquisition makes it more relevant in the surrounding suburbs.
Plus: Bad news (Baylor) Bears update, troubling details emerge about the pilot in Lockhart’s deadly hot air balloon crash, and a porn expo finally settles in Houston.
The State Fair of Texas broke from tradition in releasing the names of its 34 semi-finalists in the food competition, but details are scarce.
Plus: Downtown light rail systems in Texas come under fire, Dallas’s bachelorette makes her decision, and the Rangers and Astros have drastically different trade deadline experiences.
The changes might actually do more to protect police officers than the Police Protection Act.
The Houston country singer has some non-FDA-approved advice for those going through a tough time.
Competition crosses state lines.
Plus: A deadly hot air balloon crash, trouble at Texas A&M, and Texas’s Miss Teen USA said some really racist stuff on Twitter.
Rett Smith might have moved to Nashville, but his sound is still distinctly Texan.
Plus: Joaquín Castro keeps throwing shade at Ted Cruz, a Baylor athletics staffer wants to know exactly why he was fired, and state troopers maybe shouldn’t have escorted a top prospect to a Texas Rangers game.
A new start-up wants to use hyperloop technology to get you from San Antonio to Austin in just fifteen minutes.