Op-Ed of the DayIn case you missed it, WFAA’s sports anchor Dale Hansen delivered an epic on-air op-ed Monday, addressing NFL-ready star and Texas native Michael Sam’s announcement that he’s gay. The meta-journalists at Poyner caught up with Hansen yesterday, who said he figured he’d get a reaction
The Austin band preps its debut album with a bluesy, groove-heavy bit of heartache.
Lance, son, we need to talk about what you're doing with your life.
I mean, yeah, we've all wanted to magically zip through stalled traffic at 100mph, but that doesn't mean we'd actually do it.
TDCJ is in possession of a controversial drug combo used in a lethal injection in Ohio earlier this year.
The two multi-billion dollar corporations have both spent a fortune in the quest to declare themselves the Marco Polo of ultra-fast Internet in Austin, but the company that planted the flag is San Marcos-based Grande Communications.
Just a quick word of advice: Don't get into a three-card-monty game with Richard Turner, the world's greatest card cheat.
The human-to-animal ratio at this year's Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo was 39:1.
Note to open carry advocates: Hitching your wagon to people in banana costumes might not be the look you're going for.
Abbott comes under fire and UT System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa announces he will step down from his post.
In the wake of the incident between Oklahoma State basketball star Marcus Smart and Texas Tech "superfan" Jeff Orr, the question of why fans spend half of their time idolizing athletes and the other half treating them like dirt is one worth asking.
Michael Sam, the SEC's reigning defensive player of the year and sack leader went from promising prospect to Jackie Robinson overnight—a transition that says a few things worth saying about the places he came from.
Monday PlaylistNeed some tracks as maniac-producing as the weather’s been? The Dallas Observer has you covered with its Top Ten Best Texas Psychedelic Rock Albums.Tweet of the DayAll those photos of Russia’s poor attempts at hospitality (the toilet paper trash can, the yellow drinking water) are
A winning Super Bowl ad boosts the aging electronics equipment's stock.
Look at these lil' guys.
The YFZ Ranch in Eldorado is officially state property and Chris Christie gets the cold shoulder in Texas.
It's got a veranda with seating for 450 people, a two-story closet, and a bowling alley. It's on 25 acres and the mansion itself is 48,000 square feet. And nobody really knows what it's worth.
After winning the legal fight to have his brain-dead wife removed from life support, Erick Munoz may find himself gearing up for yet another battle in the courts—this time over who has to foot the bill for the hospital's actions.
How the new farm bill will affect Texas and A&M has a new Manziel.
An El Paso man pled guilty to the most heinous offense against Texas history imaginable: Peeing on the Alamo. Does this make him the next Ozzy Osbourne?
From the beginning, Alfred Wright's disappearance in Sabine County, and the subsequent police response, raised many questions. Now, the DoJ is looking for answers.
Texas leads the nation in exonerations and Greg Abbott proposes a $300 million-plan to secure the state's border.
It doesn't mean that they're not going to tear it down.
Steve Stockman gets called out by his own party and the Postal Service is having trouble keeping up with Houston's housing boom.
The struggling Plano-based department store chain was trying to advertise mittens.
Our favorite recent items from the Lufkin Daily News’ police blotter.
Speaker Straus orders the Lege to look into school cheating scandals and an economist warns an oil slow-down is upon us.
The university partnered with IBM to provide advanced supercomputing systems that can crunch data and solve problems loads faster than the school's current equipment.
Sports Illustrated thinks that Austin should be in the mix to host the game.
Texas ranks thirty-seventh in residents's overall financial security and the state has offered a $15 million incentive project to bring SpaceX to our coast.
This is how you know it's a slow news week.
The EPA and the state come to an agreement and the number of Monarchs taking their annual migration dropped to their lowest level since 1993.
Sex offender registries are popular in the abstract, but maybe ordinances isolating sex offenders shouldn't be a one-size-fits-all policy.
The controversy-courting Motor City Madman has donated his speaking/rocking services to the "Salute to Heroes Patriot Dinner and Concert" in April, which will raise funds for a New Braunfels non-profit that builds homes for disabled veterans, and he's got—you guessed it—some strong words for those who would criticize that appearance.
The tenth-anniversary of Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" and Wendy Davis's daughters come to her defense.
The much-publicized—but thus far underwhelming—return of Bennigan's has nonetheless heralded the return of the casual dining chain's sister restaurant.
The first lieutenant governor's debate and a battle for water with New Mexico.
A new start-up in the impoverished city only needs $20 million to complete a study to find out.
The brain-dead pregnant woman was disconnected from life support and the Algebra II requirement is dropped from school curriculums.
The Dallas-based retailer alerted customers that hackers stole as many as 1.1 million credit and debit card numbers, a much larger figure than previous thought.
Get the guy a pair of new glasses and apparently he loosens right up.
Rick Perry supports decriminalization of marijuana use and record numbers of people are moving to Texas.
It doesn't get any more Kinky Friedman.
Texas executes a Mexican national and the Keystone XL pipeline started delivering crude to Gulf Coast refineries.
We have no idea what that actually means, either.
Time for a letter-writing campaign.
The Azle earthquakes cause more disruption and the state plans to execute a Mexican national despite protestations from Mexico's government and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.
Johnny Football, Future Role Model?
RIPOn Sunday, country music legend Steve Fromholz went to that Big Songwriters Circle in the Sky. The 68-old died after a gun accidentally discharged during a hunting trip in El Dorado. Named Poet Laureate of Texas in 2007, Fromholz wrote a number of hit songs, including “I’d Have
UT, which is notoriously protective of its Longhorns brand, is cracking down on retailers selling merchandise that riffs on the name of its new head football coach, Charlie Strong.
