Taylor Nichols is no small gherkin on the pickleball court. During a recent weekday match at Chicken N Pickle, a new sports and entertainment complex in the blink-and-you’d-miss-it town of Webster, halfway…
Texas Monthly – Hand-Rolled Tortillas and Salsa Verde Like Grandma’s Elevate This Hutto Barbecue Truck
Smoked brisket and ribs weren’t featured at family barbecues when Sebastien Quintanilla was growing up in Corpus Christi. Family members would grill fajitas and chicken quarters while Quintanilla’s grandmother Rosa made beans,…
Texas Monthly – Kacey Musgraves Is Still Following Her Arrow
Kacey Musgraves’s third taping for Austin City Limits, which took place in June for an episode that will be the show’s fiftieth-season premiere when it airs Saturday, was a looser affair than…
El Paso Matters – Upper East Side EPPD command center opens; city settles auditor’s whistleblower lawsuit; more El Paso news
This is your weekly news roundup, which takes a quick look at some developments in government, politics, education, environment and other topics across El Paso. EPPD Officially Opens Far Eastside Regional Command…
KTSM News – Maggie Smith, star of ‘Downton Abbey’ and ‘Harry Potter’ films dies at 89
LONDON (AP) — Maggie Smith, the masterful, scene-stealing actor who won an Oscar for “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” in 1969 and gained new fans in the 21st century as the…
KTSM News – Border Report Live: Where illegal immigration is trending up
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — The number of arrests for illegal border crossings has fallen from an all-time high to some of the Biden administration’s lowest this fiscal year alone. Yet…
Texas Monthly – The Odd Couple: How Ted Cruz and John Cornyn went from fractured to friendly
The two Texas senators have come together to serve Texas — and themselves — as both head into career-defining elections later this year. Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – Fourteen years after BP oil spill, Galveston scientists are striving to save the Gulf’s deep-sea coral
The massive 2010 oil spill damaged or killed coral in the Gulf of Mexico. Now some of the $20 billion settlement is helping researchers learn how to help the coral recover. Read:…
Border Report – Border Report Live: Where illegal immigration is trending up
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — The number of arrests for illegal border crossings has fallen from an all-time high to some of the Biden administration’s lowest this fiscal year alone. Yet…
Border Report – Harris struggles to break through with young Latinos
Vice President Harris is inching ahead in national polling, but her campaign has struggled to gain traction with young Latinos, a source of worry for some Democratic strategists. At the same time,…