The red-cockaded woodpecker is an unusual bird. An eight- or nine-inch ball of black and white feathers, it’s found in East Texas forests with an open understory, carving its nest cavities in…
Border Report – DEA: Pink cocaine reported in Travis, Harris counties
AUSTIN (KXAN) — According to the Drug Enforcement Administration Houston Division, there’s been an increased presence of “pink cocaine” in Texas. The DEA said the drug, also referred to as ‘Tusi,’ was…
Texas Monthly – State Senator Phil King Aided a Utility He Was Doing Business With
Earlier this year, state senator Phil King took the unusual step of wading into a fight between Oncor, the company that owns and operates the electrical wires throughout much of North and…
Texas Monthly – Cracked Pools and Drained Savings: How “Concrete Cancer” Ruined Summers Across Central Texas
Janell Gregerson’s toenails are painted hot pink, a tropical color that evokes the joys of lounging by the water, margarita in hand. But as the single mother of four walks out her…
Texas Monthly – Inside the Longest Active Regular-Season Win Streak in Texas High School Football
Ray Gates wasn’t expecting much out of his first interview for a high school football head-coaching job five years ago. The former Tarleton State defensive lineman, then in his mid-thirties, simply wanted…
Texas Monthly – Meow Wolf Houston Is Unmistakably Texan but Still Otherworldly
In the sixteen years since its Santa Fe, New Mexico, founding, Meow Wolf, the immersive arts and entertainment company, has taken for its mission the all-encompassing task of creating whole worlds out…
Texas Monthly – Seguin Turned Out to Be the Perfect New Home for This BBQ Family
Alvin and Wanda Schulze opened Schulze’s Bar-B-Que in Rosenberg, southwest of Houston, in 1990. Their son, Clifford, and daughter, Teresa Schulze-Mielsch, helped run it for decades before Alvin died in 2021. Around…
KTSM News – Walmart shooting hearing scheduled for Thursday
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The Walmart shooting hearing scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 31, is set to move forward after the DA’s office asked an appeals court to block the hearing earlier…
KTSM News – Water rescue closes lanes Thursday morning on Border Highway
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A water rescue closed three lanes early Thursday morning, Oct. 31, on the Border Highway at Zaragoza, according to El Paso Police. Police say they responded just…
KTSM News – Halloween 9-hour forecast: Trick or treat with clear skies and cooler temperatures
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Happy Halloween! We’re not looking at spooky temperatures just mild and cooler going into tonight. Starting the morning chilly, temperatures will begin to be mild at 66-degrees…