Former Speakers of the Texas House are starting to pile up like the wives of Henry VIII. Last week, Beaumont’s own Dade Phelan dropped his bid to reclaim the gavel—which means that…
KTSM News – ‘Most Wanted’ fugitives for week of Dec. 13, 2024
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – Crime Stoppers of El Paso, Inc. distributes pictures of fugitives wanted by the El Paso Police Department and the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office weekly through the…
Texas Monthly – The Lubbock Barbecue Scene Just Got a Lot Brighter, Thanks to This Tight-Knit Clan
In August, Michael Flores stopped doing his irregularly scheduled pop-ups under the banner of Friends’ Barbecue to join his family’s business, Jiménez Tortilleria y Taqueria. You may have read about the Lubbock…
KTSM News – 8 runoff races to be decided Saturday in El Paso, Socorro
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Voters in the City of El Paso and the City of Socorro will be going to the polls on Saturday, Dec. 14 to decide a total of…
Texas Monthly – Opinion: What Texas Monthly Got Wrong About San Antonio
Texas Monthly recently delivered a backhanded compliment to the community I serve as mayor, calling San Antonio “one of the loveliest, most welcoming—and poorest cities in America.” While I don’t dispute any…
Texas Monthly – ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ Has, Somehow, Inspired a Fragrance. I Tried It.
“Which movie would you want to smell like?” sounds like a prompt for a profile on a dating app for cinephiles. But let’s consider the question. I’d pick Top Gun over, say,…
Texas Monthly – Meanwhile, in Texas: A Load of Ice Comes in Hot
An inspection of a tractor trailer at the Pharr International Bridge, in the Rio Grande Valley, revealed $31 million worth of methamphetamine concealed within a shipment of serrano peppers.At an international aerial…
Texas Monthly – Welcome to Wahoo Winter!
Each month, we get to know one of the state’s many wonderful and quirky critters. Latin name: Acanthocybium solandriSize: 3 to 5.5 feet long and 50–70 poundsTexas habitat: Gulf CoastOver two days last…
El Paso Matters – UTEP to offer AI degree; mayor, city rep runoffs are Saturday; giraffe, tiger say farewell to El Paso Zoo
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. UTEP to Offer Bachelor’s in Artificial Intelligence…
KTSM News – Pedestrian crash closes lanes on Loop 375 at New World
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The El Paso Police Department’s Special Traffic Investigations Unit is responding to a crash involving a pedestrian at Loop 375 and the Pebble Hills on-ramp on Friday…