In the heart of southeast Texas, where alligators roam freely through swamps and waterways, Albert, an eleven-foot-long, 750-pound alligator, has found a new home at Gator Country Adventure Park in Beaumont. His…
Texas Monthly – At Thirty, Bowling for Soup’s “Punk Rock Nursery Rhymes” Endure
On a late summer evening, 1,100 fans crammed into New York City’s Irving Plaza for a sold-out stop on pop-punk icon band Bowling for Soup’s A Hangover You Don’t Deserve tour. Under…
Texas Monthly – Texas Monthly’s BBQ Fest to Celebrate Fifteen Years on November 2 and 3
The highly anticipated Texas Monthly BBQ Fest returns to Lockhart, the Barbecue Capital of Texas, on November 2 and 3 for its fifteenth annual celebration.BBQ Fest kicks off on Saturday, November 2,…
Texas Monthly – One Man’s Junk Is Another’s University Mascot
Artist Juan Stockmeyer finds inspiration in a place many of us avoid: the junkyard. The 66-year-old El Paso native has been haunting the resting places for cars, broken appliances, and other objects…
Texas Monthly – Forever Oak Park High
This story is published in collaboration with the Austin-based literary journal American Short Fiction. Part IFreshmenThey were the only vegetarians, a fact that was highlighted every game day when the other girls loaded…
Texas Monthly – Why Running Over an Armadillo Should Feel Even Worse This Year
Each month, we get to know one of the state’s many wonderful and quirky critters. Latin name: Dasypus mexicanusSize: Two to three feet long (including tail); ten to twelve poundsTexas habitat: Statewide, except…
KTSM News – Thursday 9-hour forecast: Cooler temperatures call for showers and thunderstorms
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Finally fall-like temperatures are starting to show while partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies surface across El Paso. While the morning we’ll be mild with temperatures in…
Texas Monthly – With little say over Robert Roberson’s fate, Texas lawmakers take extraordinary steps to buy him more time
With Roberson’s options dwindling, a House panel used its bully pulpit to prove his case and excoriate the failures of the state’s junk science law. Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – Texas’ order to ask hospital patients’ citizenship status renews focus on the state’s large uninsured population
On Nov. 1, hospitals will begin asking patients their citizenship status. But data suggests uninsured citizens, not immigrants, cost Texas hospitals more. Read: Read More
Yard Barker – One-time Super Bowl champ, LSU legend would be a tremendous college football RB coach
Could coaching be in his future? It sure sounds like he’d be interested if a gig at LSU ever opened up. Read: Read More