On a quiet street on the outskirts of Mexia sits a modest, two-story white house. It’s in obvious need of repair: the paint is chipping and the eaves are collapsing. Lindsay Lipman meets me to take a ...

On June 22, a hot summer day, a group of 10 family members and friends were wrapping up a tubing trip on the San Marcos River at Don’s Fish Camp in the Central Texas town of Martindale when they were ...

You may have heard this somewhere before: In the run up to Election Day, a high-profile Democratic challenger in a closely watched race appears to be pulling ahead in the polls, a race that could flip ...

Austin’s support of a housing development called The Sasha recently received $1 million to build a 60-unit housing development. The development will support human trafficking victim and children ...

On March 17, 2010, singer Erykah Badu filmed the evocative music video for the song “Window Seat” in Dealey Plaza. At the time, the Dallas artist was already an icon, the ’90s “Queen of Neo-Soul” who ...

If you walk into your local library, you can borrow a book or ask for help with a research question. You can also get help with your resume, access the internet on public computers, borrow a movie, or ...

Country music icon Johnny Cash’s life has been well-explored over the years. The 2005 film “Walk the Line” focused primarily on his relationship with fellow icon June Carter, but doesn’t focus as much ...

The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court return to the bench today for the start of a new term — and they do so at a moment when the institution itself is under scrutiny. A new Gallup survey puts ...

Many coming-of-age stories are timeless tales shared through literary memoirs. But author Pedro Martín took a road less traveled in a sense, when he decided to tell the story of a childhood ...

Thrips are very, very small insects. If you want to see if they are on your plants, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service program specialist and Texas Standard’s go-to insect expert Wizzie Brown ...

For two years, the city of Odessa was governed by a group Texas Monthly describes as “far-right, hardliner politicians,” led by Mayor Javier Joven. Joven, the owner of a local roofing company, had run ...

One night in late June, while his wife and children slept, Javier Bejarano typed out his will. Bejarano, a contractor from Odessa, had contracted COVID-19. He could barely breathe, his lungs had ...