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Goodbye, George?

Strait's "The Cowboy Rides Away" tour closes out this year's rodeo.

Behind "Pancho and Lefty": "That Son of a Bitch Is a Smash"

"Pancho and Lefty" long ago became more than just a song and something closer to a pop-culture touchstone, particularly in Texas and the Southwest. According to Urbanspoon, you can even dine at Pancho & Lefty's Tex-Mex restaurant in St. George, Utah. Unforgivably, it charges separately for chips and ... More >>

Chef Chat, Part 1: Chris Williams of Lucille's, On Opening a Restaurant in His Twenties and One- and Two-Man Kitchens in Europe

Chris Williams Lucille's 5512 La Branch Tel: (713) 568-2505 www.lucilleshouston.com This is Part 1 of a three-part Chef Chat series. Parts 2 and 3 will run in this same space on Thursday and Friday. Tucked away in the Museum District on La Branch near the Children's Museum, Lucille's is one of the ... More >>

Top 5 Nearby Fall Festivals & County Fairs

As the recent weather has proved, there's no better time to be outdoors in Texas than fall. In springtime, there's always that lingering knowledge that summer is right around the corner, so this time of year there's nothing else to look forward to but Santa Claus. It's also harvest time, and the tho ... More >>

Long Riders

Black cowboys didn't get to the big show in Houston by the most direct route, but they made it all the same.

Get Your Passport Stamped Along the Texas Wine Trails

​While the trail riders rode into town last Friday, you could be riding out one weekend soon to hit one of Texas's 11 wine trails just as the bluebonnets are beginning to bloom this spring. The fifth most productive wine-producing state in the nation, Texas features more than 200 vineyards wi ... More >>

American Grocers

Samir Itani got rich sending expired food overseas to U.S. troops in the Middle East.

Our Eight Favorite Musical Moments From Texas-Shot Films

​If Chainsaws, Slackers and Spy Kids sounds like a titillating title for a book, it's only because the book itself deals with some of the most provocative indie films in recent cinematic history - many of them made by Texas-born filmmakers. The book is the work of Alison Macor, former film cr ... More >>

Graeter's Makes a Sweet Texas Debut

Graeter's ice cream -- the only delicious food to come out of Cincinnati (we're looking at you and your abominable bastardization of a perfectly good dish, Cincinnati "chili") -- has been a favorite among dessert fans since its creation in the 1920s. Spanning four generations, the ... More >>

What's Wal-Mart Got Against Sex Offenders?

Sex offenders have rights too. Don’t they? At least one Missouri City woman who was convicted of a sex crime is out to prove just that in court after being fired from her job at Wal-Mart. Rebecca Vlasek, 37, claims that Wal-Mart fired her and more than 800 registered sex offenders, in line ... More >>

A Whole Lot of HEB Stores Are Now Open

R.I.P., Plagiarizing Montgomery County Paper

Texas Woman Fights Abuse at the State's Schools for the Mentally Retarded

Her son was beaten up by an angry caregiver at Denton State School

Toxic Town: Cancer and Birth Defects in Somerville

In Somerville, chances are far better than normal that you will die of cancer or give birth to a deformed baby

Fadin' Renegade

Doug Supernaw's long, sad spiral

Your Lucky Night

Where to celebrate New Year's Eve 2006

Your Lucky Night

Where to celebrate New Year's Eve 2006

Tough Guys

Full pads, full contact, no slackers allowed

Easy Reach

Talking jazz with Dave Marcellin

Bishop Is Back

The former kingmaker is back, sort of

Baby, Please Don't Go

It's not too late to keep the Hammer

Cranked

Meth users are really proDuctive, sExy, hAppy anD slim

Beggars Can't Be Choosers

Parents plead with the state not to shut down the state schools for the mentally retarded. But it looks like a done deal.

Beer Brawl

Starbucks tries to step on the start-up of Starbock beer

Running Mates

Michael and Nandy Berry are world-class charmers. But what's really behind those two smiles?

Screwed!

Robert Casey told on Constable Perry Wooten. Wooten fired him. Now Casey and two other people are suing to get their jobs back.

At What Price?

Plus: So-So What, Right with Wong, Love Lessons

Law Breakers

County prosecutors and the sheriff target a controversial judge

Unstable Ground

Businessman Michael Shelton thought he had beaten the system. Then he learned the legislature can be as unpredictable as the salt domes where he wants to store toxic waste.

Blind Faith

Luke and Rachel Watson have lost most of their sight. They eventually will lose all motor skills. Their parents are losing sleep -- do the adults tell their kids they're dying of Batten disease?

Alone Again, Naturally

After riding with the majors, born loner Darden Smith learns it's easier to drive yourself

From Cells to Souls

Chuck Colson and his evangelical Christians team up with a local prison for a divine intervention program

Ring Dings

Bound for the World Wrestling Federation or not, these folks learn to take their lumps at Texas All-Star Wrestling

Virtual 'Cue

Lyndon's Pit Bar-B-Q serves an excellent approximation of the real thing

Mommy's little angel

Marshall Ball can't talk. So he listens to God. Everyone else listens to Marshall.

Back to the Front

From blues rock to punk, Fitzgerald's plays what it must to survive

Court Karma: What Goes Around Comes Around

Judge to O'Quinn, O'Quinn to rehab and Bishop to Dock

Preparing for the Millennium

Go to the Austin Hill Country and meet some folks who are taking Y2K very seriously

A Question of Rape

It couldn't happen inside a nice suburban school like Jersey Village High ... could it?

Gayland's Choice

Gayland Randle was there the night Paul Broussard was murdered, but he never laid a hand on the victim. So why is Randle doing 15 years in prison?

Death and the Raccoon

To animal control, Pedro was ring-tailed vermin. To Jimmy Vonderglotz, he was a friend.

Lenwood Johnson's Last Stand

APV is more than his home. It's his life. No wonder he can't let it go without one final struggle.

A Visit to Gatesville

A gray November day spent in the gray world of the inmates and staff of the Texas State prison for women