San Angelo

More Trouble for the Eldorado Tipster

Death of a Family

Lee Brewer started stepping out on her husband of 30 years. She told him it was over. But Pete Brewer had other endings in mind.

A Figure to Die For

Community Health Systems cashed in big on the stomach stapling rage. It almost cost Kaye Parsley her life.

Barbecue in Black and White

Carving the racism out of Texas barbecue mythology

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Carving the racism out of Texas barbecue mythology

John Whitmire was on a roll coming into the 1995 Legislature. But how the mighty have fallen. Tim Fleck examines the mounting troubles of the state senator known as "Boogie."

Carving the racism out of Texas barbecue mythology

Trench Warfare

There's a hole carved out of the earth 32 feet deep, 210 feet wide, and 400 feet long near the Texas-Mexico border.

News of the Weird

There's a hole carved out of the earth 32 feet deep, 210 feet wide, and 400 feet long near the Texas-Mexico border.

Fare Thee Well, Giff Nielsen, Maker Of No Waves

Photo courtesy KHOUGiff Nielsen, the sports anchor at KHOU who's been at the station 25 years, is leaving.And, ummm, there's not much to say because Nielsen might be the single most boring television personality in Houston history.Not that's a bad thing -- Nielsen capably delivered the news, conduct ... More >>

A Mainstream Mormon's Test of Faith

Seven months have passed since the polygamist raid in Eldorado, but the effects linger

Prodigal Hijos

Nashville was no place for Los Lonely Boys, the future of Texas roots rock

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

Los Lonely Boys: Forgiven

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

Down-Home Brew

Learning to speak wino, and other lessons from the road, with Eleven Hundred Springs

Galán Gala

Learning to speak wino, and other lessons from the road, with Eleven Hundred Springs

Freedom, Now!

Get banged this Fourth

Funny Business

Once upon a time Houston was a hot spot for comedy clubs. Now it's anybody's guess on who'll turn out on any given night

Parish Predators

Despite the bishop’s remarks to the contrary, the Galveston-Houston Roman Catholic Archdiocese had child molesters and let them go. But don’t blame just the Church.

Big Love, Texas-Style

Polygamists live in a compound on our state's dry western plains

Todymania!

Houston's scene sees the release of its second great pop-rock CD in six months; also: March Music Madness hits town on the touring front

Crapped Out

After his latest CD, few of Pat Green's fans are feeling like Lucky Ones

O Little Town of West Texas

Lee Friedlander goes to homes for the holidays

Escape Artists

Rennies stay on after the gates close at the Texas Renaissance Festival each night, living lives from centuries ago

Outside the Box

In keeping with the Halloween spirit, we bring you the tale of George Russell, who buries people in cardboard on his property. Welcome to his neighborhood.

A Nashville Star Is Born

Former Richmond Strip denizen Sheila Marshall makes it all the way to Music City

Monica Hits Midtown

Pope's new restaurant is flat-out brilliant

Robert Earl Smith

Rearview Mirror (Muleshoe)

Prose and Cons

Crusading convicts turned the docile Echo newspaper into a voice for prison reform. Fellow inmates cheered, but alarmed TDCJ officials preferred silence.

Making a Point

Rodney Hulin died after hanging himself in prison. Three years later, his family gets some money from the state.

Farm to Market

Kody Ellis shows pigs. What have pigs shown him?

San Angelo Mayor Springs A Hell Of A Surprise On His Town

Photo courtesy City of San AngeloMayor JW Lown, in the middleOut there in West Texas, they know how to do things right. Like spring surprise mayoral resignations.The mayor of San Angelo, J.W. Lown, abruptly announced his resignation just days before he was to be sworn in for his fourth term as mayor ... More >>

Lonesome Onry and Mean: My Son, the Guitar-Slinger

William Michael SmithLance Smith (left) and Mike Stinson​ LOM grew up in the oil patch, made a good living in it, saw the world because of it. So it made sense to want our son, Lance, to grow up to be a petroleum engineer. Alas, it was not to be. Now he's a guitar player. Two years into the petrol ... More >>

Gubernatorial Candidate Kinky Friedman: My Dog Could Run This State As Well As Rick Perry

Photos by Craig Hlavaty​ "Going from musician to politician is definitely a step down," says Kinky Friedman, who announced his Texas gubernatorial candidacy Tuesday morning. "But I'll take it for Texas." Of course, it's a step that Friedman, author of songs such as "They Ain't Makin' Jews Like Jes ... More >>

Gubernatorial Candidate Kinky Friedman: My Dog Could Run This State As Well As Rick Perry

Photos by Craig Hlavaty​ "Going from musician to politician is definitely a step down," says Kinky Friedman, who announced his Texas gubernatorial candidacy Tuesday morning. "But I'll take it for Texas." Of course, it's a step that Friedman, author of songs such as "They Ain't Makin' Jews Like Jes ... More >>

Why the Hell Not — Again?

Kinky Friedman announces another run for Texas governor, this time as a Democrat.

Cowboy Tales From The Rodeo: From The Hockey Rink To Steer Wrestling

Steer wrestler Nick Guy. ​Rodeo cowboys basically live on the road, traveling with men and women crazy enough to ride, rope and wrestle live animals for a paycheck. Each day, Hair Balls is asking a different cowboy to tell us a little bit about himself and his wildest story from a life of rodeo. N ... More >>

Mexican Women and Spanish Influence

Steer wrestler Nick Guy. ​Rodeo cowboys basically live on the road, traveling with men and women crazy enough to ride, rope and wrestle live animals for a paycheck. Each day, Hair Balls is asking a different cowboy to tell us a little bit about himself and his wildest story from a life of rodeo. N ... More >>

New, Hidden Americana Gems From Philly, Nashville And The Ozarks

Desoto Rust​ Too many records, too many records, too many records. Sometimes Lonesome, Onry and Mean just has to take a deep breath, swallow hard and admit we can never give a fair listen to all the stuff that shows up in the mailbox. And since we seldom do actual album reviews in print anymore, w ... More >>

Diego's Burritos in San Angelo

​We recently stumbled into Diego's Burritos in San Angelo (3033 Sherwood Way, San Angelo, 325-223-0737). It seemed like a local hotspot -- the parking lot was packed, and the line went out the extended entryway door. We had breakfast tacos on the brain, and after a weekend of family wedding fo ... More >>

Your NSFW Weather Report For The Day

Dick has been spotted​You may not have heard of KLST in San Angelo, but it's the best place to go for news of the throbbing heart of the Concho Valley.Also, they like to show dicks in their weather reports.They do, at least, according to the screengrab after the jump, which is making its way aroun ... More >>

Amanda Williams: SHE'S A COP, Dude Who Texted Her For Weed Date

C U in jail​Hooking up with old friends is easier than ever these days, but it's not risk-free.For instance, before you ask some girl you used to know whether she'd like to get together to enjoy some weed, you might preface your offer by asking first if she's a cop.One San Angelo man did not follo ... More >>

Weed In Texas: The Top Seven Stories Of The Year

Merry Christmas: our Top Weed Stories. ​It's been a decent year for potheads. So what if Prop 19 didn't pass in California, because medical marijuana laws, even in places outside that dirty hippy state, expanded. This year ends with two more states, Arizona and New Jersey, along with Washington, D ... More >>

The Rock & Roll Fantasy Camp From Hell

Rocks Off recently got invited to cover something known as Rock & Roll Fantasy Camp, which works a lot like baseball fantasy camp, except none of the participants can field a line-drive grounder. Among the idols rock campers will meet include 3 Doors Down, Mark Farner, the drummer from the Hooters a ... More >>

Los Lonely Boys Mature, Get Goofy On New Rockpango

Photos by Piper Ferguson/Shore Fire Media​Rocks Off suspects the last thing Los Lonely Boys guitarist and singer Henry Garza wanted to do on the day after arriving back in San Angelo from a European tour with Los Lobos was a phone interview. "We flew into Austin last night, then had a four-ho ... More >>

Weather Porn: 5 Examples of When Meteorologists Go Bad

Feels good​When the graphic to the right appeared recently in USA Today, it led to talk about how a good editor needs a dirty mind to spot things like, we guess, a huffing sun giving a hand job to a thermometer. But really, the weather always seems to attract the unfortunate sexual reference ... More >>

Some Questions About the Texas Music Awards 2012 Ballot

Photo by Jim KrafkaLeslie Krafka nominated for her album White Cat Sessions​If you think we were flabbergasted by songwriter Bob Cheevers touting his election as 2011 Songwriter of the Year in the Texas Music Awards sponsored by mytexasmusic.com and "sanctioned" (a hedge word that appears freq ... More >>