This month’s pick is a West Texas teenage horror told from the perspective of an outcast turned slasher.

Although the live streamer’s talk was hotly debated beforehand, his appearance was ultimately met with little pushback on campus.

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A privately owned ranch on Lake Palestine that for decades served as a pecan farm will soon become available for all Texans to enjoy.

In the song “My Texas,” Josh Abbott Band and Pat Green sing about these ten things they believe everyone should experience.

On Apple TV's 'Brothers,' the actor puts her own "wild, balls-out" spin on the larger-than-life Ma Mac.

Ten quarterbacks from Texas universities who played their best football in college.

The long-tenured Texas Monthly staff writer and author of several books has died at the age of 75.

The sprinkle-encrusted desserts became viral sensations this summer, with some commenters comparing them to cortadillo, a similar-looking Mexican cake.

Sarah Hepola, author of the best-selling ‘Blackout,’ has written a new memoir that is sad and funny and sexy all at once.

After the swing county’s top executive became mired in scandal, Republicans—with some unwitting help from a Democratic activist—installed one of their own.

Even as it grows and changes, the Temple area has timeless appeal.

And don’t get us started comparing burnt orange to that other shade.

A spoiled heir to an auto-dealership empire responded to a blackmail attempt by ordering two murders. Four years and a jury trial later, what motivated his ruinous decision remains a mystery.

Ten theme parks in Texas, including the brand new Universal Kids Resort, in Frisco.

A retired Border Patrol officer is slightly puzzled by these tricky contraptions.

Forrest Welborn spent three decades as a suspect in Austin’s infamous yogurt shop murders. It all but destroyed his life. This year, he was finally exonerated. So why doesn’t he feel free?

I've always been curious how the State Fair of Texas ranks its food creations. This year (after a slice of Flamin' Hot pizza and a chocolate corny dog) I got to join in the judging myself.

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I've always been curious how the State Fair of Texas ranks its food creations. This year (after a slice of Flamin' Hot pizza and a chocolate corny dog) I got to join in the judging myself.

Yuan and Mei Teng, owners of Chinese restaurant Jeng Chi, have found their niche in making the decorative filled pastries that celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.

In her 96 years, Brock, an educator and the visionary behind “America’s sweethearts,” touched the lives of thousands.

Will the Senate candidates ever face off on a debate stage? Unclear. But here are a few questions we think they should answer.

Texas’s cold-case unit announced that Landry’s remains have been found. His vanishing was so much more than a missing persons case.

McConaughey and Harrelson's new show is a hangout comedy. Sans comedy.

Darryl Birkenfeld is preaching about miracle basins as an answer to the sputtering Ogallala Aquifer.

The lawyer of Wilber Rafael Garces Perez held a press conference yesterday.

So many rivers run through it: Hunt for waterways where Texans love to fish, brave the rapids, or just float blissfully downstream.