Patrick Michels

Pandemic relief funds provided a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” for homeless support programs. But what happens when the money dries up?

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How a San Antonio restaurant manager pioneered the art of taco diplomacy.

The festival celebrates Earth, community, and the primal urge to build the tallest rock pile ever.

In a thirteenth-floor courtroom in downtown Dallas, Jackie Juarez took the witness stand to testify about years of mistreatment under the system that raised her. Now eighteen years old, she stood a little over four and a half feet tall, with dark curls that fell atop a long, cream-colored cardigan. She pulled the microphone close as she spoke. At eleven years old, she had been placed in the state’s custody, for reasons that remain confidential. She was removed from a group home after reporting i…

The ship sailed through Sabine Pass in Port Arthur, at the southeast tip of Texas, carrying a group of at least eight Black men, British subjects from Barbados who’d been granted freedom from slavery. It was April of 1836, around the time of other well-memorialized events in Texas. On board were at least eight Black men, British subjects from Barbados who’d been granted freedom from slavery. Among them were William Gunsil, Edward Hicks, Samuel Redman, April Sashly, Henry Small, William Thomas, E…

As Amarillo's iconic roadside attraction marks its fiftieth anniversary, a relative dives into the archives of Ant Farm's Doug Michels.

With padel clubs opening around the state, Texas has become a hot spot for the glitzy mash-up of doubles tennis, pickleball, and squash.

How Ryan Hampton, a onetime motorsports professional, became a "tire performance evaluator."

Ryan Hampton, a onetime motorsports professional, on how he became a "tire performance evaluator."