An Oil Well Off Padre Island Leaked for Months Before It Was Plugged

Texas Monthly 6/29 2:00A Russell Gold

Nearly two hundred oil and gas platforms rise from Texas bays and state waters in the Gulf of Mexico. Most are decades old and decades past their prime. Some have been abandoned by owners who long ago...

MySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert: 2022 Crystal Charity Ball Theme Announcement Party

My Sweet Charity 6/28 12:30P Jeanne Prejean

The only things missing from the 2022 Crystal Charity Ball theme announcement party at Tucker and Rich Enthoven ’s Preston Hollow palazzo on Thursday, May 5, were paddling gondoliers in the swimming...

Ken Paxton Wants to Ban Abortions Before Texas’s Trigger Law Kicks In. A Judge Has Said No, for...

Texas Monthly 6/28 11:37A Mary Tuma

In the wake of last week s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade and, with it, nearly fifty years of abortion-rights precedent, seven Texas abortion providers filed suit in district...

Nordstrom Anniversary Sale 101: Everything you Need to Know to Prepare for THE Event of the Year

Tanya Foster 6/28 11:00A Tanya Foster

Today is the day! It's the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale PREVIEW DAY . The Nordstrom Anniversary Sale is like the Super Bowl SALE and you don't want to miss it. Have you ever wondered what all the hoopla...

Want a Sense of the Post-Roe Reality for Working-class Women? Read This Texas Author.

Texas Monthly 6/28 8:38A Michael Agresta

When Merritt Tierce became pregnant at age nineteen, she was a student at Abilene Christian University who had hopes of attending graduate school. Instead, she was pressured by her Southern Baptist...

Is This the Largest Western Wear Shop in the World? An Investigation

Texas Monthly 6/28 8:19A Mary Beth Gahan

Justin Discount Boots spans two acres. It takes 90,000 square feet to hold all the boots from brands such as Chippewa, Nocona, Tony Lama, and, of course, Justin, sold in various iterations of closeout...

JUST IN: The Boone Family Foundation Provides Abide Women’s Health Services With $500K Grant

My Sweet Charity 6/28 6:30A Jeanne Prejean

Abide Women s Health Services* Abide Women’s Health Services is located in South Dallas, where there is a “community with the highest rates of low birth weight, pre-term birth, infant mortality and so...

The Little Turtles That Could: 45 Endangered Sea Turtles Hatch in Texas

Texas Monthly 6/28 4:00A Saliha Bayrak

WHO: The critically endangered Kemp s ridley sea turtle.WHAT: Around 45 miraculous sea turtle babies made their way into the water on the shores of Matagorda Bay.WHY IT S SO GREAT: Kemp s ridley sea...

A New Diabetes Drug Could Help Many in the Rio Grande Valley—If They Can Afford It

Texas Monthly 6/28 3:00A Aaron Nelsen

Tracy Frey has deteriorating circulation in her legs, and her kidneys are on the brink of failure. But the 54-year-old high school librarian from McAllen remains optimistic. That s because she was...

An Afghan Family Came to San Antonio Seeking a Safer Future. Then Their Child Went Missing.

Texas Monthly 6/28 3:00A Bekah McNeel

It had been two years since Riaz and Zarmeena Sardar Khil had seen their families. In 2019, the husband and wife and their baby daughter, Lina, had emigrated from a rural town in Afghanistan to seek...

Ten Years of Magical Thinking

Texas Monthly 6/28 2:00A Michael Hardy

Mayra Flores, a respiratory therapist and political novice, made history this month, winning a special congressional election to become the first Republican since Reconstruction to represent the Rio...

High Hampton Inn Review

Brighton the Day 6/27 12:35P megan hopkins

I ve been visiting Highlands, NC for years but have never stayed anywhere in the neighboring town of Cashiers (just a few miles down the road). But when I heard how the company that recently acquired High Hampton Inn brought in the team behind...

The Concilio Celebrates 40 Years With Big Dreams Gala On The First Day Of National Hispanic Heritage...

My Sweet Charity 6/27 12:30P Jeanne Prejean

Unlike most monthly celebrations, it may seem a little unusual that National Hispanic Heritage Month runs from September 15 to October 15. But there is an interesting history to its creation. In 1968...

What Stephen Harrigan’s Late-’80s Reporting Prophesied for Galveston Bay

Texas Monthly 6/27 10:53A Christopher Hooks

Editors note: As we approach our fiftieth anniversary, in February 2023, we will, every week, highlight an important story from our past and offer some perspective on it. Stephen Harrigan was born in...

An Indiana Man Put a (Smoke) Ring on It at Franklin Barbecue

Texas Monthly 6/27 7:28A Daniel Vaughn

WHO: Matt McKinney and Kelly Dickey, barbecue fans who live in Indianapolis.WHAT: A successful pit room proposal and a smoky engagement gift from the most famous barbecue joint in Texas.WHY IT S SO...