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Meet the 8 Mayor’s Hispanic Heritage Awards Houston honorees for 2025
| October 7, 2025
While Hispanic Heritage Month is coming to a close Oct. 15, the celebrations are still going strong in Houston.
8 Halloween events in Houston, from family-friendly to frightening
| October 7, 2025
animals | ENTERTAINMENT | halloween | halloween events | haunted house | horror movies | HTX | LITERATURE | outdoors | recreation | TEXAS
Looking for spooky fun this October? From kid-friendly festivals to haunted houses, Houston offers Halloween events for every age and scare level.
‘He just wanted to be with his wife’: After months in ICE custody, Houston man gives up immigration fight
| October 7, 2025
Douglas Menjivar, a longtime Houston resident, left the US after months in ICE detention, a case that highlights the human toll of immigration enforcement.
8 places to get the best breakfast tacos in Houston
| October 7, 2025
breakfast | breakfast tacos | CULTURE | food and drink | food trucks | HARDGATE | HTX | LIFESTYLE | tex-mex
From food trucks to family joints, these top spots for breakfast tacos in Houston deliver authentic Tex-Mex flavors with homemade tortillas, fresh eggs, and just the right kick.
A sweet deal for home-based food businesses in TX
| October 7, 2025
Community | cottage food vendors | CULTURE | FARMING | food | food & drink | food and drink | home-based businesses | home-based food businesses | LIFESTYLE | local business | SMALL BUSINESS | TEXAS
It is now easier in Texas for home cooks, bakers and farmers to sell their products to the public.
Chili’s skillet queso fans are nacho happy about the chain’s new menu mixup
| October 6, 2025
chili's | CULTURE | food and drink | HARDGATE | LIFESTYLE | Skillet Beef Queso | Southwestern Queso | TEXAS | White Skillet Queso
Chili’s announced that it’s doing away with its White Queso and Beef Skillet Queso options. The dips will be replaced with a new vegetarian alternative.
Texas ranks second in the US for book bans
| October 6, 2025
book bans | books | censorship | DALLAS | DFW | DFW TEXED EXCLUSIVE | EDUCATION | K-12 education | TEXAS
It’s Banned Books Week, which means PEN America—a nonprofit that fights censorship—has updated its database of banned books in public schools throughout the country.
Meet the Indigenous people of Texas
| October 6, 2025
Community | CULTURE | Federal Harm | get involved | HARDGATE | History | houston history | indigenous tribes | native americans | TEXAS
Despite efforts to erase Native American history in the US, there are still active tribes in Texas and efforts to recognize the state’s Indigenous history and preserve the remaining communities. Nationally, Indigenous Peoples’ Day is now celebrated on the second Monday in October—what was once Columbus Day, until 1992, when the city of Berkley, CA […]
A deep dive into Dallas’ forgotten World’s Fair history
| October 3, 2025
Community | CULTURE | DALLAS | DFW | DFW Lead Story | ENTERTAINMENT | HARDGATE | LIFESTYLE | old texas | state fair of texas | THINGS TO DO | world's fair
One of Texas’s largest cities hosted people across the globe at multiple world’s fairs. Learn about Dallas’ world’s fair history and the legacy it left.
The summer I turned pro: Meet Dallas Trinity FC’s 15-year-old soccer star, Rhea Moore
| October 2, 2025
One of Dallas Trinity FC's newest players just became the youngest woman goal scorer in United States professional soccer history at 15.
Fear Has a New Address—And It’s in Fort Worth, Texas
| October 2, 2025
Community | CULTURE | cutting edge haunted house | DFW | ENTERTAINMENT | halloween | HARDGATE | haunted house | holiday | recreation | THINGS TO DO
Fort Worth’s Cutting Edge Haunted House was named the scariest Halloween attraction in the world. Here’s how you can plan your visit.
See how Texas universities, colleges ranked on US News & World Report Best Colleges 2025 list
| October 2, 2025
college | COLLEGE STUDENTS | Community | CULTURE | EDUCATION | educators | HIGHER ED | HIGHER EDUCATION | TEXAS
While Rice University, University of Texas at Austin, and Texas A&M University typically tend to end up on the higher end of the US News & World Report Best Colleges list, 2025 is the year that University of Houston made the biggest leap.
The Social Security Administration is no longer issuing paper checks. Here’s what you need to know
| October 2, 2025
Community | CULTURE | EQUALITY | government | HARDGATE | LIFESTYLE | Local news | local politics | money | News | politics
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has switched to electronic forms of payment. Here’s how you can set up your automatic payments with ease.
Get your scream on at these 8 Houston-area haunted houses
| October 2, 2025
If you’re someone who loves the idea of living in a horror movie, you can easily fulfill this fantasy at one of Houston’s haunted houses. The city and its surrounding areas offer a wide range of spooky spots, from masked killers and bug infestations to abandoned asylums and stalker clowns. Check out these eight haunts in the Houston area to get spooky at.
How the government shutdown could hurt thousands of Texans
| October 1, 2025
The federal government shut down early Wednesday, meaning nearly 250,000 federal employees and members of the military in Texas won’t receive paychecks.
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Meet the 8 Mayor’s Hispanic Heritage Awards Houston honorees for 2025
| October 7, 2025
While Hispanic Heritage Month is coming to a close Oct. 15, the celebrations are still going strong in Houston.
Meet the Indigenous people of Texas
| October 6, 2025
Community | CULTURE | Federal Harm | get involved | HARDGATE | History | houston history | indigenous tribes | native americans | TEXAS
Despite efforts to erase Native American history in the US, there are still active tribes in Texas and efforts to recognize the state’s Indigenous history and preserve the remaining communities. Nationally, Indigenous Peoples’ Day is now celebrated on the second Monday in October—what was once Columbus Day, until 1992, when the city of Berkley, CA […]
A deep dive into Dallas’ forgotten World’s Fair history
| October 3, 2025
Community | CULTURE | DALLAS | DFW | DFW Lead Story | ENTERTAINMENT | HARDGATE | LIFESTYLE | old texas | state fair of texas | THINGS TO DO | world's fair
One of Texas’s largest cities hosted people across the globe at multiple world’s fairs. Learn about Dallas’ world’s fair history and the legacy it left.
Fear Has a New Address—And It’s in Fort Worth, Texas
| October 2, 2025
Community | CULTURE | cutting edge haunted house | DFW | ENTERTAINMENT | halloween | HARDGATE | haunted house | holiday | recreation | THINGS TO DO
Fort Worth’s Cutting Edge Haunted House was named the scariest Halloween attraction in the world. Here’s how you can plan your visit.
See how Texas universities, colleges ranked on US News & World Report Best Colleges 2025 list
| October 2, 2025
college | COLLEGE STUDENTS | Community | CULTURE | EDUCATION | educators | HIGHER ED | HIGHER EDUCATION | TEXAS
While Rice University, University of Texas at Austin, and Texas A&M University typically tend to end up on the higher end of the US News & World Report Best Colleges list, 2025 is the year that University of Houston made the biggest leap.
The Social Security Administration is no longer issuing paper checks. Here’s what you need to know
| October 2, 2025
Community | CULTURE | EQUALITY | government | HARDGATE | LIFESTYLE | Local news | local politics | money | News | politics
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has switched to electronic forms of payment. Here’s how you can set up your automatic payments with ease.
11 Houston-area Starbucks closing due to company restructuring
| October 1, 2025
Coffee lovers across the US are having to ditch their normal haunts, as Starbucks closed over 400 locations across the country this past week.
