Sam Cohen
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Port Aransas’s much-loved alligator Boots finds new home at Gator Country
| February 25, 2026
animals | Beaumont | Boots the alligator | Community | CULTURE | ENTERTAINMENT | Gator Country | HARDGATE | LIFESTYLE | local | Local news | neighborhoods | News | outdoors | Port Aransas | SAFETY | TEXAS
Boots the alligator has become a neighborhood icon in Port Aransas. He was recently relocated to Beaumont’s Gator Country.
SNAP work requirement changes could affect thousands of Houston residents
| February 24, 2026
big beautiful bill | Community | Donald Trump | food | groceries | Houston Food Bank | HOUSTON LEAD STORY | HTX | HTX-hardgate | local politics | Lone Star Cards | SNAP | Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program | Trump administration | United Way of Greater Houston | work requirements
Changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are officially in effect in Texas. Here’s what you need to know.
Y’all ready for this? Tim Hortons is coming to San Antonio
| February 24, 2026
coffee | CULTURE | development | donuts | food & drink | food and drink | LIFESTYLE | Local news | recreation | SA-hardgate | San Antonio Lead Story | SATX | Tim Hortons
Canada’s popular coffee and donut chain Tim Hortons is officially coming to San Antonio. Here’s what you need to know.
Houston community hopes to write a different ending for historic Garden Oaks Theater
| February 21, 2026
CULTURE | development | ENTERTAINMENT | historic preservation | History | houston history | HOUSTON LEAD STORY | HTX | HTX-hardgate | LIFESTYLE | Preservation Houston | The Garden Oaks Theater
The Garden Oaks Theater in Houston is at risk of being demolished. Preservations and residents are hoping to save it in time.
The North Texas Food Bank knows it takes a community to combat hunger
| February 20, 2026
Community | CULTURE | DALLAS | DFW | DFW Lead Story | DFW-hardgate | Empty Bowls fundraiser | FAMILY | food & drink | food and drink | food assistance | food insecurity | FORT WORTH | live entertainment | North Texas Food Bank | plano
The 26th annual North Texas Food Bank Empty Bowls Fundraiser is scheduled for Feb. 26. Here are all the details.
TXST’s Wittliff Collections celebrates its legacy with ’40 Objects’ exhibit
| February 19, 2026
Art | arts | celebrities | central texas | CULTURE | EDUCATION | ENTERTAINMENT | family friendly | free things to do | fun | HARDGATE | LIFESTYLE | LITERATURE | Local news | locals | News | recreation | TEXAS | TEXAS HISTORY | texas state university | THINGS TO DO | Wittliff | Wittliff museum
The “Spirit of the Wittliff in 40 Objects” exhibit includes items from Cormac McCarthy and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Here are all the details.