See how popular pumpkin spice is in Texas
| September 4, 2025
While we’re still in the thick of summer, many are already looking forward to what they consider the best time of year: pumpkin spice season. This iconic fall flavor often makes its debut while it’s still technically summer, which inspired Instacart to explore how popular pumpkin spice products are in Texas and when they’re showing […]
Good news, Texas! Free College Application Week is coming
| September 3, 2025
college | COLLEGE STUDENTS | Community | CULTURE | EDUCATION | EQUALITY | equity | FAMILY | get involved | HARDGATE | HIGHER EDUCATION | LIFESTYLE | local | Local news | public education | public school | public schools | schools | teachers | texans | TEXAS
Texas residents can apply to college for free from October 13-19, 2025. Here’s everything you need to know about Free College Application Week.
Here’s how Fort Worth residents can weigh in on the future downtown library
| September 3, 2025
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT | Community | CULTURE | DFW | DFW Lead Story | downtown library | Fort Worth Public Library | LIFESTYLE | listening sessions | TEXAS
The listening sessions come about two years after Fort Worth sold its decades-old downtown central library building, and one year after it purchased a nearby, 100-year-old building as a new location.
Hayrides, pumpkin patches, corn mazes, & more: All the fall fun in Houston
| September 1, 2025
Community | corn mazes | CULTURE | ENTERTAINMENT | FAMILY | hayrides | HTX | LIFESTYLE | pumpkin patches | recreation | TEXAS | THINGS TO DO
Discover Houston’s best autumn attractions, from family-friendly farms to seasonal festivals that celebrate the harvest season.
After losing two babies, a family wrestled with grief—not jail. Would Texas’s new law change that?
| August 29, 2025
ABORTION | Repro Rights | reproduction rights | Republicans | TEXAS | Texas Lead Story | women's health
A family condemns Attorney General Ken Paxton and Texas Republicans for threatening jail time for loved ones who help women obtain abortions.