6 significant Texas sites connected to the Underground Railroad
| January 27, 2025
While many enslaved people headed north to Canada, an alternate path sought freedom via a different route, traveling through Texas and into Mexico.
Texas lawmakers react to inauguration: Congrats, criticism, and quiet
| January 20, 2025
Elected officials from across Texas shared their reactions to President Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday.
The true stories behind 9 famous Texas brands
| January 3, 2025
DFW RESTAURANTS | food | food & drink | food and drink | HARDGATE | old texas | TEXAS | Texas Lead Story
Every business needs to get its start somewhere. For these Texas brands and products, their origin stories are just as intriguing as their massive growth.
A North Texas lawmaker wants to make book banning easier in schools
| December 4, 2024
bannedbooks | bookbans | books | censorship | DALLAS | DFW | DFW Lead Story | frisco | libraries | library | old texas | schools
Rep. Jared Patterson’s House Bill 183 would allow parents to request that the Texas State Board of Education review materials in public school libraries, challenging a book to be removed if they believe it to be inappropriate for the grade level or if it has “sexually explicit material.”
Texas’ new top cop pledges to secure southern border with Mexico
| December 3, 2024
Col. Freeman Martin was sworn in as the state's top cop on Monday, becoming the 14th director of the Texas Department of Public Safety.