Eyes on Texas: Fertilizer Explosion in West

This week in Eyes on Texas: coverage of the fertilizer plant explosion in West, a town north of Waco.

Piñata Shop Thrives in a Changing East Austin

While Raquel’s Party Land has not had to adapt the neighborhood’s changing demographics, other businesses may have to.

For UT Student, Making Quidditch Gear Is Big Business

With no magical powers, quidditch players had to build their own equipment. A UT student is filling the void and hoping to cash in on the growing sport.

Eyes on Texas: Weird Weather, Touristy Houston and a Longhorn at the Oscars

In the news about Texas, bizarre weather captured on video, the Medicaid battle, and making Houston attractive to tourists.

Eyes on Texas: Auf Wiedersehen, Y’all

In the latest Eyes on Texas roundup: the endangered Texas German dialect; the quest for more oil; Texans and their guns, and praise for breakfast tacos.

Eyes on Texas: News and Views of the State

In this week’s Eyes on Texas, cattle rustling is given a British accent.

Aquaponics Matures Into a Movement

Aquaponics combines “aquaculture,” or raising fish, and “hydroponics,” the use of recirculating water to grow crops.

EoT: If at First You Don’t Secede …

In this week’s Eyes on Texas: petitioning for Texas secession and the Austin residents who want no part of the movement.

Competition and Survival in a Cup of Coffee

Independent and corporate coffee shops co-exist in Austin, which one owner calls “the Seattle of the South.”

Technology Rules for Young Girls

Latinitas, an afterschool program that teaches media and technology skills, is expanding its reach.

Remembering Darrell Royal at the Stadium Bearing His Name

Three days after Royal’s death, the coach was honored by the team, the band and fans young and old during the Longhorns’ victory over Iowa State.

Why the Long Face? Horses Need Dentists, Too

Texas has 50 equine dentists, whose most common procedures are performed outdoors or in stables, with a patient standing on all fours.

EoT: Another British Look at Huntsville

This week: The Guardian reports on another execution; international election monitors are not welcomed in Texas, and Longhorn football is barbecued.

Touring Austin’s Haunts

For $35, a hearse-driven tour of Austin finds ghosts in a bar, an elementary school, a hotel and other scary locales.

On the Devil’s Backbone, Ghosts Are a Constant Companion

The Devil’s Backbone northwest of San Antonio has always had its share of ghost stories. Now it’s a destination for paranormal enthusiasts.

EoT: Texas-Sized Demises and ‘Lavishly Brazen’ Redistricting

Lance Armstrong’s doping controversy has dominated headlines on both U.S. coasts, with the Los Angeles Times reporting on the cyclist’s appearance at his LiveStrong charity’s 15th anniversary celebration in Austin, where he called recent events “interesting.” The New York Times ran a lengthier article in which one former Armstrong teammate compared the pressure of the […]

EoT: Ban on Bible Verses Reversed, Big Cats v. Big Oil and Manson Murder Cases

In this week’s aggregation, more legal action on the cheerleaders wanting to display Biblical verses.

Horses Get West Nile Protection, Humans Don’t. Why? Money

Even as thousands of people are infected with the West Nile virus in Texas, vaccines for humans haven’t been regarded as profitable by drug companies.

EoT: Fisher v. University of Texas, Armstrong v. The World

In this week’s Eyes on Texas: The Supreme Court hears arguments in the affirmative action case involving the University of Texas, and details flesh out the doping allegations against Lance Armstrong.

EoT: Fishing for Fraud, and an Alamo Fight

In this week’s Eyes on Texas edition: trying to prevent cheating in fishing tournaments, the battle over “sacred” Texas Independence texts, border crossings in the other direction, and the new “King of Exports.”