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Anne Dingus has a few bones to pick with the modern mystery novel, which she says has been decomposing in recent years. Stepping up to defend the genre: none other than Texas’ queen of murder and mayhem, Mary Willis Walker.

TCN CEO Paul Bradbury and Editor Lauren Simmonds will be publishing Croatia, a Survival Kit for Foreigners next month. So what's in the book, how...

Heres Why Texans Celebrate Texas Independence Day Patch 3/2/2021 © Provided by Patch TEXAS — If youve ever wondered why Texas always goes big to celebrate its independence each year, theres a reason why. And its not because everything in Texas is "bigger." Before Texas was Texas, the Lone Star State was once a part of Mexico. In 1820, U.S. settler Moses Austin arranged permission with the Spanish government to settle in the sparsely populated areas of Texas, according to the Texas State H...