Tex R. Mobley, 82 of Ashland passed early Wednesday morning, December 24, 2025 at the James Cancer Center in Columbus, Ohio.

His famous size-96 Lucchese boots are heading to Washington, D.C., where they'll be displayed at the Smithsonian Institution as part of a new exhibit. For the first time, this specific pair of boots ...

The State Fair of Texas will open its gates next week, and Big Tex took his place in Fair Park ahead of the 2025 season. The iconic 55-foot Texan was lifted by crane into his place at 'Big Tex' Circle ...

Last year, iconic Texas State Fair greeter/statue Big Tex celebrated his sixtieth birthday by, um, burning to the ground. This year, of course, he’s been rebuilt—bigger and Tex-er than ever. As the ...

Tex Perkins stands sneering and snarling on stage, taunting a boozed-up crowd at Melbourne's Lava Lounge. It's 1997 and the Beasts of Bourbon frontman is angry and drunk. The band has come from a ...

On the Border is a popular Tex-Mex sit-down chain serving reliable plates and solid portions at affordable prices. While some combo meals and fajita dinners are over $20, most entrees are well under ...

Editor's Note: Tex McIver won his appeal for a new trial in 2022, the Georgia Supreme Court ruling that jurors should have been able to consider the lesser charge of misdemeanor involuntary ...

He works in mysterious ways.

When it comes to the masters of the Golden Age of animation, Tex Avery doesn’t get mentioned as often as Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, Max Fleischer, or Walt Disney. But perhaps he should. Avery made ...

The list of milestones displayed on the wall of W. L. Gore & Associates’ European headquarters in Feldkirchen-Westerham, is both impressive and interesting. Since Bob Gore accidentally invented it in ...