Texans asked to conserve energy Monday as expected demand likely to put strain on electric grid

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The Texas power grid operator is asking residents to conserve power Monday morning when a blast of cold weather is expected to bring temperatures well below freezing for much

Gender-bending ballet company brings levity to classic dance form at Tobin Center Thursday

Self-described as a "gender-skewering comic ballet company," Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo has been performing en travesti — a fancy theatrical way of saying "in drag" — and en pointe since 1974. The group formed in the wake of the Stonewall Uprising, performing on a makeshift stage belongin

Three migrants drowned near Eagle Pass park after Border Patrol was denied access

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A woman and two children drowned trying to cross the Rio Grande, near the Eagle Pass park that Texas troopers have taken control over, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

San Antonio's Six Flags Fiesta Texas rescued Matthew McConaughey's lost phone

During a recent TV appearance, Austin-based actor Matthew McConaughey had big praise for San Antonio's brand of hospitality. The Dallas Buyers Club star recounted his recent Alamo City adventure during a Thursday, Jan. 11, appearance on the Tonight Show, telling host Jimmy Fallon that he lost his mo