This week in Texas History: Brains not brawn key to major league success

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Bartee Haile, Texas History on October 5, 2022

By Bartee Halie

A well-traveled catcher from the Lome Star State smacked a three-run double to put the Detroit Tigers ahead of the Chicago Cubs in Game 7 of the World Series on Oct. 10, 1945.

Paul Rapier Richards was born in 1908 at Waxahachie, a baseball hotbed in those days where several big-league clubs came to the area for spring training. The town with the name that has twisted so many Yankee tongues was home away from home for the Detroit Tigers, while the New York Giants practiced down th...

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Fort Clark stands watch on border badlands

After almost a century of standing watch on the border, Fort Clark was deactivated on Feb. 9, 1946 and turned into, of all things, a dude ranch. Hell...

February 5, 2025

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Behind the walls of Texas’ first mansion

On Feb. 4, 1896, three days after her drunk of a husband threatened her with a butcher knife, Matilda Brown Sweeney moved back home to Ashton Villa wh...

January 29, 2025

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Texas crooner toast of the twenties

Gene Austin, the original crooner whose recordings sold 86 million copies in the Twenties and Thirties, lost his battle with lung cancer on Jan. 24, 1...

January 22, 2025

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Did Sundance’s widow live out her life in Cowtown?

Was Eunice Gray, who burned to death in a Jan. 26, 1962 fire that destroyed the Fort Worth hotel she had run for the past four decades, in reality the...

January 15, 2025

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For once the Indians win a battle

Although everything was in their favor, the Kickapoos, who were only passing through West Texas en route to Mexico, went out of their way to avoid a f...

January 8, 2025

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Baylor tastes sweet victory in 1957 Sugar Bowl

In just their fourth post-season appearance in school history, the Bears of Baylor University squared off against the heavily favored Tennessee Volunt...

January 1, 2025

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Hays County Sheriff’s Office investigates shooting incident involving Wimberley student

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January 29, 2025

DRIFTWOOD — The Hays County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal shooting incident that took place at a Driftwood residence on Tuesday, Jan. 28. ...

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Wimberley ISD addresses death of sophomore student

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January 29, 2025

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Hays CISD employee no longer with district, following student incident

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February 12, 2025

KYLE — According to a news release from Hays CISD, a district staff member is no longer employed, following an incident that occurred at the end of th...

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Kyle Police arrest man for driving while intoxicated, train crash

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January 9, 2025

KYLE — Kyle resident Anthony Miller, 25, was arrested for driving while intoxicated, following a crash on Wednesday, Jan. 8. According to a news relea...

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Hays County Sheriff’s Office arrests suspect in sexual assault of a child, trafficking

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February 4, 2025

KYLE — On Dec. 12, the Hays County Sheriff’s Office received a referral from Child Protective Services (CPS) in reference to a child sex assault vict...

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