Only the lonely

State Fair of Texas smooches Big Tex with 2013 theme, The One & Only

By Teresa Gubbins

02.06.13 | 2:59 pm

The State Fair of Texas announced its annual theme for 2013: The One & Only. Ta-da. It's meant as a wink, a nod, an homage to Big Tex, the 52-foot icon that burned on the final Friday of th ...

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Big Tex goes up in flames during final weekend of State Fair

By Claire St. Amant

10.19.12 | 11:28 am

Big Tex went out with a bang and a flash on his 60th birthday. The State Fair of Texas icon burst into flames at 10:25 am according to Dallas-Fort Worth news station WFAA. The cause of the fire ...

Just Fry It

Not-so-vegan-sounding Frito chili pie among the fried finalists at the Texas State Veggie Fair

By Teresa Gubbins

10.10.12 | 10:55 am

The 2012 Texas State Veggie Fair has announced the judges and finalists for its Fried Food Awards, and they're sounding more and more like the regular State Fair of Texas fried foods every year ...

Texas-Sized Car Show

Hot wheels: Can’t-miss cars at the State Fair of Texas Auto Show

By Nic Phillips

10.08.12 | 12:15 pm

With more than 3 million visitors a year, the State Fair of Texas Auto Show is the most attended in the country. And, because Texas is one of the most important car and truck markets in Americ ...

Big Tex welcomes you

Chinese lanterns, live music and Girl Scout cookies: The top 5 things to do at the State Fair of Texas 2012

By Alex Bentley

09.28.12 | 2:02 am

The State Fair of Texas, running September 28-October 21 at Fair Park, is undoubtedly one of the biggest annual highlights in Dallas, bringing together a mix of the new and the familiar, the y ...

Cactus Got Robbed!

Bacon wins: State Fair of Texas announces winners of Big Tex fried food awards 2012

By Teresa Gubbins

09.03.12 | 11:01 am

Hewing to the current foodie reverence for bacon, the fried bacon cinnamon roll was awarded Most Creative fried food in the 2012 State Fair of Texas annual Big Tex® Choice Awards. Winn ...

All the Food That's Fit To Fry

Hold on to your arteries: State Fair of Texas announces finalists for Big Tex Choice Fried Food Awards 2012

By Teresa Gubbins

08.29.12 | 10:03 am

Grab the Lipitor and take a deep breath: The 2012 State Fair of Texas has announced the finalists for its eighth annual Big Tex® Choice Awards, the Oscars of fried foods. Chicken-F ...

Texas Longhorns Football vs. Oklahoma Sooners

Cotton Bowl Stadium

10.13.12

The Longhorns and Sooners face off for the 107th time at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.

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State Fair food: What you've absolutely got to try this weekend (and what you might want to miss)

By Tessa Mioli

10.08.11 | 11:45 am

Someone’s suggestion to put chicken in a pancake was a little too plain and simple for Allan Weiss. “I said, ‘Let’s spice it up a little bit.’ So I decided I&rsquo ...

Red River Rivalry

Texas vs. OU: Can the Horns spin more gold from all that straw?

By Kevin Benz

10.07.11 | 2:13 pm

The #11 ranked Texas Longhorns football season might best be described so far as an alchemy experiment—tweak this, see what happens; adjust that, see what happens; hope nothing blows up, ...