Chapter 3: Crazy Weekly

September 1988-August 1991

"...the finest moment of my career as a sports reporter for the Chron came several years after I had..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

A Shining Star Goes Dark

A tragedy at Reagan High School evokes a mother's courageous response.

"...her low-slung brick house, in the center of a tree-lined and well-established Northeast Austin neighborhood. On the street, teenage..."

May 16, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Making of an Endorsement

"...know, but that does not mean it's not a community benefit for another crowd of Austinites - and they..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature

Public Notice: Old News on CodeNEXT

Scattershots, while waiting for Draft Three

"...of East­side leaders held a public event under the Community Not Commodity banner to propose a seven-point resolution regarding..."

Jan. 26, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...around town. Sample projects include helping expand the Clarksville Community Garden; mulching historic trees at Wooldridge Square; constructing an..."

Feb. 26, 2010 News Feature

Naked City

"...Statesman castigating him for limp local leadership, the daily reported Tuesday on a disturbing 311 call regarding hizzoner. On..."

Nov. 30, 2007 News Feature

Top 10 Environmental Stories

Save Our Springs' anniversary, Al Armendariz's move, and the bag ban

"...of Texas professor Charles Groat, whose widely publicized research report found no evidence of connections between ground­water contamination and..."

Jan. 4, 2013 News Feature by Amy Smith

Bill Minutaglio on Black Texas

UT journalism prof to talk Tuesday in San Marcos

"...Minutaglio to the site of the still visible hanging tree...."

April 26, 2010 Books Post by Michael King

Snoring Out Loud

The local daily's cautious toe in the water doesn't work in the wild 'n' wooly blogosphere

"...images of Statesman bloggers fanning across Central Texas to report on terrorist movements and insider business dealings. "If we..."

Jan. 13, 2006 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Mary Karr Reviewed

"...tell-all childhood reminiscence about growing up in the psuedonymous community of Leechfield, someplace close to Port Arthur. Now Karr..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Books Feature

HIV/AIDS: Pushing Past the Plateau

Local agency fights stigma with new PSA campaign

"...studies, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have reported approximately 50,000 new HIV infections per year...."

Dec. 27, 2013 News Feature by Brandon Watson

Planting a Place in the Shade

Volunteers help Pease Park turn new leaf

"...diversity, and death or weakening of the park's mature trees with little natural regeneration of desirable plants to replace..."

Nov. 12, 2010 News Feature by Michael King

Postmarks

Readers against Starbuckfucking, violence against children and rattlesnakes, and internal combustion engines.

"...the residents near the Rio Motel ["Exile on 48th Street," Sep. 17]:..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Column

'An Independent Person'

A Conversation With Randi Shade

"...record on a number of things, even to the community that is opposed to me. I stood with Council..."

June 3, 2011 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...deputizing local cops as federal enforcers. According to a report released this week by the Border Network for Human..."

Feb. 27, 2009 News Feature

Postmarks

Contradictions Exposed

"...decent journalism. Nowhere is there even an attempt to report on how homophobia effects those he targets, how it..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Column

Council, City Utilities Continue to Soften Blow of Storms

Reason to relieve

"...the hydrant-mounted systems could not be accommodated. Additionally, Austin Community College's Northridge campus at 11928 Stonehollow Dr. is a..."

March 5, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: Plans for the Future

The CodeNEXT process is upon us

"...define some middle ground at one of the interactive Community Walks the CodeNEXT team has scheduled over the next..."

Oct. 16, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Headlines

"...declaration of the ending of slavery in Texas; see Community Listings for Juneteenth event listings...."

June 19, 2009 News Feature

Naked City

"...to proclaim that the strategy is working, despite accumulating reports to the contrary. Commented Austin U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett,..."

Sept. 7, 2007 News Feature

Lasting Legacy

Kneeland Raised Standards

"...gone, a victim of cancer. "She's the type of reporter that TV news needs more of," he said. While..."

Feb. 6, 1998 News Column by Lee Nichols

Postmarks

ACC Needs Planning, Not Damning

"...first Chronicle article that I can remember about Austin Community College ["Fonte's Inferno," Vol.16, No.40] based on the opposition..."

June 20, 1997 Column

A Long Activist Legacy Survives on the Eastside

Holding on to El Barrio

"...interviewing her elders in the shade of a pecan tree in Chicano Park. The interviewees arrive single or in..."

Nov. 20, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Dead Dogs Don't Lie

If your pet escapes, pray for Animal Control

"...hole in the backyard fence. He trotted down the street and encountered a neighbor dog he often passed on..."

July 4, 2008 News Feature by Laurel Chesky

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...is sadly consistent with the thinking of many other community "leaders," both public and private sector. You go around..."

July 26, 2002 Column

The Hightower Lowdown

Dubya will save us from pollution -- with gas masks; polluters get "greenwashing" awards; the Cardinals pitch St. Louis a screwball.

"...local citizenry is about to be the first American community to receive government-issued gas masks from the Bush administration...."

April 12, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Your article of March 8, 2002 on Austin Community College (ACC) focused on the management of the college...."

March 22, 2002 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...goals to increase and improve student housing, beautify Guadalupe Street, and improve pedestrian, bicycle, and transit infrastructure in our..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Villas at Guadalupe development is good for the Austin community ["Postmarks: Pro: Villas at Guadalupe," Jan. 25]. Since NUNA..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Column

Dancing About Architecture

All the good and happy things that happened in Austin music, 1999.

"...murdered and overeager newshounds began barking up the wrong tree at the same time that "our" Lou Ann was..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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