Who Killed Father Ryan?

A 1981 Odessa murder haunts crime researchers, the Catholic Church, and an ex-con determined to prove his innocence

"...30-year career as a prosecutor. "I began reading the seven-volume transcript on a Sunday night and ended up studying,..."

June 17, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Goose & the Gander

The Rise and Recover and what it's like to live like a rock star – sometimes

"...Three guys to every gal, seven minors to every drinker. Here in the chilly January..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Day Trips

"...Blue Hole, Georgetown: About seven blocks north of downtown, this swimming hole takes up..."

July 18, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Down to the Wire

Election Wrap-up

"...the odds-on favorite to succeed Wynn, and in the seven-way race for Place 5, McCracken has reaped the biggest..."

May 2, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Everybody Loves a Wynn-er

Will Wynn is his own flavor of ice cream -- pure vanilla, but mixed with nuts

"..."working-class, at best" circumstances in Beaumont, the sixth of seven children, was one of few white students in his..."

Feb. 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Mad World

The year in albums, 2002

"...Seven CDs of Like, Omigod! The '80$ Pop Culture Box..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Those Magic Moments

Composer, classicist Stephen Barber's encoding and imprinting

"...foot in the classical realm and another in pop/rock circles. For much of the Eighties, Barber continued recording with..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Born to be Reviled

Interstate 35's worst stretch is also its most politically organized -- and that's a problem for TxDOT.

"...(MIS), as it's lovingly and appropriately known in official circles, has been with us in some form since the..."

Sept. 20, 2002 News Feature by Dave Mann

A Bigger, Better Convention Center

"...has been a well-managed project, because I just spent seven months on the campaign trail, and nobody mentioned it..."

May 24, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Social Studies

The Austin Men's Project turns three -- and says goodbye to one of its original coordinators.

"...Sweeney and Sonny Ballard recently led a group of seven AMP volunteers through an activity that was something of..."

March 8, 2002 News Feature by Clay Smith

What's Wrong with Public Housing?

The remarkable turnaround of the city's Housing Authority

"...up to your kneecaps." That was about one in seven HACA units, at a time when more than 1,000..."

Aug. 31, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Tandoori Junkie

Over the years Austin has absorbed (and discarded) several new Indian restaurants, most in the mode of the classic Americanized Indian dining establishment. But within the past few years, we have been fortunate enough to attract a new class of Indian restaurants. Mick Vann has compiled a guide to them.

"...Another favorite is the Pani Puri ($2.95), which are seven golf-ball-sized round bread puffs partially filled with spiced garbanzos..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Down to Two

Runoff candidates offer views on city's future.

"...and Quintanilla -- how Alvarez has risen through grassroots circles while Quintanilla is more connected to the business community..."

June 2, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...angst, while the Norman, Ok.-based Chainsaw Kittens deliver their Seventies-informed fuzz and glam with road-tested authority. Capping off the..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Field of Dreamers

Two dems, five gop candidates vie for district 48 race, but the seat is expected to remain Democratic.

"...civil rights and feminist movements of the Sixties and Seventies, as well as the old-monied West Austinites who may..."

Feb. 4, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Bigger, Better, Smarter

San Diego is everything Austin wants to be: livable, transit-oriented, pedestrian-friendly, and downtown-centric. But will tools that worked in the nation's largest border and military base town translate to Central Texas?

"...urban communities [we would say "neighborhoods'], within five to seven miles of downtown, will consider additional infill," says Fiske...."

Jan. 14, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Just Call Him "Coach"

Westlake senior Eli Kooris profiles the Westlake Chaparral football's legendary head coach, Ron Schroeder.

"...that every regular-season game for 67 games -- almost seven years -- until a rainy, muddy game against the..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Sports Feature by Eli Kooris

Things That Go Bump

Young writer Eli Kooris spends the night in a haunted photography shop to see what he can scare up.

"..."You'll be back by, when -- seven? We should be gone by then." He stops, thinking...."

Oct. 29, 1999 Features Feature by Eli Kooris

Antonia Logue's Shadow-Box

"...female across state lines for immoral purposes, Johnson spent seven tiresome years as a fugitive in Europe and Mexico,..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Books Review by Annine Miscoe

The Art of Conversation

Austin Men's Project encourages young gay men to hone their social -- and safe sex -- skills through communication

"...On a Friday night earlier this summer, seven young gay men were watching television at a house..."

Sept. 24, 1999 News Feature by Clay Smith

Can Tom Zigal Really Say That?

"The truth is, I didn't know a thing about the world of mystery writers and crime publishing," Tom Zigal, the author of three mystery novels, says. Chronicle writer Dick Holland discovers why Zigal might say such a thing and why it may not matter in light of Pariah, Zigal's new installment in the Kurt Muller mystery series.

"...Annette Carlozzi, is a notable figure in American art circles and currently is curator of contemporary and American Art..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Hissing Fits

Bryan Mealer sinks his teeth into the 1999 Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup.

"...constantly eating away at your body. Then after about seven days, the process will either reverse itself or kill..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Features Feature by Bryan Mealer

Live Shots

Brian Setzer Orchestra, Br5-49

"...Boy," "Got My Mojo Workin'," and "Hoochie Coochie Man." Seven songs later, Big Bill was back off the stage,..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Music Feature

Smoke Gets in Your Mouth

Taylor

"...runs the place now, but Francis can still slice circles around the kid. Nobody comes or goes without a..."

May 21, 1999 Food Feature

Buried in Scandal

SCI and the Money Trail

"...you ought to be making Good Friday raids at seven o'clock in the morning and intimidating citizens of Texas...."

March 26, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...Tejano, or just pickin' and grinnin', this Los Super Seven member will no doubt make it worth the trip..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Land of 1,000 Dramas

Venues

"...as well as Macdonald's 20 years in script development, seven of which were spent at Capitol City Playhouse, where..."

March 12, 1999 Arts Feature

East Austin Nonprofit Mired in Controversy CEACO Sinking

"...in their stockings. Mateo Rodriguez, 23, the eldest of seven children in the low-income Rodriguez family, reports that after..."

March 5, 1999 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Texas Platters

"...by Honky, the other from Daddy Longhead, two local Seventies throw-back bands fronted by ex-Butthole Surfers bassist Jeff Pinkus...."

Jan. 22, 1999 Music Review by Your Side

Books of a Lifetime

Dawn Powell: A Biography

"...Ohio was painful; her mother died when she was seven and her stepmother would have horrified the Brothers Grimm...."

Nov. 27, 1998 Books Feature

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