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The third episode of Shane and Sally dives into the investigation of the murders of Sally McNelly and Shane Stewart. When the bodies were eventually found, strange details started to emerge. Join Karen Jacobs and Rob D’Amico in the podcast studio for an extended conversation featuring exclusive interviews with investigators and behind-the-scenes footage of evidence from the Tom Green County Sheriff’s Office.

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Celebrity Bracket: Megan Thee StallionIn the very competitive field of contemporary female rappers, one name stands out in the crowd. Well, three names. Megan Thee Stallion a.k.a. Tina Snow a.k.a. Megan Pete possesses the coveted blend of talent, charm, and looks that have propelled her to the top of the pack. The Houston native first caught the attention of rap fans for her fierce freestyles starting in 2013, but she didn’t hit true mainstream success until 2020’s “Savage,” her single that inspired about a bajillion TikTok dance videos and a remix with Beyoncé. Since then, she has released two albums (and is working on her third) and has collaborated with fellow superstars Dua Lipa (on “Sweetest Pie”) and Cardi B (on “WAP,” another TikTok hit). Her burgeoning career hasn’t…

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Celebrity Bracket: Tim DuncanMy love for the San Antonio Spurs came from my mother. She’d once interrupted Manu Ginobili at Morton’s The Steakhouse for his autograph, and the framed receipt still sits on our family bookcase. The first jersey I owned had Tim Duncan’s name and number on the back with light pink detailing. The houses on my street had “Go Spurs Go” spray-painted on their garage doors. When my family would watch the game, the camaraderie and silliness between the Big Three—Duncan, Ginobili, and Tony Parker—showed me what friendship looks like. The greatest Spur of the pre-Duncan era, David Robinson, went to my church. Even if I wanted to get away from the fanfare around a hometown team, I couldn’t. Growing up in San Antonio, the Spurs…

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Celebrity Bracket: C.J. StroudDang, but C. J. Stroud had a hell of a year on the football field. As the rookie quarterback for the Houston Texans, Stroud, who turned 22 in October, passed for 4,108 yards (third-most by a rookie ever), and led the league with a 23-to-5 touchdown-to-interception ratio—the youngest player ever to do that. In one game he threw for an astounding 470 yards and 5 touchdowns. Stroud was named AP’s NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, the first Texans player ever to receive the award, and he led the team to a first-round playoff win—becoming the youngest quarterback ever to do that. Stroud was a lot of fun to watch—he was poised in the pocket, with a strong arm and a quiet, confident demeanor.He was a…

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Texan ForeverWhen I think about what makes a Texan, I am reminded of the 1964 Supreme Court case Jacobellis v. Ohio, when Justice Potter Stewart tried to define pornography and wrote, “I know it when I see it.” As a staff writer at this state’s national magazine, where I have worked for a decade, determining who and what counts as “one of us” is part of my job. And I am well suited to the task: I was born and raised here, and all branches of my Texan family tree are several generations long.My first sip of the proverbial Texas Kool-Aid was when I absorbed Big Red through my mother’s umbilical cord. I grew up believing we were special—chosen, even—and that there is no grocery store…

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Historical Pearl Brewing lager cans on display at the 2024 Hillhops Event on January 25.In the corner of the Munday Library archive reading room at St. Edward’s University in Austin sits a four-by-three-foot sculpted metal sign advertising Waterloo Brewing. The first brewpub in Texas, which operated on Austin’s Guadalupe Street from 1993 to 2001, is considered to be the cornerstone of Texas craft beer. The history of Waterloo is preserved via this and other artifacts by archivist Travis Williams, who curates the university’s Texas Craft Brewing Collections. “People who come into the reading room have a very emotional reaction to the sign,” Williams says. “They’ll say, ‘I can’t tell you how many hamburgers I ate there!’ ” The dates, breakups, celebrations, and commiserations that happened in the shadow of this sign make it one of Williams’s favorite pieces in the…

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Celebrity Bracket: Matthew McConaugheyI moved to Austin in 1997, but I didn’t feel as though I’d truly arrived here until nearly nine months later, when I first saw Matthew McConaughey ambling alone down Sixth Street one late and beery night. This was long after he’d broken through in films like Dazed and Confused and Contact, but before he’d truly sidled into the A-list with a string of tepid romantic comedies. It was also pre-cellphones, before anyone had ever heard the word “selfie.” McConaughey was thus unencumbered, radiating self-possessed serenity (and pot smoke) as he strolled along the sidewalk, giggling to himself whenever drunk strangers shouted “alright, alright, alright” at him and flashing the occasional hook ’em Horns. My friends and I must have trailed him for a block…

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Texas Monthly Celebrity Bracket: Round 1Texans are passionate about our homegrown talent. We’re proud when they go on to become world-famous stars, and we’re also a little bit happy when they don’t and we get to keep them all to ourselves instead. The Lone Star State has produced a staggering array of both kinds of famous people, and we all have opinions about them. As March Madness gets underway, we’re bringing you the Ultimate Texas Celebrity Bracket as a way for Texas Monthly readers to determine who, in our vast constellation of stars, is the most beloved one shining in the Texas sky. Much like the NCAA tournament, our bracket is divided into four divisions: musicians, actors and other Hollywood figures, athletes, and “wild cards,” a category that includes influencers, business…

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Celebrity Bracket: Lyle LovettI’m not from Texas, and I didn’t get here as fast as I could, but as crooner and Klein native Lyle Lovett told me, “Texas wants you anyway.” My transition from Brooklyn to Dallas in 2009 was a bounty of culture shock. The politeness of Texans couldn’t have been any more different from the direct sincerity of New Yorkers. I moved here because I married a native Texan. After we had a son, we realized we needed a larger support system than we had in New York. So Texas—along with my wife’s mother and family—was the best option. We moved without jobs, without health insurance, without a car, and with an eight-month-old baby. It was rough. Thank goodness for Lovett’s infectious, western swing–wrapped tune “That’s Right…

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Celebrity Bracket: Dakota JohnsonWhen a new Dakota Johnson film comes out, her press appearances often overshadow the movie itself. Most of her interviews fall into two categories: either Johnson has generated online discourse for saying something chaotic but honest (e.g., that she can easily sleep for fourteen hours a night), or she’s setting her own record straight in another viral interview (“Why is sleep bad? Like, why? Leave me alone—I’m just asleep”). It’s hard not to love Johnson for her authenticity, especially because she isn’t afraid of criticizing her own projects. When her most recent film, Madame Web, was widely mocked online, Johnson seemed to laugh along with the audience. In her monologue on Saturday Night Live, she described the creation of Madame Web as “if AI generated your…

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