PLANO, Texas -- Investigators say an encounter on the social media platform Snapchat led to a sexual relationship between a Texas math teacher and a 16-year-old student, reports CBS affiliate KHOU.

Two months after Gov. James “Pa” Ferguson’s 1917 impeachment and ouster from the state capital, the unrepentant chief executive visited the Fort Worth Stockyards, campaigning for his next run for ...

A Texas teacher who posted a profanity-filled tweet over the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. -- telling those who disagreed with her to "kill themselves" -- is being fired, school ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. She grew up in a time when women almost never attended college, almost never spoke out on the issues, and certainly never voted.

The impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton caused a folksy-sounding name to re-emerge, ghost-like, from the annals of Texas politics. James E. "Pa" Ferguson is the only Texas governor ...

A Texas teacher was fired Friday, one week after sending racially charged tweets about incidents in Ferguson, Missouri. Vinita Hegwood said in a statement that she was “reacting to a series of ...

This story is from Texas Monthly’s archives. We have left the text as it was originally published to maintain a clear historical record. Read more here about our archive digitization project. The ...

Since Ann Caswell Ferguson was a little girl growing up in Tyler, the Texas Rose Festival has been a part of her life. Her grandparents, parents, siblings and many other relatives have proudly taken ...

Gov. Miriam Amanda “Ma” Ferguson and her grandson on Ferguson’s inauguration day in 1925 as Texas’ first female governor. Her husband, Gov. James “Pa” Ferguson had been impeached in 1917. Courtesy ...