Mexia preacher Lee Wilder Thomas struck it rich during 1920s Texas oil boom. Built Oklahoma town for Black Texans with faith, foresight and grit.

Despite the boom town’s reputation for lawlessness and excess, Thomas’ story was one of strategic investment and community building.

Mexia preacher Lee Wilder Thomas struck it rich during 1920s Texas oil boom. Built Oklahoma town for Black Texans with faith, ...

Most remember Woody Guthrie as an Okie, but he was inspired by his years in the Texas Panhandle town of Pampa.

After a long journey north through Mexico’s highlands, small songbirds with bright yellow faces descend upon mature canopies ...

New Mexico’s lawsuit accuses three Texas executives of pocketing revenue from oil and gas wells and offloading cleanup costs ...

Brad Olson is an editor and writer at The Wall Street Journal, focused on the companies, deals and people at the heart of the ...

Mexia’s population surged, businesses sprang up almost overnight and the streets filled with money — and trouble.

A potential $1 billion agreement would bring AMD to Rockdale, transforming part of a former aluminum smelting site into a ...

A few families have been duelling for control of Loving County for decades. Then the followers of a hustle-culture influencer ...

Data centers already strain the electric grid, and new analysis shows that our water systems aren't ready. Will Texas let ...

On Jan. 20, 1912, country artist Wayland Seals was born in Tennessee. When Wayland was seven, his family moved to Eastland County, Texas, so his father could pursue work in the oil fields. These were ...