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Miss Texas Is Catching Up With the Times

Miss Texas Is Catching Up With the Times

As a rule, we are not big fans of beauty pageants (call them "scholarship pageants" if that makes you feel better). Be that as it may, there is some bright news from the pageant scene. Over the weekend, Shilah Phillips, from the ever-growing metropolis of Frisco, was crowned Miss Texas. Ms. Phillips will now be the first African-American woman to represent our state in the Miss America pageant. You know, that pageant that will... more ›

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  • It's my Park! day is April 22. Volunteer now to clean up, rebuild and revitalize your favorite Austin-Area park!
  • Keep up with all the redevelopment and construction going on Downtown. The city has a great website detailing most of the projects in Austin.
  • UT is well-endowed.
  • Miss Texas, Morgan Matlock, didn't win the Miss America Beauty Pagent, but she shure is purty.
  • We are disgusted. The Islamic Center in North Austin was vandalized this weekend.
  • A little rain and everyone freaks out! Austinites have a hard time knowing what to do when the roads get slick, apparently. more ›

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