Just what you wanted for Christmas: a Big Tex shirt
It’s 169 days before the State Fair of Texas opens and more than eight months before Christmas. What do the two have in common? A reader called yesterday wanting to know how to buy a replica of Big...
View ArticleFormer Dallas City Council member Alan Walne is new chair of State Fair board
Alan Walne, chairman of the board of Herb’s Paint & Body Shops, is the new chairman of the board of directors of the State Fair of Texas. Walne … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleA new entry on Dallas skyline
How have I missed this news? According to the latest newsletter from the State Fair of Texas, ground has been broken on what’s called a “tower ride” at Fair Park. The new $11 million structure will...
View ArticleBig Tex gets new clothes. Again.
Staff Photographer Jim Mahoney is at Fair Park today for the official unveiling of the big dummy’s latest duds. Here’s what they look like, in case you’re interested. Changing Big Tex’s clothes has...
View ArticleHey, Iowa — you been living under a cornstalk?
With its straw polls and caucuses, Iowa’s special spot at the forefront of national politics is well known. But when it comes to frying up gross stuff and selling it at the fair, the Hawkeye State —...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: State Fair announces finalists for weird food of the year
UPDATE, 11:05 a.m. Click here to vote for your favorite — and least favorite — of the new State Fair foods. ==== In what’s become informally known as the Fried What? contest, the State Fair of Texas...
View ArticleWhich new State Fair food sounds best? And worst?
OK, you can’t judge a book by its cover. Or a banarito by its tortilla. We get that. Still, the State Fair of Texas has just announced the eight finalists for its 2011 Big Tex Choice Awards, presented...
View ArticleSam Houston wasn’t from Texas, either
A reader who apparently won’t be voting for the “walking taco” as best new food at the State Fair writes and blames me: Walking Taco inventive by being served in a Doritos bag????….you must not be...
View ArticleThe people have spoken, and they don’t want fried bubblegum
The polls remain open, but a day after we asked readers what they thought about the finalists for this year’s odd new food awards from the State Fair of Texas, some clear favorites — and least...
View ArticleState Fair winners: Fried bubblegum, buffalo chicken in a flapjack
This morning, the State Fair of Texas announced the winners of its annual Big Tex Choice Awards for the most creative and best-tasting new concession foods. Most creative: Fried bubblegum. Best...
View ArticleBig 12 breakup could mean loss of Texas-OU weekend, Oklahoma coach hints
With the State Fair of Texas just 24 days away — and the Red River Rivalry … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleScoop survey: What if the Texas-OU game went away?
University of Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops hinted this week that if OU and the University of Texas don’t stay in the same athletic conference, it could spell the end of the the annual game...
View ArticleDallas mayor: America needs Texas-OU at the State Fair
Mayor Mike Rawlings was in to visit with our Editorial Board today, and Staff Writer Tawnell D. Hobbs, who … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleBy a large margin, Scoop readers say they’d miss Texas-OU weekend
The polls are still open — go here to vote — but so far, a large majority say they’d sorely miss the Texas-Oklahoma game at the State Fair of Texas. The results, broken down: visit site to read more]
View ArticleState Fair of Texas will welcome Chinese acrobats
Staff Writer Stephanie Collins reports on new attractions at this year’s visit site to read more]
View ArticleQuote of the day
“Is sausage inside?” – Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the Soviet Union, eating a corny dog at the State Fair of Texas in 1998. He was quoted by visit site to read more]
View ArticleState Fair of Texas photo contest: Snap a winner, win an iPod
. One of the staples of the State Fair of Texas, of course, is the Texas-Oklahoma football game. As we head into Week 2 of the fifth annual neighborsgo Hit Us With Your Best Shot! State Fair Photo...
View ArticleState Fair photo contest: McKinney mom’s ‘Clown Encounter’ wins iPod touch
“She’d never seen a clown before, so I thought she was intrigued,” Ramona DuPre said about her 18-month-old daughter, Alexis. “I later realized she was probably mortified.” But the toddler has...
View ArticleThank God there’s a baseball game, or there’d be no reason to get out of bed
This sad news just in from the State Fair of Texas: The Hanson concert scheduled for Saturday is canceled. A message from Hanson to fans: “We’re so sorry that we won’t be able to play for you in...
View ArticleFrom the State Fair of Texas: Days of old in pictures
If you like the State Fair and you like quaint old photos, you’ll probably like this gallery of quaint old State Fair … [visit site to read more]
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