The Mega Millions jackpot is $253 million for the Tuesday, August 26, 2025 drawing. The jackpot was last won on June 27, 2025, for $348 million. Drawings are held every Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m.

A special visitor on campus showed up this week at Good Shepherd Episcopal School in Dallas. Little Big Tex dropped by ahead of opening day on Friday. A parent bought the experience at the Saddle Up ...

It's official: Big Tex is back in Dallas, though one of the 55-foot-tall statue's pairs of size 96 Lucchese boots is still in Washington, D.C. for a Smithsonian exhibit featuring state fairs from ...

An overturned semi-truck blocked part of Interstate 80 and the on-ramp at West Paoli Lane following a crash on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. Placer County Sheriff's Office An early morning crash involving ...

The State Fair of Texas kicks off on Sept. 26, 2025, but a pair of Big Tex’s boots are more than 1,000 miles away from Dallas’ Fair Park in Washington, D.C. Two of the larger-than-life mascot’s size ...

Steven Rosenbaum is a digital producer for CBS Texas. A versatile journalist, Steven writes, edits and produces content for the CBS Texas digital platforms. As summer winds down in Dallas, one of the ...

Big Tex took his place of honor in Fair Park Friday morning. Trump Invokes ‘Golden Share’ to Block U.S. Steel Plans for Illinois Plant Donald Trump suffers double legal blow within hours Thieves Steal ...

The Dallas Cowboys trolled the New York Giants for 'Victory Monday' after an epic overtime win with a hilarious State Fair of Texas-inspired graphic. But despite taking things down to the wire and ...

Eric Warner is a Journalist and Multimedia Producer based in New England with over seven years of experience producing stories for multiple print, online, radio, and video publications. Eric has been ...

Big Ten football enters its 130th year of competition with plenty of swagger. Ohio State became the league’s second consecutive national champion by winning its first title since 2014 in the inaugural ...

Editor’s note: The above video is from 2023. Asian corn dogs, Dubai chocolate desserts and many-a-margarita will grace Texans’ tastebuds in about a month. Is your mouth watering yet? The Big Tex ...

Big Tex’s mic hasn’t been checked yet, nary a “Howdy, folks” has floated across the fairgrounds. And there’s not a single corndog to eat. Yet. But the State Fair of Texas is already underway. (For ...