
Air Force Airman, Derrick Stevens Share A Quiet Moment With His Military Working Dog Which He Named OO'Hagen At Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.. (New York Times)

Adam Garza, a roughneck worker (oil field laborer) takes a moment to rest after a 12 hour shift in South Texas heat where temps reach 107 near Laredo. (New York Times)

Last Day of Summer in Georgetown, Texas

Overcome with grief from the beating death of her son Tillie Abell weeps while looking through pictures of her son, James Abell, 43, who was killed in a Mexico jail. Abell forgot he had a pistol in his car when crossing the Mexican border, a serious crime in Mexico. Coping has been difficult for Abell where she said she really didn't have a Thanksgiving or Christmas and wakes up frequently in the middle of the night because of the loss of her son. Abell said she was very close to her son where he would often give her tokens of appreciation and never missed her birthday where a card always arrived on the exact day. US authorities have begun warning Americans to be diligent crossing the Mexico border with guns or even ammunition which both carry serious penalties in Mexico. (New York Times)

Lyndon B. Johnson Ranch outside Johnson City, Texas. (New York Times)

Schertz Middle School teacher Amelia Cisneros having to discipline her seventh grade student Charlie, puts him outside in the hallway so he can no longer disrupt her class.

Coal miners in Mexico wait if their labor is needed while 65 of their fellow miners remain tramped underground after a collapse near SAN JUAN DE LAS SABINAS, Mexico. (New York Times)

Falcon Reservoir In Rio Grande Valley during an unprecedented drought.

During A Drought Local Rancher Dennis Davidson Tries To Fix A Leak Used For His Cattle.

Round Rock High School Dragons, who were favored to win state title, finished as runner ups at great disappointment during they're tournament in Waco, Texas.

Luckenbach, Texas On A Wednesday Night. (New York Times)

Rodeo In Central Texas

San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo (New York Times)

Jose Hernandez from a local San Antonio Mariachi group plays with his band during an opening ceremony for a children's shelter along Woodlawn Ave.

Rainey Street bar In Austin, The New 6th Street for Locals. (New York Times)

A memorial pillow offers good homage to everyone who visits Alberto Salinas, a local spirit doctor located in Harlingen, TX (New York Times Magazine)

Alberto Salines performs an exorcism on woman he said had evil spirits that needed to be expelled, with the help of the woman's sister. (New York Times Magazine)

Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup March 1999 (For Life Magazine)

Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup 1999 (For Life Magazine)

Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup 1999 (For Life Magazine)

Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup 1999 (For Life Magazine)

Martin Luther King Day.

Runaway at San Antonio Humane Society.

Manuel Gonzales comforts his wife Emma at grave-site of his mother in-law who passed away a year before. The couple had decorated the grave-site at Fernando Cemetery for Day of The Dead which celebrates the memories of deceased loved ones.

Two tubers riding down the Guadalupe River though New Braunfels hold onto their cargo via an ice chest filled with beer. Riverside residents are exhausted of tubers stopping at their shoreline to relieve themselves. Comal County Representatives are at an impasse between local residents and business owners who bring in tubers. (New York Times)

Working a Central Texas fireworks stand can often be tiring but during record high temperatures Sally Gomez felt the heat more than usual. Gomez said she's worked the firework stand for 20 years but this year was exceptionally hot.

Valentine's Day wedding ceremony on steps of the Bexar County Courthouse. (New York Times)