In this Morning Munchies, taste the best Big Tex Choice Award-winning foods at the 2025 State Fair of Texas, from iconic corny dogs to decadent desserts, treats.

The 2026 Big Tex Boot Design Contest, presented by Lucchese Bootmaker, opened Wednesday morning. Big Tex has sported the same boots, designed by contest winner Jessica Bonilla of Irving, since 2023.

DALLAS, Texas (KXII) - He was “born” in 1952, stands 55 feet over the Texas State Fairgrounds, with a 95-gallon hat to top it off. It’s the iconic, Big Tex. Every Fall, the voice of Big Tex booms into ...

Texas designers, it's time to step up. The State Fair of Texas is hosting a boot design contest for Big Tex and needs your help creating a new pair of big, beautiful boots for the iconic 55-foot-tall ...

Our travels took us to Dallas, Texas for the last week of the State Fair of Texas – the world’s largest state fair – I’m told. After all, everything is bigger… Anytime we travel, I always look for a ...

Maximum temperatures in Dallas over the fair’s 24-day run — from late September through October — have been trending higher.

Over the 24 days that the Texas State Fair ran this year, the U.S. government shut down, Israel and Hamas entered a tentative peace agreement after two years of war, “No Kings” protests took place ...

We sent Alice, our resident State Fair of Texas expert, to sample the eight finalists at this year’s Big Tex Choice Awards. Well, actually, that’s a lie. We didn’t send her. She was going no matter ...