Mary Beth Gahan

Dallas, Fort Worth

Journalist at Freelance

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A profitable path

2 weeks ago | rotary.org | Mary Beth Gahan |Raul Rodriguez

As a child, Rosa Maria Berdeja couldn’t imagine she would go to college, much less become a successful attorney. Growing up in the 1980s in the Texas border town of Brownsville, she was told by her mother that she could drop out of high school as soon as it was legally possible, as long as she got a job to help pay bills. That’s what her five older siblings did, and she assumed she would too.
Texas judge fines New York doctor and orders her to stop sending abortion pills to Texas

Feb 13, 2025 | bostonglobe.com | Pam Belluck |Mary Beth Gahan

In a case that could have major implications for abortion access in the United States, a Texas judge Thursday ordered a New York doctor to stop prescribing and sending abortion pills to patients in Texas and to pay a penalty of more than $100,000 for providing the medication to one woman. The case is widely expected to reach the Supreme Court and become a pivotal test in the escalating battle between states that ban abortion and states that support abortion rights.
Texas Judge Fines New York Doctor and Orders Her to Stop Sending Abortion Pills to Texas

Feb 13, 2025 | nytimes.com | Pam Belluck |Mary Beth Gahan

In a case that could have major implications for abortion access in the United States, a Texas judge on Thursday ordered a New York doctor to stop prescribing and sending abortion pills to patients in Texas and to pay a penalty of more than$100,000 for providing the medication to one woman. The case is widely expected to reach the Supreme Court and become a pivotal test in the escalating battle between states that ban abortion and states that support abortion rights.
With PGA HOPE, U.S. Military Veterans Find Bliss on the Green

Jan 24, 2025 | texasmonthly.com | Mary Beth Gahan

A group of golfers met weekly on the fairway this fall near the PGA’s headquarters in Frisco. While they were swinging, it was quiet save for the thwack of a club striking the ball. Later, the conversations became lively when they took a break to talk shop halfway through their round. They weren’t discussing mergers and acquisitions, though. These golfers were more interested in branches, home stations, and years served.
Severe Storms Cause Travel Delays Across the U.S. as Tornadoes Threaten the South

Dec 28, 2024 | nytimes.com | Christina Morales |Mary Beth Gahan

Thousands of flights around the country were delayed or canceled on Saturday because of severe weather, disrupting travel for many returning home after the holidays. More than 7,000 flights in, into or out of the United States were delayed and more than 200 others were canceled as of Saturday afternoon, according to data from FlightAware. The delays were not as extensive as the ones on Thursday or Friday, and many passengers on Saturday said their flights were still on schedule.
She Made More Milk Than Her Babies Needed. So She Donated It—and Broke a World Record, Twice.

Nov 20, 2024 | texasmonthly.com | Mary Beth Gahan |Rose Cahalan

WHO: Alyse Ogletree, 36, of Flower Mound. WHAT: A Guinness World Record–breaking donation of enough breast milk to feed 350,000 babies. WHY IT’S SO GREAT: Ogletree admits that she’s a “little competitive,” but that may be an understatement. When she heard there was a Guinness World Record for the largest quantity of breast milk donated by an individual, she made a careful plan for how to break it, and then she did just that—twice.
Texas Veterans Share Stories of Service and Sacrifice at Roll Call Luncheons

Nov 11, 2024 | texasmonthly.com | Mary Beth Gahan

When I walk into Willow Park Baptist Church fifteen minutes early, I know I’m late. The assembly room is filled with mostly older men sitting at round tables covered in red, white, and blue tablecloths. On their heads are caps embroidered with letters that designate which branches of the military they joined, which ships they served on, which wars they fought in.
Team USA’s Olympic Hopes in Skeet Shooting Run Through Texas

Aug 1, 2024 | texasmonthly.com | Mary Beth Gahan

Vincent Hancock was twelve years old when he first stepped foot on an Olympic shooting range. He’d grown up watching his brother and dad compete locally and started hitting targets himself when he was ten. Still, the Georgia native didn’t know skeet shooting was an Olympic sport until someone invited them to the range where the shooting competition was held at the 1996 Atlanta Games and said the Olympics happened there five years before.
After Fire Destroys Sanctuary, Landmark Dallas Church Mourns What's Lost

Jul 20, 2024 | nytimes.com | Mary Beth Gahan |Kate Selig

The red brick outer walls of First Baptist Dallas Church were singed black on Saturday morning, and though they were still intact, along with the steeple at the front of the historic building, there was no sanctuary within. The roof, windows and interior were gone. And the smell of smoke lingered. Larry Smith and his wife, Rita, two members of the church, drove 20 miles from Arlington, Texas, to see firsthand the destruction of the fire from the previous night. Other members also gathered outside.
Panhandle Communities Rebuild After Smokehouse Creek Fire

Jul 12, 2024 | texashighways.com | Mary Beth Gahan |Sarah Thurmond

The drive north from Amarillo to Canadian takes about an hour and a half. The flat, yellow land eventually turns into rolling hills with mesas jutting up. Pastures are a vibrant green. It’s almost hard to believe the Smokehouse Creek Fire, the largest wildfire in Texas history, barreled through here in February. It started in Stinnett, about an hour north of Amarillo, and spread east to Oklahoma, burning more than 1 million acres, killing thousands of cattle, and upending hundreds of lives.