So anyone wanting a heated conversation need only suggest changing the name of Sam Houston State University, founded here in 1879, to something like Texas State University at Huntsville.

Three Sam Houston State University students, including a Houston teenager, died Saturday when their car crashed on the Huntsville campus just hours before hundreds gathered for fall graduation.

A family heirloom with direct ties to Sam Houston will be the highlight of a new exhibit opening Saturday at the Old University Building. “This building has Sam Houston stamped all over it,” says ...