January 21, 2013
Meanwhile, in Lufkin… November Edition
Our favorite recent items from the Lufkin Daily News’s police blotter.
Articles
Sports
January 21, 2013
VIDEO: Kerrville High Schooler’s Illicit Johnny Football Haircut
Rob the Original, San Antonio’s infamous hair artist, strikes again, paying tribute to Texas A&M star quarterback Johnny Manziel on the scalp of Kerrville teen Christian Chavez.
Sports
January 21, 2013
The Houston Dynamo for Dummies
An abbreviated primer on the most successful sports franchise in Texas this side of the Spurs. (Update: the Dynamo lost to the LA Galaxy, 3-1, in the 2012 MLS Cup Final.)
January 21, 2013
Midland: The Second-Richest City in America
Residents in the more upscale half of the Permian Basin make more money per capita than people in New York, San Francisco, Dallas, and Houston.
January 21, 2013
Meet Dallas’s Hip-Hop Cop, ‘Lucille Baller’
“You see this bullet right here, I’ll stick it from they rooter to the tooter,” raps Lt. Regina Smith, now suspended.
Critters
January 21, 2013
‘Science’ Proves Bigfoot Is Real
A Texas scientist purports to have sequenced Sasquatch DNA.
January 21, 2013
Texas Posts Fourth Highest High School Graduation Rate in Nation
New data from the U.S. Department of Education says that Texas is tied for fourth place with a high school graduation rate of 86 percent for the 2010-2011 school year.
Art
January 21, 2013
Is the Dallas Theater Center the Most Important Theater in Texas?
There are whispers that the company's production of a musical version of Giant could leap to Broadway.
January 21, 2013
Stanley Marsh 3 Arrested
The Amarillo millionaire and iconoclastic "Cadillac Ranch" artist/prankster faces 11 felony charges of sexual activity with two teenage boys.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Why the Cowboys Should Go Socialist
Hey Jerry, want to win another Super Bowl? Sell the team to its own fans a la Green Bay Packers, says Dallas Cowboys author Joe Nick Patoski.
January 21, 2013
Those Creepy Phone Pics You Took Might Have Been Immortalized in Print
A New York artist bought a bunch of old phones from a Sugar Land man and published a book packed with the pictures and texts he found in them.
January 21, 2013
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott Files Action to Seize Warren Jeffs’s Ranch
What will happen to the fundamentalist Mormon compound?
Business
January 21, 2013
U.S. Government to BP: No New Contracts, For Now
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is temporarily suspending the British oil giant's ability to receive contracts from the federal government.
January 21, 2013
Did You Say You Wanted to Buy Lee Harvey Oswald’s Bathtub?
The Oak Cliff apartment fixtures that witnessed the 1962-1963 fights between the assassin and his wife are on sale.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Meet Johnny Football
Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel finally speaks, UT-TCU, the Cotton Bowl, UTSA-Texas State and other highlights from the college football week that was.
January 21, 2013
Can Schools Require Students to Wear Tracking Chips?
In San Antonio, they already are. When a student protested that the RFID chips violated her right to privacy and threatened religious freedom, the school suspended her.
Border & Immigration
January 21, 2013
State Department Renews Mexico Travel Warning
U.S. Citizens are cautioned to avoid the four Mexican states bordering Texas just a week before President Obama is set to meet with incoming Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto.
Energy
January 21, 2013
PHOTOS: Superwreck on Interstate 10
Startling images of the 140-vehicle pileup on Interstate 10 west of Beaumont on Thanksgiving Day.
Critters
January 21, 2013
Happy Turkey Day!
Feast on this: Turkeys and the three Texas presidents who pardoned them. Meantime, we hope you'll pardon us for taking a break from the TMDP. See you Monday with more great posts.
Critters
January 21, 2013
Sandy’s Furry Refugees Fly Southwest
Pets separated from their owners by Superstorm Sandy got a lift from Southwest Airlines to a no-kill shelter in California.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Hamilton Wins U.S. Grand Prix; U.S. Grand Prix Wins Over Austin
Formula 1 stakes its claim to join SXSW, ACL, and UT football in the Austin event pantheon.
Critters
January 21, 2013
Who is Mutilating the Dolphins?
Crimes against dolphins plague the Gulf of Mexico.
January 21, 2013
Highlights from the Wise County Messenger’s Police Blotter: August through October
From drunk landlords to "sexually-oriented games," the people of Decatur are intent on keeping Wise weird.
Sports
January 21, 2013
The Anxieties of Royce White
AWOL Houston Rockets rookie Royce White, who suffers from generalized anxiety disorder, is at odds with the team over how to best manage his illness.
Business
January 21, 2013
Long Live the Twinkie!
Following a union strike, Irving-based Hostess Brands announced on Friday that it would liquidate its factories.
January 21, 2013
Texas Performs Fifteenth and Final Execution of 2012
Preston Hughes III was executed Thursday night for the 1988 slayings of a 15-year-old girl and 3-year-old boy.
Sports
January 21, 2013
10 Things to Know About Formula 1
Vroom-vroom! Austin becomes an alternate universe this weekend, as the United States Grand Prix debuts.
January 21, 2013
Highlights from the Wise County Messenger’s Police Blotter: August through October
From drunk landlords to "sexually-oriented games," the people of Decatur are intent on keeping Wise weird.
January 21, 2013
Texas Executes Fourteenth Man of 2012
Ramon Hernandez, put to death for a 2001 slaying, was also linked to three other murders, prosecutors said.
January 21, 2013
Formula 1 Attracts Ire of Westboro Baptist Church
Members of the Kansas-based church plan to "kindly warn" F1 fans to flee God's wrath.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Book ’Em Horns: November Edition
The latest, greatest crimes from Campus Watch, the University of Texas police department's blotter.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Will Mike Leach Walk the Plank in Pullman?
The Pac-12 Conference is investigating charges of abusive player treatment made against the former Texas Tech and current Washington State coach. Leach denies the allegations.
January 21, 2013
Highlights from the Wise County Messenger’s Police Blotter: May through July
We return to Wise county, home to crime of all stripes, from tip jar theft to assaulting your father on Father's Day.
Sports
January 21, 2013
The Aggies’ Stunning Win Dominated College Football News
The Aggies own the college football weekend, upsetting top-ranked Alabama. Plus: UT's DKR tribute, Tommy Tuberville's ill temper, and the latest UT-A&M conspiracy theory.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Tim Duncan Gives Fan the Finger
The Spurs forward expresses his profane displeasure with a stalker fan at CVS in typically low-key fashion.
January 21, 2013
Texas Executes Thirteenth Man of 2012
Mario Swain, convicted of the murder of a Longview woman, had a history of stalking and assault.
Critters
January 21, 2013
Kemp’s Ridley Found on Dutch Beach to Be Released into Gulf of Mexico
But how did the critically endangered sea turtle end up in the Netherlands in the first place?
Sports
January 21, 2013
Darrell K. Royal, 1924-2012
The best college football coach the state has ever seen died early Wednesday morning at the age of 88. Memories & tributes from the Texas Monthly archives and around the state and country.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Billion Dollar Battle of the Twitter Twerps
Mark Cuban and Donald Trump go at it on Twitter.
January 21, 2013
Meanwhile, in Lufkin…October Edition
Our favorite recent items from the Lufkin Daily News's police blotter.
January 21, 2013
Meet the One Man Whose Death Sentence Rick Perry Chose to Commute
A full 250 executions—more than half that the state has performed since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976—have occurred on Rick Perry's watch.
Sports
January 21, 2013
New Astros Logo a Blast From the Past?
Rumors have been swirling about the new Astros logo, set to be officially revealed tomorrow. Here's a look at the team's style through the years
January 21, 2013
Texas Performs 250th Execution on Rick Perry’s Watch
Donnie Lee Roberts, 41, was put to death for the 2003 slaying of his girlfriend in their Lake Livingston home. He was the twelfth man executed by Texas this year.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Lance Armstrong To Be Burned In Effigy
The disgraced cyclist will be "honored" Saturday by the English town of Edenbridge, which famously picks a celebrity villain each year for its "Bonfire Night" celebration.
January 21, 2013
Stanley Marsh 3 Embroiled in Scandal
Two lawsuits filed against the wealthy creater of the Cadillac Ranch allege that Marsh forced teenagers to perform various sexual acts.
Business
January 21, 2013
Texas Business Report: High-Definition Scoreboard for Reliant Stadium?
The home of the Houston Texans, which hopes to host the 2017 Super Bowl, may install a $10 million to $30 million high-definition digital scoreboard. Every other NFL team already has one.
January 21, 2013
Texas Executes Eleventh Man of 2012
Texas put Bobby Lee Hines to death Wednesday for the 1991 slaying of Michelle Haupt inside her Carrollton apartment.
January 21, 2013
Allen, TX, Asks Lance Armstrong to Race in a “Rudolph Run!”
The city has since apologized for its letter inviting the disgraced athlete to compete in the 5K race, which made light of Armstrong's doping by comparing it to Rudolph's nose.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Mack Brown Doesn’t Like the Longhorn Network Either
"I didn't ask for it," the UT football coach said before adding that the ESPN channel gives opposing coaches too much information on his football program.
January 21, 2013
Reddit Troll (Sort of) Apologizes on CNN
Arlington resident Michael Brutsch, who was unmasked as Reddit's biggest troll late last week, took to CNN Thursday to issue a half-hearted apology.