
An Unforgettable Texas Tale of Envy, Embezzlement, and Fruitcake
The writer of an oddball 2016 crime story recalls emailing with an accountant who skimmed $17 million from Corsicana’s Collin Street Bakery.
In Meanwhile, in Texas, we explore the genuine weirdness that our fellow Texans often engage in
The writer of an oddball 2016 crime story recalls emailing with an accountant who skimmed $17 million from Corsicana’s Collin Street Bakery.
Wichita Falls resident Jim Loudermilk carefully removed a 1930s racing sailboat from an old downtown building and restored it to its original glory.
The band aims to bring Texas Guns and Roses to its kn-kn-kn-kn-knees—or at least compel it to change its name.
From the man responsible for emptying it.
Plus, porch pirates spread manure on a home after getting pranked, a teen swallowed part of a dog toy, and more.
It’s impressive, really.
Plus, a man broke into an animal shelter and released more than 150 dogs, and a police officer completed an arrested driver’s food delivery.
Plus, Rice University engineers turned a dead spider into a gripping tool and a man ate 52 spring rolls in ten minutes.
Plus, a man stole $10,000 worth of bleachers, and landscapers discovered human remains in a backyard barbecue pit.
Plus, a man broke ancient Greek vessels at the Dallas Museum of Art, and a mysterious figure walked near the fence of the Amarillo Zoo.
Plus, a man robbing a Port Arthur home stopped first to mow its yard, and a 77-year-old man went for his first skydive in decades.
Is that you, Buc-ee?
Plus, a teacher resigned after she reportedly lit a student’s hands on fire, and a Dallas resident ran her thousandth marathon.
Plus, authorities seized 31 pets from an animal hoarder, and two MMA fighters wrested away a shooter's weapon.
Plus, José Altuve pays a fan a visit, and a woman tries to smuggle four spider monkeys into the U.S. in a duffel bag.
Plus, a woman finds unidentified ashes in a Goodwill urn, and a Houston driver leaves a barbecue grill unattended in his truck bed.
Plus, a homeowner sets a Christmas light show to Lil Jon and fishers get rescued from a Lake Amistad sandbar.
Cod this story be any stranger?
Plus, a woman in Temple threw her soup at a restaurant employee.
Plus, a Lubbock couple found their chihuahua hidden in their suitcase at the airport, and other head-turning stories.
A Sugar Land store called Buky’s might be the most egregious case to catch the attention of the litigious beaver, but it’s hardly the first.
It can be lifted only with a construction crane.
Plus, a man sued a restaurant for allowing him to get “too drunk.”
Plus, home security footage captured a deer hoof-fight over corn feed.
Plus, a boy flushed his grandmother’s wedding ring down the toilet, and a 72-year old trained for his 787th marathon.
Plus, a thirty-year-old woman in El Paso County posed as her thirteen-year-old daughter to attend middle school.
It’s an unconventional but attention-grabbing strategy.
Plus, an elementary school was evacuated after a 10-year-old lit a toilet paper dispenser on fire.
“I don’t want anyone who comes into my restaurant to forget that day,” says Brent Johnson, owner of Bar9Eleven.
Plus, a Houston woman went to Fort Worth to cut off 24 feet of fingernails.
Joe Exotic has a lot of competition. The big cat seen roaming a Houston neighborhood this week is just the latest.
He challenged a reporter to perform the calisthenics, then decided to do them himself.
The unrelated incidents both ended safely for the animals.
He confessed after someone spotted him in surveillance footage.
Plus, a man pretends to be conducting a CIA investigation at a Longview children's museum.
They didn’t manage to steal any art, but they did vanish into a storm drain.
Plus, the Stinnett police chief allegedly faked a document demonstrating an annulment of his marriage.
“If the country can have a chuckle at my expense today, I’ll accept it," he says.
Plus, Post Malone donates thousands of pairs of custom-made Crocs to students.
Plus, a horse cloned from an endangered Mongolian breed was born at a Canyon veterinary hospital.
Plus, fifty thousand purple martins descended on a parking lot in McAllen.
Plus, a rare pink grasshopper was spotted in Travis County.
A squirrel went postal in a Houston suburb, and Waco finds something new to feel some civic pride about.
A California man tried to bring his pet possum on a passenger plane, and a clerical error brought a temporary $37 million windfall to a Rowlett couple.
Plus, a woman goes to a pharmacy and discovers she's dead!
Plus, Pennywise the Clown has just the place for you!
Plus, some people in Houston really, really want a Popeyes chicken sandwich.
Plus, two Amazon drivers were accused of stealing a dog in Parker County.
Plus, a school district accidentally auctioned off its students’ private information.
Plus, an escalated karaoke squabble and a Little League embezzlement.