Meanwhile, in Texas: An Escaped Flamingo Reappeared
Plus, a teacher resigned after she reportedly lit a student’s hands on fire, and a Dallas resident ran her thousandth marathon.
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In Meanwhile, in Texas, we explore the genuine weirdness that our fellow Texans often engage in
Meanwhile in Texas
April 9, 2022
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Bat Disrupted a Showing of ‘The Batman’
Plus, authorities seized 31 pets from an animal hoarder, and two MMA fighters wrested away a shooter's weapon.
Meanwhile in Texas
March 12, 2022
Meanwhile, in Texas : A Vacation Suite Overlooking a Giraffe Barn Goes Viral
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.
Meanwhile in Texas
February 12, 2022
Meanwhile, in Texas: It’s Raining Fish
Plus, a woman finds unidentified ashes in a Goodwill urn, and a Houston driver leaves a barbecue grill unattended in his truck bed.
Meanwhile in Texas
January 15, 2022
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Plumber Finds Cash in a Church’s Bathroom Wall
Plus, a homeowner sets a Christmas light show to Lil Jon and fishers get rescued from a Lake Amistad sandbar.
Meanwhile in Texas
January 4, 2022
Fish Fell From the Sky in Texarkana, and No One Is Reel-y Sure Why
Cod this story be any stranger?
Meanwhile in Texas
December 11, 2021
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Butterfly Migrated by Plane
Plus, a woman in Temple threw her soup at a restaurant employee.
Meanwhile in Texas
November 14, 2021
Meanwhile, in Texas: Deputies Wrangled a Kangaroo on the Lam
Plus, a Lubbock couple found their chihuahua hidden in their suitcase at the airport, and other head-turning stories.
Meanwhile in Texas
October 25, 2021
Yet Another Buc-ee’s Trademark Lawsuit Is Upon Us
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.
Meanwhile in Texas
October 20, 2021
Bask in the Glory of This 78-Foot, 300-Pound Texas Homecoming Mum
It can be lifted only with a construction crane.
Meanwhile in Texas
October 17, 2021
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Tyler Man Placed in the USA Mullet Championships
Plus, a man sued a restaurant for allowing him to get “too drunk.”
Meanwhile in Texas
September 10, 2021
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Cobra Escaped in Grand Prairie
Plus, home security footage captured a deer hoof-fight over corn feed.
Meanwhile in Texas
August 16, 2021
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Dalmatian Gave Birth to Sixteen Puppies
Plus, a boy flushed his grandmother’s wedding ring down the toilet, and a 72-year old trained for his 787th marathon.
Meanwhile in Texas
July 16, 2021
Meanwhile, in Texas: An Alligator Traveled 400 Miles to Padre Island
Plus, a thirty-year-old woman in El Paso County posed as her thirteen-year-old daughter to attend middle school.
Meanwhile in Texas
July 8, 2021
A Houston Comic Book Store Filed a Lawsuit in Comic Form
It’s an unconventional but attention-grabbing strategy.
Meanwhile in Texas
June 22, 2021
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Woman Fed Flamin’ Hot Cheetos to Monkeys at the Zoo
Plus, an elementary school was evacuated after a 10-year-old lit a toilet paper dispenser on fire.
Meanwhile in Texas
May 19, 2021
A 9/11-Themed Bar in Fort Worth Is Going Viral
“I don’t want anyone who comes into my restaurant to forget that day,” says Brent Johnson, owner of Bar9Eleven.
Meanwhile in Texas
May 19, 2021
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Traveler Was Caught Trying to Hide Crystal Meth Inside a Breakfast Taco
Plus, a Houston woman went to Fort Worth to cut off 24 feet of fingernails.
Meanwhile in Texas
May 10, 2021
A Brief History of Tigers on the Loose in Texas, 2021 Edition
Joe Exotic has a lot of competition. The big cat seen roaming a Houston neighborhood this week is just the latest.
Meanwhile in Texas
May 6, 2021
Texas GOP Chair Allen West Challenges Tardy Reporter to Drop and Give Him Thirty
He challenged a reporter to perform the calisthenics, then decided to do them himself.
Meanwhile in Texas
April 28, 2021
How Now, Escaped Cow? And Later, Gator. Two Loose Critters Snarl Houston Traffic.
The unrelated incidents both ended safely for the animals.
Meanwhile in Texas
April 23, 2021
A McAllen Thief Pilfered $400 Worth of Spider-Man Comic Books
He confessed after someone spotted him in surveillance footage.
Meanwhile in Texas
April 13, 2021
Meanwhile, in Texas: Baker Mayfield Spots a UFO
Plus, a man pretends to be conducting a CIA investigation at a Longview children's museum.
Meanwhile in Texas
March 17, 2021
A Pair of Thieves Broke Into a Houston Art Museum, Then Escaped by Boat
They didn’t manage to steal any art, but they did vanish into a storm drain.
Meanwhile in Texas
March 13, 2021
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Policeman and His K-9 Officer Stopped a Carjacker in San Marcos
Plus, the Stinnett police chief allegedly faked a document demonstrating an annulment of his marriage.
Meanwhile in Texas
February 9, 2021
“I’m Not a Cat,” Says West Texas Attorney Who Accidentally Applied Zoom Filter
“If the country can have a chuckle at my expense today, I’ll accept it," he says.
Meanwhile in Texas
January 20, 2021
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Potbellied Pig Repeatedly Breaks Loose
Plus, Post Malone donates thousands of pairs of custom-made Crocs to students.
Meanwhile in Texas
November 18, 2020
Meanwhile, in Texas: An Austin Man Built a Robot Named Artie and a Candy-Shooting Cannon
Plus, a horse cloned from an endangered Mongolian breed was born at a Canyon veterinary hospital.
Meanwhile in Texas
October 14, 2020
Meanwhile, in Texas: An Abilene Man Used a Golf Club to Fish a Snake out of His Toilet
Plus, fifty thousand purple martins descended on a parking lot in McAllen.
Meanwhile in Texas
April 15, 2020
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Girl Wakes up to Find a Raccoon Sitting Next to Her in Bed
Plus, a rare pink grasshopper was spotted in Travis County.
Meanwhile in Texas
March 18, 2020
Meanwhile, in Texas
A squirrel went postal in a Houston suburb, and Waco finds something new to feel some civic pride about.
Meanwhile in Texas
February 19, 2020
Meanwhile, in Texas
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.
Meanwhile in Texas
January 22, 2020
Meanwhile, in Texas: Two Therapy Dogs Got Married in a Ceremony at a Mansfield Hospital
Plus, a woman goes to a pharmacy and discovers she's dead!
Meanwhile in Texas
December 18, 2019
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Longhorn (The Four-Footed Kind) Sets a World Record
Plus, Pennywise the Clown has just the place for you!
Meanwhile in Texas
November 20, 2019
Meanwhile in Texas: If the Boat’s a-Rockin’ . . .
Plus, some people in Houston really, really want a Popeyes chicken sandwich.
Meanwhile in Texas
October 16, 2019
Meanwhile in Texas: Five Baby Alligators Were Found in a Hamlin Backyard Pool
Plus, two Amazon drivers were accused of stealing a dog in Parker County.
Meanwhile in Texas
September 18, 2019
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Cow Rang a Doorbell in Mansfield
Plus, a school district accidentally auctioned off its students’ private information.
Meanwhile in Texas
August 20, 2019
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Rat Snake Was Found in a Walmart Shopping Cart
Plus, an escalated karaoke squabble and a Little League embezzlement.
Meanwhile in Texas
July 24, 2019
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Bexar County Inmate Flooded His Cell During an Escape Attempt
Plus, a larcenous middle school band director, and a CBD-packing grandma.
Meanwhile in Texas
May 29, 2019
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Kangaroo Led Sheriff’s Deputies on a Chase
Plus, a new type of armored dinosaur, and scooters set on fire.
Meanwhile in Texas
April 24, 2019
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Rancher Took His African Watusi Steer Into an Atascocita Petco
He wanted to test the store’s “all leashed pets are welcome” policy.
Meanwhile in Texas
April 16, 2019
The Austin Bold Soccer Team Encourages Farmers to Bring Chickens to a Game, and PETA Is Not Happy
Today in weird news in Texas.
Meanwhile in Texas
March 22, 2019
Meanwhile, in Texas: A 14-Year-Old Tortoise Was Stolen From the Brownsville Zoo
Plus, self-defense with a scooter.
Meanwhile in Texas
February 20, 2019
Meanwhile, in Texas: Runaway Emus in Galveston
Plus, twins born a week apart, and a driving dalmatian.
Meanwhile in Texas
December 14, 2018
Meanwhile, in Texas: You Got Cocaine in My Bananas!
Plus, moviegoing rodents and a man who thought it was a good idea to steal a police cruiser.
Meanwhile in Texas
October 19, 2018
Meanwhile, in Texas: Animal Care Officers Seized 136 Snakes and 415 Rodents From a San Antonio Home
Plus, an eleven-year-old’s pet beagle saves her from an abduction attempt.
Meanwhile in Texas
July 27, 2018
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Semitrailer Overturned and Spilled Its Load of Honeybees
Plus, a pink-diaper-wearing emotional support pigeon was reunited with its owner.
Meanwhile in Texas
December 21, 2017
Meanwhile, in Texas . . .
The craziest headlines you might have missed over the past month.
Meanwhile in Texas
November 22, 2017
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Some of the craziest headlines you might have missed over the past month.
Meanwhile in Texas
October 18, 2017
Meanwhile, in Texas . . .
Some of the craziest headlines you might have missed over the past month.