Health
January 20, 2013
Sniffing
A visit to San Antonio’s underground city, looking for kids with a can of paint and a nose for thrills.
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January 20, 2013
Long Division
Nate Blakeslee talks about immigration and the media coverage of border spillover violence.
True Crime
January 20, 2013
Her Dark Places
Andrea Yates was a quiet, attentive mother with a generous smile who made her kids costumes from grocery sacks and gave them Valentine’s promising “free hugs.” We all know what happened next, but we may never know why.
Border & Immigration
January 20, 2013
Soldiers of Misfortune
For as long as the U.S. military has patrolled the border in search of drug smugglers, there has been the possibility that an innocent civilian would be killed. The government insists the chance is worth taking. Tell that to the family of Ezequiel Hernandez, Jr.
Politics & Policy
January 20, 2013
Other Shoe Drops—But Not On Allen Fletcher
Tomball state representative Allen Fletcher is on his way to a second term. His former business associate may be on his way to the federal penitentiary.
Music
January 20, 2013
The Queen Is Dead
When Selena Quintanilla Perez was killed on March 31, Texas mourned—and around the world, the veneration began.
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January 20, 2013
Judgment Day
What really happened to Kari Baker? We may be about to find out.
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January 20, 2013
Witness for the Prosecution
The shocking testimony of Vanessa Bulls against Matt Baker.
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January 20, 2013
Internet Sleuth
A Waco housewife tracks the Matt Baker case.
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January 20, 2013
Fight Club
Without the cooperation of Texas law enforcement, the dogfighting subculture will continue to thrive.
Feature
January 20, 2013
Flesh and Blood
The most shocking thing about the murder of the Caffey family in East Texas last year was not how gruesome or inexplicable the crime was. It was that it was masterminded by sixteen-year-old Erin Caffey, a pretty girl who worked at the Sonic, sang in her church, and loved her
Feature
January 20, 2013
Badges of Dishonor
Two Border Patrol agents are sent to prison while the dope smuggler they pursued and wounded is granted immunity by federal prosecutors and goes free. A miscarriage of justice? Not so fast.
Feature
January 20, 2013
Faces of Forgiveness
An East Texas prison ministry is trying to heal crime victims and rehabilitate criminals by getting them to talk.
True Crime
January 20, 2013
The Man Who Knows Everything
Clyde Wilson is more than a private investigator. He’s the historian of Houston’s dark side—and that makes him the most dangerous man in town.
True Crime
January 20, 2013
The Beating of Billy Ray Johnson
The short, slight, mentally disabled black man was found on the side of a road in Linden, huddled in a fetal position. He was bloody and unconscious—the victim of a violent crime. But another tragedy was how residents of the East Texas town reacted.
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January 20, 2013
Behind Bars
Four San Antonio women convicted of sexual assault fifteen years ago maintain their innocence and remain in prison.
Politics & Policy
January 20, 2013
“We Are Going to Die In Here”
What the seventy-plus illegal immigrants smuggled into Texas in the container of an eighteen-wheeler saw, felt, and, in the luckiest cases, survived.
Feature
January 20, 2013
An Isolated Incident
After his son died of a drug overdose in his fraternity house at SMU, Tom Stiles began asking questions that campus authorities preferred not to answer. Two years later, he is still learning the truth about what happened—and why.
Feature
January 20, 2013
Children of the Storm
After Hurricane Katrina, Rhonda Tavey selflessly opened her Houston home to a New Orleans evacuee and five of her children. She fed the kids, bathed them, and grew to love them so much that when their mother tried to take them back to Louisiana, she wouldn’t let them go.
December 13, 2012
Man Carves Pentagram into 6-year-old Son’s Back
The Richland Hills man claimed he did it because Wednesday (12/12/12) was “a holy day.”
True Crime
December 1, 2012
The Innocent Man, Part Two
Michael Morton spent 25 years wrongfully imprisoned for the brutal murder of his wife. How did it happen? And who is to blame?
November 19, 2012
Southwestern Grad Murdered by Her Own Prayer Group?
27-year-old was suffocated after months of allegedly being raped, at her husband's urging, by members of the prayer group he founded in Georgetown.
Critters
November 6, 2012
Did You Say You Wanted to Buy a Zetas Racehorse?
The federal government made a cool $8.8 million over the weekend auctioning off racehorses that purportedly belong to the Zetas.
True Crime
November 1, 2012
The Innocent Man, Part One
The National Magazine Award–winning story about Michael Morton, a man who came home from work one day in 1986 to find that his wife had been brutally murdered. What happened next was one of the most profound miscarriages of justice in Texas history.
October 4, 2012
Russian Agents Operating in Houston?
The FBI arrested eight people in Houston Wednesday and accused them of exporting sophisticated microelectronics to the Russian military and intelligence services.
Critters
September 6, 2012
Tournament Team Tries to Sneak Some “Fishy” Bass Into Competition
Game wardens say they have caught seven women competing in the Ladies Kingfish tournament in a lie about some sea bass. They plan to pursue felony charges.
July 30, 2012
Houston Mayor’s Office Releases Curiously Timed Active Shooter PSA
Spurred on by the Aurora, Colorado incident, the City of Houston Mayor's Office released a PSA packed with tips on how to survive a shooting crisis last week.
July 6, 2012
Man Allegedly Collects Dead Mother’s Social Security for 26 Years
An investigation by the SSA found that a Conroe man has been cashing in on his deceased mother's social security checks since 1984.
Letter from Palm Beach
June 30, 2012
Goodman Gone Bad
Flamboyant Houston millionaire John Goodman’s trial for vehicular manslaughter was a circus. Somewhere in the middle of it, the guy I used to know was thinking . . . what exactly?
June 18, 2012
Three Opinions on the Father Who Killed His Daughter’s Alleged Molester
A grand jury will decide whether to pursue criminal charges against the Shiner dad, but the public seems to favor his use of deadly force.
June 12, 2012
Couple Living in Home Psychic Said Was Scene of Mass Grave Sues Several
Two Liberty County residents claim "Angel" the psychic, the Liberty County Sheriff's Office, and a number of news organizations caused them financial and mental damages.
May 14, 2012
The Moon Rock Hunter from Houston
Joe Gutheinz has helped recover 79 moon rocks that the government lost track of in the past four decades.
May 8, 2012
More Trouble Brewing at the Giddings State School
A recent report from the Texas Juvenile Justice Department reveals more problems of abuse at the Giddings State School.
May 1, 2012
Fightin’ Words: SMU Slams Student Newspaper
A Daily Campus story alleges the university improperly uses "secret hearings" to deal with sexual assault cases involving students, and SMU fires back.
Sports
April 24, 2012
Assault Charges Filed Against Pilar and Deion Sanders
The former Cowboys star live-tweets about his estranged wife's alleged assault in front of their two sons.
April 23, 2012
Prom Queen Charged for Faking Leukemia
Angie Gomez, a Horizon City prom queen, was charged with theft by deception for allegedly telling people she was dying of cancer and collecting thousands in donations from her community.
News & Politics
April 19, 2012
Cockfight Becomes Gunfight in the Valley
Three dead and eight injured as masked gunmen ambush cockfight at a ranch northeast of Edinburg.
April 6, 2012
Cartel Member Responsible for 1,500 Murders is Sentenced
Jose Antonio Acosta Hernandez, who admitted to ordering hits on more than 1,500 people—including a U.S. consulate employee—received a life sentence in federal court in El Paso.
March 28, 2012
March Madness: Airline Edition
One year, three inappropriate rants abroad airplanes in Texas. What's in the air?
March 28, 2012
Feds Say Austin Nightclub Owners Have Alleged Hezbollah Ties
Mike and Steve Yassine and eight others are accused of a broad array of crimes, including money laundering, drug distribution, and sending money to the Lebanon-based Islamic militant group.
March 28, 2012
Furor Over The Daily Texan’s Trayvon Martin Editorial Cartoon
UPDATED: The Daily Texan editorial board issues a statement apologizing for Stephanie Eisner's cartoon. It also says that Eisner no longer works for the paper.
March 9, 2012
Houston Socialite Sues Husband’s Ex-Mistress for Murder-for-Hire Plot
The strange case of Jeffrey and Yvonne Stern gets stranger. Yvonne filed a lawsuit against her husband's ex-mistress, Michelle Gaiser, who is expected to testify that Jeffrey helped plot his wife's murder.
March 5, 2012
Thief Robs Girl Scouts
A bandit stole a cashbox containing $200 from a troop of Girl Scouts who were selling cookies outside of a Fort Bend County Walmart.
Arts & Entertainment
March 2, 2012
Win the Weekend: Texas Historical Markers Turn Fifty
The Texas Historical Commission's markers are now eligible for their own plaque, Ron Paul and Sheila Jackson Lee are the Hill's best talkers, and the TCU drug bust was a bit pitiful.
Critters
February 27, 2012
Hico Rodeo Star Arrested in Rhino Horn Smuggling Ring
Wade Steffen, a champion steer wrestler, was arrested after TSA officials found $337,000 and photos of rhino horns in his carry-on luggage at the Los Angeles airport.
February 22, 2012
Jury Convicts Man in Torture Case
Jeffrey Maxwell of Corsicana, who abducted a former neighbor and tortured her on a deer-skinning rack, was convicted and faces multiple life sentences for his crime.
Sports
February 16, 2012
5 Things to Know About the TCU Drug Bust
Fifteen TCU students, including four members of Gary Patterson's Horned Frogs football team, were among eighteen people arrested on drug dealing charges.
February 14, 2012
Nude Cowgirl Leads Cops on Slow-Speed Chase
Eighteen-year-old Taylor Burnham was naked, but for her cowboy boots, when she was stopped by cops in her Jeep Wrangler in Corpus Christi.
February 14, 2012
Daughter of “Cheerleader Mom” Breaks 20-Year Silence
Shanna Widner appeared on Good Morning America to discuss the horror of dealing with her mother, Wanda Holloway, taking out a hit on her cheerleader classmate's mom.
February 14, 2012
Why Was Katy Preteen Acquitted of Murder?
The twelve-year-old girl admitted shooting her father in the head in 2009, but she said she did it because he had abused her.