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?
Weird News
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 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
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
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.
Best Thing In Texas
April 25, 2019
The Best Thing in Texas: An Escaped Kangaroo Takes a Wimberley Walkabout
This marsupial on the lam from an exotic wildlife ranch has become the talk of the Hill Country.
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.
Being Texan
September 21, 2018
Meanwhile, in Texas: Two Rowdy Alligators Mating Under a House
Plus, a very flattering mug shot and a doggy-door intrusion.
Being Texan
August 24, 2018
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Denton Woman Made Cookies on Her Dashboard
Plus, a Houston nursing student was bitten by a nurse shark while on vacation in the Bahamas.
News & Politics
June 22, 2018
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Box of Ammunition Fell Through a School Roof
Plus, a woman unexpectedly gave birth to quadruplets.
Meanwhile in Texas
January 1, 1996
Year of the Snake
At First the Count Was Ten U.S. Customs Service agents in Eagle Pass searched the driver and the passenger of a pickup and found eight live snakes wrapped in socks and pantyhose inside the two men’s underwear. Pass the Boysenberry Syrup or Start Saying Your Prayers Charles Bryant of Missouri
Politics & Policy
May 31, 1973
Briar Patch
THE SIN OF AUSTININ AUSTIN RECENTLY, DURING A public hearing on skinnydipping in Lake Travis, local resident Louis Steinbach testified to attentive city councilmen: “God has the power to destroy this city for its sin…and officials had better realize it.” We do not want to appear soft on sin, but