- A man was arrested in Angelina County for, among other things, throwing chain saws at police during a high-speed chase.
- Dallas mayor Mike Rawlings successfully performed the Heimlich maneuver on a woman who was choking on fajita meat at a local restaurant.
- Police responded to a call by concerned citizens who reported an exorcism taking place at an Odessa duck pond.
- Waco went 50 days without rain, breaking a nearly century-old record of 47 days.
- The Sulphur Springs’ Downtown Revitalization Board rescinded its demand that the Potato House restaurant take down its beloved “Potato Man” sign, a three-foot-tall anthropomorphic potato.
- The National Federation of State High School Associations reported that participation in high school football in Texas has dropped 2.78 percent since 2010.
- Lee Harvey Oswald’s original tombstone was returned to Texas years after it was illicitly sold to a museum in Illinois.
- It was so hot that the cleats of one Allen High School football player melted during practice.
- A moon crater was named after a deceased San Antonio astronomer.
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Meanwhile, in Texas . . .
Some crazy stuff went down in Texas in the past thirty days. Here are some of the headlines you may have missed.
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